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    Default Brake pads vz SS

    hey guys, need to change the brakes on my vz, just wondering what a good brake pad to use is, looking for one that has the least amount of brake dust
    the ones I've got now, after a 10min drive, wheels r filthy with brake dust

    my dads ve sv6 barely has any dust and seems to stop his car good. does anyone know if the same pads will fit my car, and if so, anyone know what pads they use on ve sv6 from brand new and where I can get them?
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    id rather bend dicks then use bendix.....ferodo lasted me much longer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vn_v6 View Post
    id rather bend dicks then use bendix.....ferodo lasted me much longer.
    Maybe a harder compound, better the disc wear the pad than the pad wear than the disc.

    Bendix is the best money can buy but hey, some people also use Black & Gold brand oil from Woolworths.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Doctor View Post

    Bendix is the best money can buy.
    In your opinion.

    I have been using RDA brand RDX high performance pads in everything I can for the past two years and that is all I supply to people as well. Fantastic pad, very little dust and minimal rotor wear.

    $55 a set I do them for.
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    I've just installed some Bendix generals yesterday, dunno what the previous ones were, these are so much better. But abba doesn't BS, so I'd look into those rda's.
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    give everything a spray with wd40 wheels brakes that should fix the squeaks

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    Quote Originally Posted by aaronevolution View Post
    Get QFM's from GSL Rallysport in the sponsor section.
    As much as I loove my QFM HPX police spec pads from GSL, I hate how they create so much dust but its my weekender so washing it after every outing doesn't bother me. For a much pleasurable daily driver you don't want to see any dust build up for at least a fortnite.

    Also your old mans SV6 would have pads from factory which is low noise, low dust and low braking ability...lol

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    I got QFM HPX and they make hardly any dust at all plus they stop really well and don't cost a bundle either. Will stick with the QFM pads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Doctor View Post
    Bendix is the best money can buy....
    Ummmmmmm... I beg to differ, there are better pads than Bendix(Ferrodo, EBC & RDA to name a few) but I do agree that the pad should wearout first and not the disc.

    Just my 0.0000001c

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    Quote Originally Posted by Not_An_Abba_Fan View Post
    In your opinion.

    I have been using RDA brand RDX high performance pads in everything I can for the past two years and that is all I supply to people as well. Fantastic pad, very little dust and minimal rotor wear.

    $55 a set I do them for.
    The mechanic I always use has a customer with a blown Maloo and the put in some Bendix pads. After 3 weeks he finally decided they were shit, went back and got some RDAs in and said they were bloody awesome.

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    had bendix in my old car, didn't have much dust, and no noise at all, couldn't judge the braking power as I never needed to brake hard

    seems like lots of people are happy with what gsl rally provides, but saw on his thread that he doesn't use the same ones anymore and uses remsus or whatever it is

    abba, ill pm you with a couple questions
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    i had bendix pads on a mazda 121, they lasted #### all and it was a mazda 121.....not exactly a high performance car you can drive like skaife, then changed to ferodo and they last twice as long and ended up selling the car before the next brake change, and when i say twice as long im talking the bendix lasted 4-5 months, and the ferodos lasted over a year
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    could be your driving style, pads should last longer then 5 months, even 12 months
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Doctor View Post
    BENDIX is the only pad to use
    Quote Originally Posted by The_Doctor View Post
    Bendix is the best money can buy but hey
    I can only assume you work for FMP Group...

    Or believe everything you hear on the radio...

    Or have never tried anything else in your life because Bendix had a good reputation 2 decades ago when they actually did make good pads...

    Bendix's last decent pad was Metal King, and they're long gone!

    I'm not anti-Bendix, we indeed stock them (alone with about 13 other brands of pads), and do a bit of them, but there's so much better pads out there for the money. For a low dust, high performance street pad, HPX is hard to go past, and comes standard as a Police spec pad (whereas Bendix charge about 50% more for the privilege!).

    I hate how they create so much dust but its my weekender so washing it after every outing doesn't bother me.
    They definitely shouldn't be dusty. The only thing I could suggest is that if the car is only being driven on weekends, the transfer rate of pad material to the rotor is too low and it's wearing the rotor, which is the dust you're seeing, not actually pad dust.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vn_v6 View Post
    id rather bend dicks then use bendix.....ferodo lasted me much longer.
    You would rather bend dicks, might as well suck some as well you fag lol


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