Brakes Brake pads for 1.8 Type-s

zoid · 21st April 2012, 11:09

I'm not happy with the braking performance of my civic. Especially high speed braking (>160KM/h) is very bad and I call it almost dangerous compared to the brakes on my previous car. The brakes start to fade very quickly.

I've found the EBC greenstuff brake pads but they also do seem to fade quite quick. For so far it looks like the greenstuff pads are the most "performance"/best performing brake pads available for my type of civic.
Is this really true? No other options for brake pads on the standard brake calipers? (ferodo, EBC red/yellow, others?)

I hope I’m wrong because that would be a disappointment because I can't spend my money on replacement calipers and disks. (you know the misses

)

Thanks for your help!

Syx · 21st April 2012, 11:26

You can absolutely put other pads on there as the calipers are identical to other models (except the Type R). EBC will just recommend the Greenstuff, nothing stopping you putting something else on there. I'd recommend braided hoses and uprated fluid however if you can slip that one by without the misses noticing!

Laney · 21st April 2012, 11:36

[QUOTE=Syx;1196761I'd recommend braided hoses and uprated fluid however if you can slip that one by without the misses noticing![/QUOTE]

Would 100% recommend braided hoses and RBF. I have green stuff myself and wasn't overly impressed with them until I uprated the brake lines and it totally transformed them for me.

Revs FN2 · 21st April 2012, 11:42

From my experience, EBC Green pads are poor. I have been most happy with Ferodo pads.. DS2500 for fast street use, but the stock Ferodo's are good if you don't drive fast.

shinybadrobot · 21st April 2012, 11:55

what about low dust?

Revs FN2 · 21st April 2012, 12:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by shinybadrobot

what about low dust?

That's the one thing that the EBC pads are really good for.

zoid · 21st April 2012, 15:14

Thanks for your reactions!
I'll take the hose upgrade in consideration. First thing on my list is to replace the pads.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revs FN2

From my experience, EBC Green pads are poor. I have been most happy with Ferodo pads.. DS2500 for fast street use, but the stock Ferodo's are good if you don't drive fast.

Ok, so if I understand correct there are ferodo DS2500 pads available for my type brake caliper? Does someone have a link or product number for the pads I need?

Thanks again!

zoid · 22nd April 2012, 13:52

Arghh

I've searched the entire internet after Syx had pointed out that there are indeed other pads available
After hours of searching I still cannot find which ferodo DS2500 or EBC redstuff pads will fit on my calipers.

Is there really nobody out there who can point me in the right direction?

21st April 2012, 11:09	#1 (permalink)
zoid Join Date: 12th March 2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 11 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Brake pads for 1.8 Type-s I'm not happy with the braking performance of my civic. Especially high speed braking (>160KM/h) is very bad and I call it almost dangerous compared to the brakes on my previous car. The brakes start to fade very quickly. I've found the EBC greenstuff brake pads but they also do seem to fade quite quick. For so far it looks like the greenstuff pads are the most "performance"/best performing brake pads available for my type of civic. Is this really true? No other options for brake pads on the standard brake calipers? (ferodo, EBC red/yellow, others?) I hope I’m wrong because that would be a disappointment because I can't spend my money on replacement calipers and disks. (you know the misses ) Thanks for your help! Last edited by zoid; 21st April 2012 at 11:45.

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21st April 2012, 11:26	#2 (permalink)
Syx Clingfilmed Car: 2008 2.2 CTS GT Join Date: 22nd December 2009 Location: Luton, UK Posts: 9,022 Thanks given: 828 Thanked 1,622 Times in 1,421 Posts iTrader: (37)	You can absolutely put other pads on there as the calipers are identical to other models (except the Type R). EBC will just recommend the Greenstuff, nothing stopping you putting something else on there. I'd recommend braided hoses and uprated fluid however if you can slip that one by without the misses noticing!

21st April 2012, 11:36	#3 (permalink)
Laney 無限 Unlimited Car: 59 Mugenised CTR Join Date: 14th April 2010 Location: London..ish Posts: 2,832 Thanks given: 254 Thanked 373 Times in 350 Posts iTrader: (5)	[QUOTE=Syx;1196761I'd recommend braided hoses and uprated fluid however if you can slip that one by without the misses noticing![/QUOTE] Would 100% recommend braided hoses and RBF. I have green stuff myself and wasn't overly impressed with them until I uprated the brake lines and it totally transformed them for me.

21st April 2012, 11:42	#4 (permalink)
Revs FN2 aka Paul Join Date: 14th April 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 2,505 Thanks given: 690 Thanked 494 Times in 425 Posts iTrader: (7)	From my experience, EBC Green pads are poor. I have been most happy with Ferodo pads.. DS2500 for fast street use, but the stock Ferodo's are good if you don't drive fast.

21st April 2012, 11:55	#5 (permalink)
shinybadrobot Reasonable Tenor voice Car: 2009 type s 1800 i-vtec Join Date: 4th March 2012 Location: Cornwall Posts: 571 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 60 Times in 57 Posts iTrader: (0)	what about low dust?

22nd April 2012, 13:52	#8 (permalink)
zoid Thread starter Join Date: 12th March 2012 Location: Netherlands Posts: 11 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader: (0)	Arghh I've searched the entire internet after Syx had pointed out that there are indeed other pads available After hours of searching I still cannot find which ferodo DS2500 or EBC redstuff pads will fit on my calipers. Is there really nobody out there who can point me in the right direction?