Delphi Brake Pads

[the main man]

Are delphi manufactured brake pads any good?

Here:

Delphi

Very tempted to buy them but want to know any one expereinced/recommend them.

Cheers

[nrgizerbunny]

well in my opinion NO. their discs are good though. They are actually OE spec so they will be as good or as bad as the originals. I find OE pads dreadful!

compared to ferodo premier, ebc green and mintex fast road they are crap.

Main problem i Had was when they heated up the brake fade was awful, but mind you i did ring the cars neck.

[the main man]

Do they wear out quick or warp the disc something?

It cant be bad as EBC i heard so many bad stuff about EBC from warp disc due to their pads to pads wear out in no time & thats from normal driving!

well in my opinion NO. their discs are good though. They are actually OE spec so they will be as good or as bad as the originals. I find OE pads dreadful!

compared to ferodo premier, ebc green and mintex fast road they are crap.

Main problem i Had was when they heated up the brake fade was awful, but mind you i did ring the cars neck.

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[System~G]

Delphi are one of my customers.

As mentioned above, their discs are OK and their pads are nothing special. The pads don't bite that well - especially when warm and dust up like buggery - pretty much the same as stock pads.

I have used EBC on most of my UK cars and am very happy with them - they bite better from cold and give up much less dust than stock pads. Never had a problem with them.

But I also know there are better pads and discs about than EBC...

[nrgizerbunny]

I think system G pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Delphi pads don't wear out the discs excessively - so i wouldn't say they are overly hard.

On the starlet I have put Black Diamond Discs and Greenstuff pads. On the starlet forum the black diamond discs seem to get a battering but over on the VW forum they are the disc of choice.

greenstuff pads are okay but I think Ferodo DS2000/DS2500 is the best, unfortunately they are expensive, they don't make them for all cars either.

I have been pleased with black diamond discs and EBC pads, like you i've heard some horror stories about ebc discs so i steer clear of them.

[tommy19]

On 02/04/2005 at 0:23 AM, the main man said:

Are delphi manufactured brake pads any good?

Here:

Delphi

Very tempted to buy them but want to know any one expereinced/recommend them.

Cheers

I put Delphi front discs and pads few months ago by F1 Autocentre, Enfield. It is very noisy, squealing loud especially in hot weather and in rain.

After 2 months the noise is better.

May be Mechanic should do something about it.