Ebc Greenstuff Pads

[alfiejts]

Has anyone got any experience of using EBC Greenstuff upgraded brake pads?

Are they just of benefit to people who drive their cars fast or are they still an improvement for cars that are driven just as city cars on the school & shopping run?

Our car mainly just tootles around town and has the odd motorway run. I want to replace the pads to get the best "ordinary driving" performance.

Most "performance" brake pads take time to warm up and aren't as good for normal day to day use.

Will the greenstuff pads deliver an improvement for normal day to day use or am I best sticking with a standard replacement pad?

Thanks,

Graham

[lemar 2005 yaris t sport]

yes mate i had them on my punto there ok but they squeel and make noises but the pads are renowned of that cos they are perfomance , i liked them cos they hardly gave off any brake dust, if u are goin to get them get the discs as well for better braking.

[bhinderharminder]

yes mate i had them on my punto there ok but they squeel and make noises but the pads are renowned of that cos they are perfomance , i liked them cos they hardly gave off any brake dust, if u are goin to get them get the discs as well for better braking.

ive got greenStuff pads on my corolla, aint noticed a difference in braking, only good thing about them is there is hardley any brake dust.

[Yaris SR Kid]

Got the pads on my yaris mate, i find they give better braking performance when braking hard and dont produce much dust which is great!

Same price as standard pads so go for it mate

[S.Kayani]

good posting - i was going to post the exact same post

found these on eBay -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=320008084090

are they the cheapest ones? or has any one seen em at a better price?

[alfiejts]

Those are "standard" pads, the same as original "OEM" quality.

£23 inc VAT from "brakes4u.co.uk".

I've bought Mintex pads from my local motor factors and they were just £14 inc VAT.

They are the same "OEM" quality as well, so I went for those as I needed them today.

All pads now have to meet a minimum standard "EU R90" so as long as you buy from a proper shop and don't risk a dodgy imported copy, you're going to get a pad that works at least as well as the originals did new....

Also bought two discs a the same time as they were just £40 the pair inc VAT and for that price, it wasn't worth swapping the new pads onto the old discs....

The greenstuff pads are meant to be better for fast road use, but I'm told that for normal day to day use if you don't regularly drive the door handles off the car, ordinary pads are just fine....

[Yaris SR Kid]

EBC brakes direct do them for £35-40 i think mate and thats for uprated greenstuff ones not standard OEM quality ones!

[S.Kayani]

ohh ok thanks mate! just job you spotted otherwise i would have brought!!

[Yaris SR Kid]

No worries mate i bought rear pads for a T sport on eBay because i didnt read first time :P