[0120raptor]

Sean

I thought you were quite happy with the Delphi pads.

[T-800]

Sean
I thought you were quite happy with the Delphi pads.

The fitment issue caused the pads to keep developing a lip.

Delphi are a waste of time, never seemed interested in replacing them even after numerous promises.

[nickrs3]

Ok so I fitted the Ferodo DS2500 yesterday.

I must say these particular pads were a nice fit in the Brembo caliper, largely due to the fact they like most Ferodo performance pads don’t come with shims.

I’d noticed with the TRW pads that the shims would cause the pads to get ‘wedged’ in the caliper opening, think of a tapered slot and pushing a tapered peg into it, after a while it will jam itself in the opening because of the taper, exactly what was happening here, I was getting an off the pedal rotational squeak, only cured by taking out the TRW pads and using a Dremel to remove a fraction of material off the shim edges.

Anyway back to the 2500’s

They fit in the 8 pot nicely with plenty of up / down room and still move side to side when not under piston pressures, so no chance of being stuck / kissing the disc face either.




Bedding in procedure.

Now the official Ferodo procedure is 25-30 x 4 sec braking applications using moderate foot pressure, pull over and visually look at the disc face to make sure they have evidence of pad contact but no glazing.

I followed this to the letter, however they were squealing like a bus

So I decided to up the ante a little.
4 trips up and down a quiet stretch of motorway, braking from 70 down to 40 mph followed by a trip up the same stretch to allow them to cool down.....

The difference once cooled down was night and day, squeal had pretty much gone.....

I then went for a spirited drive to see how they performed, I can honestly say these with the Reyland discs work well together, the more you use these pads the better the braking

T-800 I had the same experience when bedding in...... then went out and nailed it till they were smoking...... no more squeals even on the oem disks..... my advice is drive like you stole it!


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Edited by nickrs3, 01 June 2019 - 02:50 PM.