Well, after driving on the pads for the past 5k I figure I would post a little feedback for those that are potentially considering new ones.
Now, I have to say this first. I have been driving with only Takspeed Ti shims between the piston and the pad. I haven't applied any grease between any of the contact areas ever! I also had the rotors turned when I replaced them (had slight shudder from 90-60). The bedding was 3X 40-10, 60-20, and 90-30 with cool downs in between.
Do you want the good news or bad news first????? Ok, I'll give the good news first.
These are a good set of pads! They are better than I expected when cold and while upon rolling to my first stop, I haven't noticed anything much different than stock. I've never been in for any surprises and, although I've never had any events to be surprised, they perform as predictably as a street pad can.
Ok, better news.....
These are trully a low dust pad. I've seen, for example the Hawk pads claiming low dust and whatnot. But real world scenarios have shown me otherwise as I believe the stockers and Hawk HPS dust a bit more than these.
Ok, now the great news....
The Porterfields only get better when warmed up. After some spirited driving, the car wants to stop much more than than cold. Compared to stock, they really bite, and I mean that in a good way. I barely touch the brakes at slow speeds and the car really stops quick or just plain stops. High speed braking is great and feels as such a pad should deliver. Note: I haven't had any track time with these pads yet, all street driven (drove many laps with stockers)
Ok, now for the bad noise.....I mean news.
These things screach!!!!! Anything from 5 mph to 0 will produce an unearthly noise. I must admit, at first I didn't mind because I knew they were performance pads, but it gets annoying when youn are around town. Once the pads get warm or hot, the noise only grows.....like a monster. Anyways, this is the only negative to this pad in my configuration (pad-Ti-piston, no grease)
Overall, I think its an awesome pad matched with the stock calipers and disks. I only wish they were a bit more quiet, but beggers can't be choosers as I wanted a high performance pad that was better than stock and didn't care about noise at the time. All said, this weekend I will pull them and then apply a high temp grease to see if it helps. It should help, but I jsut wanted to post my before opinion as there is nothing but titanium between the piston and pad at the moment.
Happy reading!
Kevin
Now, I have to say this first. I have been driving with only Takspeed Ti shims between the piston and the pad. I haven't applied any grease between any of the contact areas ever! I also had the rotors turned when I replaced them (had slight shudder from 90-60). The bedding was 3X 40-10, 60-20, and 90-30 with cool downs in between.
Do you want the good news or bad news first????? Ok, I'll give the good news first.
These are a good set of pads! They are better than I expected when cold and while upon rolling to my first stop, I haven't noticed anything much different than stock. I've never been in for any surprises and, although I've never had any events to be surprised, they perform as predictably as a street pad can.
Ok, better news.....
These are trully a low dust pad. I've seen, for example the Hawk pads claiming low dust and whatnot. But real world scenarios have shown me otherwise as I believe the stockers and Hawk HPS dust a bit more than these.
Ok, now the great news....
The Porterfields only get better when warmed up. After some spirited driving, the car wants to stop much more than than cold. Compared to stock, they really bite, and I mean that in a good way. I barely touch the brakes at slow speeds and the car really stops quick or just plain stops. High speed braking is great and feels as such a pad should deliver. Note: I haven't had any track time with these pads yet, all street driven (drove many laps with stockers)
Ok, now for the bad noise.....I mean news.
These things screach!!!!! Anything from 5 mph to 0 will produce an unearthly noise. I must admit, at first I didn't mind because I knew they were performance pads, but it gets annoying when youn are around town. Once the pads get warm or hot, the noise only grows.....like a monster. Anyways, this is the only negative to this pad in my configuration (pad-Ti-piston, no grease)
Overall, I think its an awesome pad matched with the stock calipers and disks. I only wish they were a bit more quiet, but beggers can't be choosers as I wanted a high performance pad that was better than stock and didn't care about noise at the time. All said, this weekend I will pull them and then apply a high temp grease to see if it helps. It should help, but I jsut wanted to post my before opinion as there is nothing but titanium between the piston and pad at the moment.
Happy reading!
Kevin
