Aby@MIL.SPEC

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anybody go from a ds2500 pad to low dusting pad & felt they didnt give up any performance, especially from high speed (~90-100mph)?

I have read a lot of conflicting reviews, but never a thread asking for people who changed from ds2500's to find something better.

I recently swapped out my ferodo ds2500 pads & oem rotors for dba 5000 (front) / centric rears & ebc red pads......

lets say i like the "no-dusting" of the ebc red pads, but the reds missed the performance mark IMO.

after i do a 3rd gear pull & start slowing down, initialy they slow, then start to get loud..... I put my used ds2500 back up front & this issue went away.

even when going down long hills, driving grandma style, the red pads gave me grief....

the reds perform nicely in the hills / twisty bits with short braking bursts / applications, as i take the twisties home after work everyday & they work great there.....just not all-around for me...

I really like the performance of the ferodo ds2500's, except for the dust.

thanks for your input

Smike

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Axxis ULTs and GranSport GS5s are both very close to DS2500s. And there is the EBC Yellows too. Its a more agressive track ready pad over the Reds. Bite goes into a higher temp range.

L888Apex

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these are rated similiar to the ferodo 2500's on their website so maybe you can give these a try

http://www.essexparts.com/shop/brake...e-pads-65.html

JRitt@essex

Agreed. The CL RC5+ is quite similar in performance to the DS2500 but with lower dust. It will have a little more heat capacity, and should last a little longer as well.

metalsaber

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While I can't speak for the DS2500 dust, the EBC Yellow does cause a bit of dust.

Smike

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My white track rims are pretty clean still and my DD rims are dark grey. Ill check them tonight after work, been a few weeks since I washed that car

metalsaber

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My black wheels really showed them bad after a week of daily driving. After an autox or road track they'd be the same if not worse than a week of daily driving.

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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i will have to research these a bit more......

i too have been considering Axxis ULTs and GranSport GS5s

what about the latest stop tech pads

1 thing i dont want to do is become a brake pad buyer, when at the end of the day, i should have just bought the ds2500's & put the time & effort into cleaning my wheels

thanks for the input

JDavenport

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I have moved on to dedicated track brakes, but two pads I tried as street/track pads were the DS2500's and Racing Brake ET700's. I will be buying a new set of the ET700's for street pads. They have better bite and modulation than the DS2500's and don't dust any worse than the DS2500's. I really like them for a performance street pad.

And if you ever do start to push them, they do take heat better than the DS2500's and will get by as a 'light' tack day pad.

I ran them with the stock rotors with good results. My track driving just started to exceed what they were capable of.

o-townFLA

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Aby, I've ran the PFC z-rated pads on the track and used them for DD duty with no heavy dusting even after a track day. And they can stop you with ease from those speeds you mentioned....

JRitt@essex

The CL RC5+ is much stouter than the Axxis Ults...far higher temperature threshold, and more bite. I have no experience with that particular GS compound.

The RC5+ also has higher temp threshold and more bite than the latest StopTech pads. I had an Evo customer run them back to back at a time attack, and the RC5+ took the beating much better than the ST's. I've personally run both back-to-back as well, and the RC5+ is definitely more track oriented/higher performance (but they do cost more).

DS2500 is a great pad, but the dust is definitely a bit heavier.

bchappy

Hah! the stoptechs are great but dust twice as much as the 2500's... i have used both sets for DD. Really similar pads though in terms of feel and wear.

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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thanks for the input

lv05evo

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Are the CL RC5's from the website for front and rear?

JRitt@essex

We do offer both front and rear:

Front RC5+ for Evo VII-IX

Rear RC5+ for Evo VII-IX