Pick some pads for me please
03-22-2011, 09:50 AM
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Tampax.
I just painted some LegGT wheels using the duplicolor graphite and it's dark.
As for pads. Seriously for a street car you're limited to the tires ability to brake on a shitty street surface so the most badass pads will either:
A) Allow you to lock up quicker and skid on the shitty surface or
B) induce the ABS.
There won't be much difference between a decent less dusty pad and a rotor chewing race pad for a daily driver.
How retarded do you really drive on the street?
I just painted some LegGT wheels using the duplicolor graphite and it's dark.
As for pads. Seriously for a street car you're limited to the tires ability to brake on a shitty street surface so the most badass pads will either:
A) Allow you to lock up quicker and skid on the shitty surface or
B) induce the ABS.
There won't be much difference between a decent less dusty pad and a rotor chewing race pad for a daily driver.
How retarded do you really drive on the street?
My ABS is actually fucked up. If fact, I need to fix that **** stat. Basically when I induce ABS, my car stops about 5x more slowly. It used to work pretty well until I put in my SS lines.
Neither do I but when more horse power means more brake responsibility blah blah.
How thoroughly did you clean your wheels before duplicoloring them? I was thinking about sanding mine up a bit before painting.
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03-22-2011, 01:17 PM
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I did used all the Duplicolor **** in Braine's post here. If I could do it over I'd just clean really well, fill in the curb rash, prime with adhesion promoter and sandable primer, then hit with 2 coats of color and 2 of clearcoat.
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03-22-2011, 03:26 PM
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They are filled in somewhat but it's better to get high grit sandpaper and make sure. The stock daisies appear to be easily stripped. It ended up being a lot of friggin work. The wheels will still look decent on my red LegGT, but hell, I coulda bought some cheap Rotas and done other crap instead of killing a whole day doing the wheels. I'd fill in any deep scratches with JB weld and sand. I fixed some serious rash with it and that turned out well.
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03-23-2011, 08:56 PM
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Another vote for HP+.
Dust like mad though, and if you don't break em in just right they're going to rupture your ******* ear drums.
Ducting to my brakes has significantly reduced this noisiness though.
Dust like mad though, and if you don't break em in just right they're going to rupture your ******* ear drums.
Ducting to my brakes has significantly reduced this noisiness though.
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03-24-2011, 11:24 AM
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Mine and my buddy's never squealed because we both broke them in as per the destructions that came in the box.
Charcoal gray metallic would be great for not showing much dust.
My buddy uses the dust protective spray for his wheels with great success. But I don't much worry about looks at this point for mine. I need it to be fast before it's pretty.
Charcoal gray metallic would be great for not showing much dust.
My buddy uses the dust protective spray for his wheels with great success. But I don't much worry about looks at this point for mine. I need it to be fast before it's pretty.
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03-24-2011, 11:47 AM
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Have you driven any hi-performance bone stock cars with decent brakes? Some of the pads they use are decent for what you seem to desire. And they are way milder than some options suggested herein. Hence less dust and squeal and premature wear issues during street use.
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03-24-2011, 01:18 PM
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Quit being a *****. Squeal lets everyone else know how bad *** your car is.
As I said earlier AX6 would probably be ok for what you want, Ferodo DS2500 work pretty well as DD pads for my Subie, mild as far as dusting but it is harder to remove than the dust from carbotechs.
As I said earlier AX6 would probably be ok for what you want, Ferodo DS2500 work pretty well as DD pads for my Subie, mild as far as dusting but it is harder to remove than the dust from carbotechs.
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03-24-2011, 05:03 PM
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Quit being a *****. Squeal lets everyone else know how bad *** your car is.
As I said earlier AX6 would probably be ok for what you want, Ferodo DS2500 work pretty well as DD pads for my Subie, mild as far as dusting but it is harder to remove than the dust from carbotechs.
As I said earlier AX6 would probably be ok for what you want, Ferodo DS2500 work pretty well as DD pads for my Subie, mild as far as dusting but it is harder to remove than the dust from carbotechs.
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