Are ebc any good ?

[Mike1975]

Hi all looking to change the front and rear disks and pads on my 55 Sri cdti been looking round and seen the ebc set just woundering in people's thoughts or other sudjestions thanks

[Mike1975]

Anybody tried non manufactura breaks and pads ?

[SpiD]

EBCs' works great for me.

A bit more dust on the front wheels, but nice performance.

Not the cheapest though. Haven't tried real cheapo's.

Agree on the grooved discs. Noise/drone, uneven wear and no improvements.

[AntSSSS]

So I have used EBC pads a lot in the past.

Greens are a no no.. Far too soft, and generated a LOT of dust. I used to get fade from them on my Escort RS Turbo.
Reds are OK - Sometimes need warming before you get REAL braking power - but when they are warm they are better than OEM etc.
Yellows - these are the ones... I had these on my 360BHP Saab 9000 Aero and I did many track days with them and not once did they fail!!. They were also fantastic from cold and on the road.

Yellow Stuff are the pads I am getting when my current GM ones get low on my current Saab.

- I wouldnt get the EBC groved and or drilled discs however. Seem examples of them cracking. Standard disc's and yellow stuff are a fantastic mix.

[Mike1975]

Maybe no good for mine then if they produce a lot of break dust the car not used hard it a detailed one so looking got les dust

[AntSSSS]

I find the yellows no worse then OEM - infact I would go as far as to say slightly better. Geens were VERY dusty but the Vec I think is too heavy for them anyway, Reds were less dusty than greens, maybe a little more so than OEM... yellows all the way.

[Ben50n]

EBC make good motorbike brake pads.....

[Betty]

I use EBC Yellow stuff on all my cars - whether they are for road or track. I've never faded a set of Yellows (although I know some people have) despite some really hard track use.

Genuine OE pads will have melted/crumbled/caught fire long before the Yellows start to suffer.

[yorkshire007]

I have used Mintex 1144 on my other cars and my Bro used Mintex 1155 on his Vectra B 2.5 V6 and he loved them. The EBC pads are great in the Yellow but the rest are shocking for normal driving. If you want cheaper pads then have a look at the Black Diamond pads. I used there disks on a EVO and never had any problems with cracking etc, until I swapped to Tarox drilled and groved disks when I had a disk shatter on me. This made for a interesting drive. ... Shift+R improves the quality of this image. CTRL+F5 reloads the whole page.