EBC Red stuff Squeal

[scottieg]

EBC red stuff pads then just installed and squealing like a pig done bedding in procedures applied copper grease twice and still doing it only when cold tho brake heavily and it stops until a mile down the road when they cool down again off they go again. is this something i am going to just have to live with or am i missing a trick, running drilled and grooved disks too
cheers

[Tathan]

Prob gonna have to get used to it if they're bedded in. Drilled and grooved discs are noisier too.

[scottieg]

yeah, stops well tho cant here it with the system pumping but its just embarrassing coming down to a junction n stuff

[Tathan]

I love brake squeal, it's manly.

[Joker]

Na brake squeal does my head in 2! - People just look at you like dude your cars broken man!!! lol The more better they are the more they squeal apparently so I read somewhere...

[Vinci]

I have blackstuff pads with ATE Powerdisc grooved discs on my mk2 Astra which also had the annoying squeel, but after several hundred miles they went completely silent!! Give it some time to break in, trust me!

[Tathan]

Na brake squeal does my head in 2! - People just look at you like dude your cars broken man!!! lol The more better they are the more they squeal apparently so I read somewhere...

You just aren't manly as **** enough

[Joker]

haha I'm a image person

[novaboyopr]

race cars squeal = squealing is cool

[Tathan]

Exactly!

I suppose if a clapped out shed does it it sounds crap but when I see something serious rumble up on stiff suspension with massive squealing brakes I do a little sex wee. It's like fire extinguishers and bonnet pins - awesome on right car, ****ing stupid on Saxos.

[novaboyopr]

Exactly!

I suppose if a clapped out shed does it it sounds crap but when I see something serious rumble up on stiff suspension with massive squealing brakes I do a little sex wee. It's like fire extinguishers and bonnet pins - awesome on right car, ****ing stupid on Saxos.

i purposely dont copper slip my pads for this reason lol go's to ebay to search some carbon brakes

[Benn]

Try filling a chamfer in to the leading edge of the pad, worked with my M1144s.

[Gordo]

Higher performance pads tend to be harder, and so there's less damping of the pad vibration.
As said, it can be cool on the right car.

[scottieg]

thanks for the replies made me giggle i do agree with the whole manly squeal thing but after about 500 miles they are fine now totaly silent shame i cant get up to any speed to use them due to an indefinate misfire its sooo anoying

[vectra640]

My red stuff pads squeal big time, guess I must drive around like I'm on Viagra ha ha ha

[Vinci]

Lots of funny jokes guys, but apparently they changed from a metal sinter compound to ceramic kevlar not so long ago. These pads are mucho grande better!

I've seen some old stock clear outs with the older Redstuff pads for bottom prices, so it's probably true indeed.

From here:
LMF Vauxhall - The Vauxhall Parts Specialist...

This material is a Kevlar® fibre based brake compound, enhanced with ceramic particles. If you have previously tried EBC redstuff (pre-ceramic compound) this material is light years ahead. It lasts longer, it brakes better and is quieter. Being a hard wearing pad, bed-in times can be as long as 1000 miles and drivers must be patient until the pad takes up the shape of their disc (brake rotor).

Don't know which ones the TS has? If it's the newer pads might still need the 1000 miles run in...

[scottieg]

mine are the kevlar 1's

[Vinci]

I see, and how are the sounds doing?

On a side note I really wonder how much less harming kevlar fibres are in pads compared to ancient asbestos, I work with kevlar quite often and cutting it with scissors (glass fibre fusion splicing) and it stings like *** when bits are left on your skin. Just like glass wool etc. can't be healthy!