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Liam

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Hi,

I visit here frequently as my Dad has a chipped Fab vRS :) . I have a Focus TDCi Sport - also chipped... *ducks for cover* :o

We are about to upgrade our discs and pads and we've settled on Black Diamond discs and - depending on your replies - Ferodo DS2500 pads. :confused:

I was wondering what the brake dust levels are like in comparison to the standard pads? Mine are shocking, the Fab's not so bad but I was just curious as I don't want black wheels within 20miles of driving and at the same time I don't want the likes of Greenstuff pads as I don't like them...

Thanks in advance,

Liam. ;)

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ColinD Grand Master

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Think competition performance!

I have all round 2500's, somebody else has the 3000's which are not really for road use but as it's a track car...well anyway on BD discs it's outbraked the odd GT on track.

The 2500's all round will have your passengers saying flip me trust me...Huck did :D

They are quite dusty, I've found if I do not clan my wheels then it never looks any worse.

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:wave: I have all round DS2500s, and although the frequency with which the brake dust needs cleaning off, its worth it with the performance! :thumbup:

Oh, and as mentioned above, the MC2 does a wonderful job anyway! :D

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DS2500 are a really really good pad. Not as dusty as some, but more dusty than standard VAG pads. Then again, they do stop you an awful lot better :D

Hmmm, and I can second this having been ferried around Wales in the old vRS and around Brunters in the white vRS - all with DS pads on of varying models.

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is it worth putting ds2500's on standard discs?

jonno.

Oh yeah! ;) Even on my smaller than vRS brake discs it makes hell of a difference - no fade or anything - need dot4.1 brake fluid at the same time though which costs very little in comparison to 4 sets of pads. :D

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Yep, that is what I run. They are an improvement over standard pads, the uprated disks are well worth having though and I will be putting them on mine when the standard disks are dead.

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Youll notice a very big improvement...

just something to note tho... bedding in :)

the instructions for the pads reccomend 25-30 applications of brakes at 50% race pressure for 3-6 seconds at a time.. so thats 30 stops braking hard from about 80-100mph which will destroy new discs...

so what i did was took it VERY easy for first week or so to bed the disk in... then went out and generally hammered the pads.... theve not let me down since :D

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Youll notice a very big improvement...

just something to note tho... bedding in :)

the instructions for the pads reccomend 25-30 applications of brakes at 50% race pressure for 3-6 seconds at a time.. so thats 30 stops braking hard from about 80-100mph which will destroy new discs...

so what i did was took it VERY easy for first week or so to bed the disk in... then went out and generally hammered the pads.... theve not let me down since :D

New Discs and pads Friday, Track Day Saturday :D

Left the final burning in to TaviaRS...all I will say is fluid fluid and fluids...change it.

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I'd have another set of DS2500's without hesitation.

I've done over 2000 miles in the last week alone, and the brakes have worked every time i needed them. They didn't even fade when hammering around Bruntingthorpe ;)

Just give your wheels a good coat of wax and use MC2 to clean them. Dust will not be a problem :)

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