Brake Pads

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After doing Oulton Park today the brake pads on my exige s are looking pretty low, do most people go for standard lotus pads or are there any others that the majority tend to go for ?

How much £££ ?


Thanks

[Saied]

I had a full set of Pagid RS42 pads fitted last month and they're terrific.

[bogie]

Pagid RS42 - the best all round road and track pad Ive found in the last 6 years ..thats all I fit, even on my other cars

[cej]

Another vote for Pagid rs42

[DamienCBR]

Cat amongst the pigeons, i think pagids 42's are stE. I think i must have a bad batch or something as i am the only person who does not like them. I know it is not really a comparsion but my EBC Green's on my Tiger were better.

[macca77]

Another vote for Pagid RS42.

[kirky135r]

I've got Pagid RS14s on my 135R and on the track they are pretty awesome.

Bit slow to bite when cold driving to and from work, but not as bad as people made out.

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Looks like its a majority verdict then!

How much do these cost and wheres the best place to get them from?

[kirky135r]

I bought mine from Eliseparts

http://www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page...

Really helpful on the phone as well.

[Stu_00]

Any good on a 111R - Presume they would be good for the road etc. Standard pads seem to be average also loads of dust.

Sorry I sound like a lame owner - but not tracked it so no need for amazing brakes.

[21TonyK]

No argument that Pagids are the best but they are also the most expensive. I'm still using Mintex 1144's and although not as good as the Pagids for heavy track use I find they are more than adequate for fast road use and they are far, far superior to the OEM pads.

Edited by 21TonyK on Wednesday 16th July 14:02

[TonyHetherington]

Pagid RS42's for me also - superb on my old Elise and as soon as the current pads on my Exige run out, they'll be having them too.

[speedluvver]

I am using SBS.. they are almost as good as the Pagids, but quite a bit cheaper...

[chris7676]

Why are Lotus pads so bad then ?

[kevin ritson]

21TonyK said:

No argument that Pagids are the best but they are also the most expensive. I'm still using Mintex 1144's and although not as good as the Pagids for heavy track use I find they are more than adequate for fast road use and they are far, far superior to the OEM pads.

Edited by 21TonyK on Wednesday 16th July 14:02

You get twice the wear from Pagids, better retardation and fade resistance, that makes it 6 times better in my book, yet they're only twice as much. Bargain

[TIPPER]

Well worth a try are the EBC Yellowstuffs. Mine are now well bedded in and really are an improvement over Mintex 1144.
I've gone from lukewarm to warm to very warm on them.
If you read this Andy (Chapman) I'll happily spend my own money on them next time

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Thanks for the replies.

Ive ordered a full set of pagids for £200 + vat from elise parts (should be here tommorow)

should i have gone for new disks or are the stock discs fine?

[bogie]

I dont think that the discs are that bad its worth ripping them off if they are not worn and splashing out...unless you are racing of course - but next time you have a choice, generally the best (and longest lasting) are the AP ones...most expensive too, down from that you have the other ones that EP sell, original ones wont last long with heavy use, in fact the first 2 sets I had I was doing nearly a set of Pagids to a set of discs, then I changed to APs - sorted

[mylesmcd]

i did the pagids, ap discs, braided hoses and fluid - it now stops so well i could swear it has lifted the back wheels.

only downside......squeals like, er, something that squeals alot.

[piooly]

TIPPER said:

Well worth a try are the EBC Yellowstuffs. Mine are now well bedded in and really are an improvement over Mintex 1144.
I've gone from lukewarm to warm to very warm on them.
If you read this Andy (Chapman) I'll happily spend my own money on them next time

Hey Tipper, decided to bite the bullet and give these new yellowstuff type R pads a try. Only £100 a set so will see how they fair at Donnington in a couple of weeks ! Got to try these things and I am coming from the Mintex 1144 like you and you say they are better so we shall see..