RE: Best All Around Brake Pads?

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

The rotors are new, but are they true?  I bought a rotor for my Jeep from
Autozone and I had to have it turned because it wasn't true.  I've heard
this is a common problem with cheap rotors, and can happen with "higher
quality" rotors as well.  A friend who had an '88 BMW 528e replaced his
rotors with some aftermarket rotors that were only $80 each.  (Contrary to
popular belief, not all BMW parts are expensive.  Otherwise I wouldn't have
bought one.)  They would warp when they heated up and straighten out when
they cooled.  He bought new rotors from the dealer ($100 each) and the
problem was solved.

Aaron
'87 528e
'82 Scirocco
'70 Beetle
'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Robert
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 5:42 PM
> To: Ewan Hopkins; scirocco list
> Subject: Re: Best All Around Brake Pads?
>
>
> I just went with mintex pads and ate power disks.  Over stock
> they do have
> better bite but they still fade after two 80 to 40 stops
> fairly quickly.
>
> Question:
> 1.
>     I had just purchased my car and was doing the brakes.
> The pads that
> were on the car were pagids.  Are these a high performance
> pad, better than
> mintex or not?
>
> 2.
>     At low speeds my car wobbles like I am running over large
> rocks, but at
> high speeds the car does not do this.  could this be because
> the tires are
> not balanced?
> Also when stopping the car surges at low speeds.  I just
> replaced the front
> rotors and it is still there.  The actual brake pedal does
> not have surges
> just the car.  Are the rotors on the back warped or what?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ewan Hopkins <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
> To: <guido_david@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 7:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Best All Around Brake Pads?
>
>
> > Pagids certainly work well with Black Diamonds - they have
> good initial
> > 'bite' compared with stock. I've just replaced mine with
> ATE power disks /
> > Jurid pads and although they don't perform quite as well as
> the black
> > diamond/pagids did when new they are still pretty good and
> the disks are
> one
> > third of the price of the black diamonds. Unfortunately,
> I'm not sure what
> > made the biggest difference, the pads or the disks.
> >
> > Ewan Hopkins.
> >
> > >From: "David Guido" <guido_david@hotmail.com>
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: Best All Around Brake Pads?
> > >Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:05:26 -0800
> > >
> >
> >
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