4200 Brake Pads

[Carrera]

Hi All

Purchased a set of new disc through the forum end of last year and am about to fit them. My question is about brake pads. I have been told by Matthew at Giallo the best pads are Ferodo FCP1298H and FCP451H. These are race/track pads and come in at £300 a set which is nearly as much as the discs!! My current set up is original discs on a 2003 4200 CC with 50K mileage and ECB Yellow stuff, they aren't great and i'm looking to improve on this if possible. Has anyone tried these Ferodo Pads and what alternative are there that will improve on my current set up?

Any help much appreciated

 

[GeoffCapes]

I put EBC yellows on my 4200 and thought they were excellent.

 

[conaero]

I put standard Ferrodos on my GS with I fitted the forum discs all round, great bite!

 

[Mr S]

I have the DS2500's all round on mine, and they are very good.

 

[Carrera]

I put standard Ferrodos on my GS with I fitted the forum discs all round, great bite!

Thanks for that Conaero. Those are FBD451 and FDB998 correct?

 

[conaero]

Correct

 

[Carrera]

Correct

Great thanks for confirming that. Do you get much pedal travel or is the pedal firm from the top?

 

[Mr S]

Iv always had what feels like an inch of travel before the pads bite. Not sure if this is right or not, but its always been there

 

[Zep]

For me the 2500s were infinitely better than the yellow stuff I had before and the standard before that. No idea about the standard ferodo but for me they were worth the money - R90 regs mean that all road pads will all be much the same in terms of performance.