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Ah the Brembo pads on ebay im guessing?

I use to sell them, got them directly from the Aussie Brembo agents as im a wholesaler, they are a cheap Semi metalic Asian Brembo line, rated to 650 but not made in Italy. (boxes cleverly do not state country of origin)

I had a few threats of court action from customers about them...they are that good if you get me.

Brembo by name only, not Brembo by nature.

  • 2 weeks later...

Just some feedback on Bendix Ultimates

Car: 89 R32 GTR

Rotors: DBA slotted

Use: Street driving only (EDIT)

Braking performance seems quite good. Although they are extremely noisy after more than 3-4 minutes of street driving.

I have bedded them in as described by a few on this forum but have not taken any other steps to try and reduce noise.

Would not recommend the bendix ultimates, as performance doesn't feel any better than my EBC reds that I had previously, and the reds didn't have the noise issues.

Edited by SandalsBoy
  • 3 months later...

Bit of an update on the Intima SS

About 6 months in of daily use with these and I can't complain at all about them

Gave them their first really good test a week or so ago along my favourite 5km stretch of country road, which really tests the brakes out on the downhill stretches and stopping from faster speeds coming into corners on the uphill section

They performed very well, with a slight amount of performance drop after 5 mins of heavy use. Not sure if this was pad or fluid related but I couldn't have been much harder on the brakes and they held up great

Looking at the pads I've got around 3/5 of the pad left after 6 months or so, and rotor wear and brake dust is very minimal

I do get a tiny bit of brake shudder when stopping from higher speeds with medium pedal pressure - say slowing from 100 to 40 or so turning off highway roads - the kind of normal braking you'd do to stop gently/normally. Stomping on them a bit harder see's this go away

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So whats the conclusion for best all rounders on stock rotors..?

By all rounder I assume it's daily driver that see's some spirited driving? I'd recommend the Intima SS as above

How dusty are the Intima SS? I've got Remsa pads on all round atm but they're dusty af... they perform awesomely though, but if you don't wash out the brake dust every week they seem to drop in performance.

Just some feedback on Bendix Ultimates

Car: 89 R32 GTR

Rotors: DBA slotted

Use: Street driving only (EDIT)

Braking performance seems quite good. Although they are extremely noisy after more than 3-4 minutes of street driving.

I have bedded them in as described by a few on this forum but have not taken any other steps to try and reduce noise.

Would not recommend the bendix ultimates, as performance doesn't feel any better than my EBC reds that I had previously, and the reds didn't have the noise issues.

Last time we tested the Bendix Ultimates, a female careful slow driver got 20000Km out of them in a BA Falcon doing city driving.

After 20000Km the new rotors were all undersized, wheels went black within a day of driving everyday, braking for normal street driving was great but i cannot justify the expense of changing rotors and pads every 20000Km.

They are just too aggressive on rotors.

Changed the rotors, fitted EBC Red Stuff, zero dust now after the bed in phase, no more dust, no more rotor wear, 60000 Km later the same pads and rotors are still on the car, pads have about 40% left on them, rotors look 3000Km old, zero wear, no lips on them.

  • 1 month later...

I'm in need of some new pads. Although the Remsa pads are good for performance and appear to last, the dust is HORRIBLE. 30km of driving is enough to see dust start building up. Local shop recommends Bendix Ultimates but I know they aren't what I am after.

I'm in need of some new pads. Although the Remsa pads are good for performance and appear to last, the dust is HORRIBLE. 30km of driving is enough to see dust start building up. Local shop recommends Bendix Ultimates but I know they aren't what I am after.

I can't fault the Intima SS pads, done around 12,000 on them so far and no noise, bugger all dust and rotor wear

I'm in need of some new pads. Although the Remsa pads are good for performance and appear to last, the dust is HORRIBLE. 30km of driving is enough to see dust start building up. Local shop recommends Bendix Ultimates but I know they aren't what I am after.

I'm in the same boat... love the performance of the Remsa pads but fark me the dust... plus having white wheels and practically ocd with keeping them clean lol.

Edit again wasn't thinking straight lol...

I had intima sr previously and wasn't a big fan...

Now I'm stuck between qfm, intima ss, heard great things about the ebc green stuff but on mazdas anyone used them on a skyline.

Edited by MrRx7s3

My GT-R came with Green stuff and they were shit (I rear ended someone with them lol). Changed to QFM HPX and the difference was huge (didn't even do a brake bleed/flush).

What didn't you like about the Intima SR? They're supposed to be equivalent to QFM A1RM, right?

I had EBC Greenstuff on my old car and thought they were fine. They didn't last very long though. I've had the QFM HPX pads, very dusty and I could not get them to be quiet. I had squealing in all 4 corners. Remsa shut the noise up in 3 corners.

I'm leaning towards redstuff or Intima SS pads.

Remsa good for braking and noise but the dust is insane. I think my car was the cause of the dust storms Sydney had a couple years ago.

I think the sr's are track orientated pads... squishy, noisy and dull breaking until they're extremely hot then they perform, which by then is too late haha lol... hmm first time I've heard bad against the qfm, and also heard they are dustless previously... yeah I feel you on that Sarge the dust just isn't normal, looks like I'm leaning towards the intima ss pads then.

I had EBC Greenstuff on my old car and thought they were fine. They didn't last very long though. I've had the QFM HPX pads, very dusty and I could not get them to be quiet. I had squealing in all 4 corners. Remsa shut the noise up in 3 corners.

I'm leaning towards redstuff or Intima SS pads.

Remsa good for braking and noise but the dust is insane. I think my car was the cause of the dust storms Sydney had a couple years ago.

EBC Green stuff is for light kit cars around up to 850Kg and rated to 500 degrees.

I have spoken to EBC Australia about this, now you cant buy them in Aus anymore because of it.....Minimum is Red stuff now.

EBC Green stuff is for light kit cars around up to 850Kg and rated to 500 degrees.

I have spoken to EBC Australia about this, now you cant buy them in Aus anymore because of it.....Minimum is Red stuff now.

What local shops sell EBC pads? I can only find online shops.

Im in Melbourne (Bricks and mortar and online shop) and carry them.

Most shops dont hold them because they are expensive, however RDA/EBC deliver daily, most times twice a day so most shops dont carry them as they have no need to, ask they they are a few hours away.

  • 2 weeks later...

I'm in the same boat... love the performance of the Remsa pads but fark me the dust... plus having white wheels and practically ocd with keeping them clean lol.

Edit again wasn't thinking straight lol...

I had intima sr previously and wasn't a big fan...

Now I'm stuck between qfm, intima ss, heard great things about the ebc green stuff but on mazdas anyone used them on a skyline.

Go Intima SS, AFM A1RM or the likes are garbage.

I know in the past there were many fan boys who supported QFM, I was one of them.. but these days there are other better pads to be had.

I will chime in here.

I used Intima SR for a track day. and they sucked a big proverbial dick. I literally crumbled them on the track.

QFM a1rm did 3 track days in one set of pads and they stopped my boat much quicker.

So for me the intima pads are "garbage"

The ss would be on par with the hpx, which I now also have and they drive absolutely great for normal street duties.

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