Greenstuff

Mine were definately green, although they do do Black Stuff pads for, iirc, rather hardcore use?

MY greenstuff pads have been varying colours depending on the car...

Some where green but most have been black/Grey

I've also had mixed results with them.

Mason

"Steve Firth" wrote

Halfords has signs all over the brake section saying it's illegal to sell brake pads that have the seal broken. Send them back just in case.

Yes, but they are a 4x4 formulation, not the "fast road use" one. They are EBC 6000 series for 4x4 trucks, and got a rave review in Australia.

They do the stock pads as well, but the range of pads available isn't huge. There are Ford, EBC and I think it's Weaver from the USA which are "silver" pads supposedly used by US traffic cops. I was looking for something with less brake dust than the standard and hoped that if I got more stopping power it would be a bonus.

I want slotted rotors because some of the Alpine descents are amusing and on an auto there's really not much engine braking.

Thanks, I'd not seen that notice. I'll raise it with EBC tomorrow when I check that these are the right pads. The worrying thing is that the number printed on the back of the brake pad is not the same as the one on the box.

Ah well i found the Greens gave loads less brake dust on the 405 :)

Is your intention to take the Explorer offroading steve?

That would worry me too.

Err only on days with a "y" in them, why?

Can you get Porterfield RS4's for the Exploder? Rated good amongst the GT4 crowd for a rather weighty 4x4 coupe. Or maybe Endless make pads, because they have quite a good rep.

Get them back. If the pads in the box are wrong, even if you did open them (which you didn't), the part in the box isn't the one you expected.

The pad compound is black - it's just painted green round the sides and on the backing plate. Same applies to Redstuff and Yellowstuff...

Ah, that's why they're not green.

The would worry me too :)

Re: the Fast Road Compound - I had great results with the Greenstuff pads in my 405 (2.0i 8v). They're totally unsuitable for anything very-heavy and/or genuinely-quick though (super soft compound) - people should be using Redstuff on a performance car.

That prolly doesn't apply to the 4x4 versions that you've got...

Hmmm, that's gonna be £100 for the pair, plus excessive shipping cost, plus VAT and import duty when it arrives in the UK.

Give

Yes, but on these the metal back is also black. Waiting for a reply from EBC at present.

Thanks, I'll give it a try. I don't hold out much hope though, EBC told me that they won't be importing tubogroove disks for the Explorer, ever.