I'm running the honda's, just got back from wakefield and i'm happy with them on the track, hardly any fade and i was running the stock pads i took off the wreckers!

I have a set of bendix ultimates here for them, havn't put them in yet so I hope they fit, i'll be changing them whether the set in there at the moment wears out, I took a fair bit off them at the track..

I'll see if i can get the part# for them..

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my pads are bendix ultimates ( i think ) and the part number for mine is db208. but they may or may not match your calipers, the part number wil be stamped on the back of the pad thought, so it will be worth while to look on the back of the pads for a p/n. it will most likely start with a db*** prefix.

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I have not brought my calipers yet.....I was want to use Bendix Ultimate pads as a couple of mate are running them in Corollas and Commodes and think they are the best pads around.

I will have to check what the DB208 pads are off, but I was told by Bendix that I could not get Ultimate pads for any of the City or Civic calipers from the '80's

Your not running ventilated are you

Minimad

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I would love a part number....ultimate pad is what I want to run. I will hunt down the caliper that fits the pad, just so I can use them.

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nope im running ( will be ) the 191 rotors with 208 calipers. i will double check on the pads tonight, but im pretty sure they are ultimates,

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If one was to buy a blank rotor and have the stud holes drilled in the right locations, would you still get a 191 or are there other sizes that are close in diameter etc that would not need reducing to fit 10" wheels? What other critical measurements are there? Centre Hole? Height?

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My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

I rang Bendix today and talked to the tech consultant.....No Ultimate pads made for any of the Civic or City models between 1980 and 1990. Never was and never will be

Never made in a DB208 style pad

Only 2 different civic pads made in Ultimate are:

DB1133 1990-91 Civic 3 + 4 doors.
DB1262 1992 -on Civic Sedan + VTi 1.6 Hatchback

I am just in the process of checking what disks came out on these models but I have a sinking feeling that they are all ventilated

Minimad

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Some of the cheapo aftermarket pads available now are pretty good, have kevlar in them like EBCs.
I recently put some Transgold pads in the Laser, it stops better than the Bendixes did. Haven't managed to fade them yet, either. $35 was a bargain.

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How do you think the Transgold would hold up to a flogging on the track

Also....has anybody had much experience with the Greenstuff pads I have been warned off them by a few people due to price and they love to eat rotors.

Anybody had these problems

Minimad

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I've had Greenstuffs on my S discs for 3 years or more, rotors were new then, still look new. It's Bendix Premiums that chew rotors up, not EBC Greenstuffs.

<edit> Next time I'm at Robbos, I'll see if they have Transgolds in a DB820 fitting (S size) and get some if they do.

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Hey, I found this small survey on the MRT Discussion Forum. It does put prospective the different pads that are avalilble. Most of the cars were STi's.

>What Brake pads are we using for the track ?
>Lets find out what works and what doesn't.
>Is anyone using:
>Pagid Blue RS-42
>Pagid Black RS-14B
>Pagid Black RS-15
>Hawk Blue
>Hawk HT10
>EBC Green
>EBC Red High pad wear
>EBC Blue
>Endless NA-Y
>Endless NA-R
>Endless NA-M $$
>Endless CC-X
>Carbo Tech Panther Plus (U.S)
>Jurid (O.E on STi)
>RB 74
>RB COMP 9
>Mintex 1155
>Mintex 1166
>Mintex F2 Testing
>Mintex F4
>Ferodo Performance TS2000 Dusty
>Ferodo DS 2500 Noisy on the road
>Ferodo DS 3000 Noisy on the road (track only)
>PFC 83 AGRESSIVE
>PFC 93 AGRESSIVE
>SBS Street/Track (Ceramic)New
>SBS Track (Carbon Ceramic)New Firm Pedal
>SBS Pro Race (Dual Carbon)New
>Galfer 1055 Good on street.
>Galfer 1075 - Firm track pad
>
>Good experience
>Bad experience
>Average
>
>Regards
>Steve

I am starting to change my mind on the Ultimate pad choice. Since they bagged them so much that they didn't even include them in the survey

Dr Mini, at $35 for the Trabsgold is right up my alley

Minimad

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I'm sure Mini Mad (not you) got some Bendix Metal Kings in Honda 208 size, I think they are not a bad pad. I sed to use them on the Fiat.
May be worth a try.

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And I'm sure Transgolds would be available for Hondas, they make them for damn near everything else Japanese. We've got them on a Mitsubishi Mirage too.

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Yeap, your correct, Metal King Plus are the pads i have here...

It'd be great to have a better selection of pads, what are these Trabsgolds?

I wouldn't be too worried, these discs at full size have awesome braking ability, I was running dodgy pads from the wreckers car on a track and I could only produce minimal fade by the end of a session with plenty of hard braking from 130km/h at the end of the straight..

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Sorry thats a typo....Transgold

Haven't been able to find a distributor in QLD yet...but soon

Minimad

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