Brake Pads 993 Carrera 2

[Russell Wheatley]

Just seeing if anyone has had experience of Non OE brake pads for the 993 Carrera 2 on standard discs.
I understand Pagid, EBC Greenstuff and others make pads.
Is there any favourites or avoid like the plague?

 

[sue11sam]

I think the Textar pads take some beating, depends what you are doing with the car, for standard road use, including some enthusiastic driving, I am happy with them. You can buy them at reasonable prices from a number of suppliers, I use Bert.

 

[clyde]

I have EBC Red stuff on just now and think they are so much better than the OE (Textar), the only issue I have is that I find they do take a bit of time to heat up to get to their optimal operating temperature. This results in a bit of a dead pedal for the first wee while, especially on a Monday morning after I've washed it on the Sunday for some reason, presumably they need a bit more time to dispel the water absorbed.

I've also run Pagid black in the past and these were also better than OE but not as good as Red stuff. However, the Pagids, like the OE, got up to working temperature quickly.

I've always used Porsche discs, regardless of which pads I put on.

 

[sue11sam]

Must be all those hills up in Scotland, bit extreme using red stuff for road use, and don't you find them noisey? dead pedal is not something I would like to forget about as I set off a little sleepy in the morning.

 

[clyde]

EBC describe Red stuff as being for fast road use but in my experience it should probably be described as "track/fast road". The only time they're noisy is when lightly braking after they have been used quite hard. But I think this is probably down to the lack of anti squeal pads on the back of the pads rather than the braking material though.

When I said "dead pedal" I didn't mean that there was no braking. The brakes do grip, albeit with a bit more effort on the pedal and not as well as when they are properly warmed up. It's just that there is no real feedback communicated to the driver. I have a long downhill drive at my house, so tend to remember that the pedal needs a bit more effort first thing []

Strangely, my son has Red stuff in his MX5 and they are great from the off, needing no warming up at all. I don't know if it's the smaller pad size (they are probably 30 or 40 % of the size of the 993's) or whether they are a different compound.

 

[sue11sam]

I agree that the anti squeal pads must always be fitted, plus when I last used red stuff pads (several years ago) I think I am correct in thinking that EBC only offered green stuff or red stuff pads which is why the red ones were a bit hard for road use, now it seems they offer as many compounds as colours of the rainbow, with blue being their track pads. I found their hardest pad at that time, red, also to be noisey. Good pads though. I do find that the Texstar pads are perfectly good for road use though, and run quiet

 

[burrow01]

I recall that we have had it confirmed by Textar that their OEM pads are exactly the same as the Porsche branded ones that they make but are half the price

I've got them fitted to my 993 and had no issues when repeatedly braking from 150mph+ at Bruntingthorpe

Pete

 

[sue11sam]

Also, Pagid and Textar are manufactured by the same company, I believe. Strange thing is I bought new pads for my car last week, and the pagid pads were cheaper than the Textar, at the last change it was the other way round

 

[Lancerlot]

ORIGINAL: Russell Wheatley

Just seeing if anyone has had experience of Non OE brake pads for the 993 Carrera 2 on standard discs.
I understand Pagid, EBC Greenstuff and others make pads.
Is there any favourites or avoid like the plague?

I'd be happy to get you a quote for Pagid if you decide to go this route.

RS29 material seems to be the most popular. []

Regards,

Clive.

 

[dparslow]

I use Textar pads in the 993tt and in my previous 993C2, I find they are good for road use. The 968 and the Marcos have Mintex C Tech M1144 compound pads, I prefere these for more enthusiastic driving.