North American Turbocoupe Organization



Breaks ?
Jackie Reinhart Offline
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#1
Ok everybody, I am looking for break pads for my 88 t-bird; NO DUST or LOW DUST breaks. Do they make such an animal? I'll bet I have bought every brand on the market, and still I get DUST !
Can anybody HELP!!!
Jackie Reinhart
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zbird Offline
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#2
Rockauto.com. Just give them a call or look it up on the site. Many choices. Ceramics are hard on the rotors but dont dust.
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Joe F Offline
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#3
I've used EBC Greenstuff pads; in my experience they stop way better than stock and I see no dust to speak of. The downside is that if you are hard on your brakes, they won't last as long as normal pads because they are softer material. The EBC Redstuff pads are supposedly even better now with a new formulation, but I have no experience with them, I'll probably use them the next time I change pads.
JR's Place - My '87 Turbocoupe
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Jackie Reinhart Offline
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#4
So, Are you all saying that softer pads give you less dust? As for hard on the breaks? I push the peddle and the car stops. I only drive the car about 100 miles a year and 60 of that is going to get it inspected. So where can you get EBC Greenstuff pads?
Jackie Reinhart
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natmac3 Offline
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#5
Summit racing should have a listing.

I ordered my EBC YellowStuff pads thru an ebay seller, can't remembr the vendor name though.
1987tc
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Joe F Offline
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#6
Softer doesn't necessarily mean less dust, they are actually formulated for that.

Do a search for "EBC Greenstuff" (or Yellowstuff of Redstuff) and you'll have more information at your fingertips that you will want to read.

FWIW I got mine through Summit IIRC.

HTH.
JR's Place - My '87 Turbocoupe
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Jackie Reinhart Offline
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#7
Thanks Joe, for the info.
from the other JR's place
Jackie Reinhart
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Kev Offline
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#8
Just an FYI, I've owned at least 1 turbocoupe and as many as 3 at the same time for the past 10 years. I've always done the brakes myself on all the cars. On my current car, I installed some EBC redstuff brake pads from ebay, and I have never used a brake pad that had MORE dust than these pads. I wash my car at least once a week, and there is always a thick black film on the front rims after only a week of driving back and forth to work (2 miles one way). I thought at first that it could just be from the pads having to "break in", but it's been a year and the results are the same. I bought the pads from a warehouse that listed them as leftover stock because they didn't carry them anymore, so I don't know if they were just really old, but I don't know if that would cause the dusting problem either. Like I said, just an FYI. Good luck to ya!
Kev
1988 TC 5spd
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