Aftermarket Ceramic Brake Pads?

[bacque]

Anyone put aftermarket brake pads on their smart? Post 17" lorinsers all around, I've noticed considerable decrease in stopping power....

went to pep boys / autozone, and searched the net, but no leads on a good aftermarket pad for the smart....

any help?


thanks!

[John_H]

I've had EBC greenstuff pads on my car since I got it. While not ceramic, they're lower in dust than the very-dusty stock pads.

After finding that the ceramic EBC redstuff pads are available for import to the US, Darin at scp-parts.com now has an order in the system; they haven't arrived yet but shouldn't take too long to get here.

I'll replace my greenstuff with redstuff and cut my own dust to next-to-nothing. I'm more interested in dust reduction since my stopping power is what I expect but it would be interesting (after a few hundred miles) to see what a panic-stop does with the new pads.

[sunnyokanagan]

Replace the rotors too. With harder pads, the oem rotors wear down very quickly!

[SmartTech]

he replaced the rotors with ebc usr rotors as well.
I do stock the gd gold series rotors. i hope to have the redstuff pads soon but honestly they are coming from the uk slow boat so it might be another month before i see them.

[wjmj]

I would LOVE to be notified when you get those in. I have been running Red Stuff and EBC rotors on my Honda Preludes for the last 7 years.

[parts4smarts]

Originally Posted by wjmj

I would LOVE to be notified when you get those in. I have been running Red Stuff and EBC rotors on my Honda Preludes for the last 7 years.

I stock blackstuff ( Ultimax ),greenstuff and redstuff pads, as well as Turbogroove rotors, for smarts.
Prices are
Blackstuff Pads $ 60
Greenstuff Pads $ 75
Redstuff Pads $ 109
Turbogroove Rotors $ 210
10% discount if rotor and pads ordered at same time

harald