So it's that time for me. My front pads are shot. i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on brakes? I was mainly wondering about EBC brakes i found some that are pretty cheap. Now i was wondering if they were cheap because they're garbage or what? any feed back is greatly appreciated. Also suggestions would be awesome too.

 

EBC makes some great products. So does Hawk and Axxis. You just need to ask yourself what type of driving are you going to be doing. Pads operate at difference temperature ranges.

So let us know if you are a daily driver or full out racer or somewhere in the middle.

 

try dezod pads or some axxis ultimate

 

i am going to axxis ultimate off ebay, i heard they are great, but kinda dusty.

 

just bought the Axxis deluxe (fronts and rears) from wesellcarparts for $87 shipped. the deluxe are supposed to be low dust low noise and a step up from OEM.

 

It's just my daily. I'm just replacing my stocks.

 

I'd recommend you look at Porterfield brakes. They make their own brakes using carbon-kevlar. I've had them before, and they're awesome! Low dust, no noise, works well cold and hot. The R4-S compound is the "street" one. No heating up required. They last about 50-60k miles. Great for daily driving and spirited driving too!

here's a link to them.

http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/pads.html

they do have the Scion tC pads, because our brakes came from the Celica GT or GTS.

 

Axxis are hella dusty, i had the rears on for a few weeks and nothing but dust, i had EBC Redstuff up front and there was virtually no dust.

i'd go with EBC Greenstuff for just replacing the stock stuff. i am running Redstuff all over now and love them. i had Greenstuff on my last ride and was also satisfied.

 

i was looking at these ones http://www.car-stuff.com/carparts/sc...ud8171367.html

Greens were recomended for cars with 200 Brake HP and i don't think my car has 200 brake. unless 151WHP is about 200.

 

never heard of those before, i only know of Greenstuff, Redstuff and Yellowstuff. daily driving to autocross, respectively.

 

i'm telling ya.. porterfield. There are other people who have them here at scionlife. Post up a topic asking for opinions on porterfield, you'll see. But you get them, You'll thank me!

 

yea thats 70 bucks vs. 30.

 

true, they are more money i just was happy that a performance pad lasted 50-60k miles.. i think the exact number was like 58k

 

see thats like OEM price for triple the miles i might actually buy them just because they lasted so much longer.

how dusty are they?

 

I had about the same amount of dust with the oem tC pads as I did with the porterfields. So I don't think that's a lot at all.

If you do go with the porterfield's, r4-s compound of course (street compound), The carbon-kevlar transfers from the pad to the rotor/disc, just takes about a week or so to break in (bed-in). I found with the performance pads, it REALLY makes a difference to bed-in the pads properly. I just drove normally, didn't panic stop, then in about a week, i could feel there was less brake pedal input and more stopping power, hardly had to hit the brake pedal.

might want to call Porterfield and find out how much the pads are, I don't know.. Someone else had a post here about the porterfields, you could do a search, had pics too. hope that helps.

UPDATE:
Okay did a search, here's the link
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ht=porterfield

romney is the user's name who has them. can PM him to see what he thinks of them.

 

how dusty are axxis ultimates, im ordering those with the stoptech stage 2 kit

 

they came with my Stage 2 kit as well but i junked em and got better stuff, way too dusty.