I was a huge fan of Ferodo DS2500s on Centric rotors. They performed insanely well for street duty and were decent enough for track days.
Pros: insanely well for street
Cons: decent for track days
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Ferodo DS2500 is about the best pad you can get.
Pros: best pad you can get
I've got OE spec ferodo on my 208 GTi no complaints from me, got brembo on my Saab 9-5 aero again all good I would avoid the cheaper end of the market
Pros: no complaints, good
Cons: avoid cheaper brands
Ferodo DS2500 were good in my daily/tracked GTI and track NB Miata, until I got GLOC track pads on the latter. Which are awesome. BUT the DS2500 held up to the track really well, I'd definitely say for a daily that gets tracked they're about as good as you might get. Grease the contact points on the pad with copper or other compatible grease and i think they don't make much noise at all.
Pros: good for daily/track use
Cons: noisy
Recently completed my HPDE and by the end of the day my stock pads were completely gone. Got my front rotors and all my pads replaced soon after that. I went for the Ferodo DS2500 pads. While bedding my pads, I noticed the brake feeling/bite is quite nice when braking at around 50-60% pressure, but once I tried emulating track style braking (i.e hitting brake pedal very hard) I noticed that my brake pedal was vibrating/rattling and also felt some sort of scraping was going on. This would happen even when hitting brakes hard from low speeds of ~30 mph. It's felt entirely on the front brakes. ABS did not engage, so I don't think the vibrations are from that. The obvious visible difference I see is the use of high temp brake lube from the shop.
Pros: good initial bite
Cons: vibrating pedal, scraping
I'm running Ferodo DS 1.11. and they're fine on the streets even during winters when it gets even as cold as -25C
Pros: good cold performance
I got their vented rear and front rotors (Girodiscs) with stock calipers and Ferrodo DS2500 pads all around. For a stock powered car they work great at VIR. I have done 2 sessions there now and braking is pretty decent. On the street this combo will never fade period. The rears overheat which overload the fronts and cause issues. Rears overheating also causes the wheel bearings to go out so getting vented rears is just smart.
Pros: work great at track, never fade on street
Vehicle:
Honda S2000
My rear pads cracked after 3 months, 4k km of use.
Cons: cracked, short lifespan
Mileage: 4000 km
Ferodo DS2500 are a classic high performance street pad, every time I go through a set I am sure something better must have come along and do some market research, always end up back on the DS2500´s as an everday/occasional track pad. They are cheap and they last forever (really) relative to punishment taken, they are dusty though, that´s really my main issue with them.
Pros: cheap, long lasting
Cons: dusty
If you can't find ceramic pads, get Ferodo Premium Eco Friction.
Pros: Premium Eco Friction
Vehicle:
Peugeot 308
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