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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 05:26 AM
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Default What are the LEAST squeaky brake pads?

At this point, I care less about dust and more about silence. I have PBR Ceramic pads and apparently they don't get along with my rotors (ECS slotted & cross-drilled rotors). The squeal is getting unbearable. My car sounds like a subway train coming to a stop. I have taken the pads off twice, cleaned them and applied Disk Brake Quiet, which lasts for about two days before the squeal is back. So at this point, I am contemplating just replacing the pads altogether.

So any recommendations for silent brake pads?
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 05:43 AM
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Default I have EBC Red Stuff Ceramic with the same rotors and have 0 noise.

Are you sure the brakes are bedded in properly?
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 05:45 AM
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AFAIK. I'll try rebedding, but the noise is ridiculous
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 05:57 AM
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You need to squeeze some of the DBQ inbetween the backing plate and the pad plate.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 05:58 AM
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Default stock

my ferodo ds2500's are pretty silent. once in a while you'll hear a little but rarely and they perform very well. great cold bite, supposed to be good up to 1000 degree too. dust is less than stock but still dusty.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 06:16 AM
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Default I have the same pads, and no squeak. I don't have cross-drilled rotors, though, and those always

seem to end up putting "grooves" in the face of the rotor and the pad. Those grooves, I think, lead to squeaking.

I couldn't make my first set of PBR's stop squeaking until I resurfaced my rotors (OEM rotors). After that it was smooth and silent sailing.

My current set is silent on slotted fronts (ECS Stg2v2 BBK), and stock plain rears.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 06:20 AM
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Default Having a tough time picturing that?

You don't have any pictures, do you? Not sure where that would be. I smeared a bunch of it on the back of the pad and some on the caliper itself. Is that what you mean?
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 06:39 AM
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the pads from Passats and A4s work (sometimes sans wear sensor... big deal)... so whenever I do brakes for someone with one of those cars and there's lots of life left (you'd be surprised how many people ask me to do brakes when they don't need it, and won't take "no" for an answer) I stick them on the shelf.... and swap them onto my TT when needed. Even though I'm operating without the adhesive, I still never have even the slightest bit of noise. Yeah, lots of dust, but you can't have everything.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 06:42 AM
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Default No pics. There is a thin metal backing plate, riveted to the thicker metal pad plate. Push some DBQ

in that space with a toothpick or other small probe. This did the trick for me.
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 06:45 AM
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Default I have EBC "green" Stuff Ceramic with ebc cross drilled rotors and have 0 noise.

I also have them on the wifes A4 with the same result, no noise and virtually no dust.
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