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Old 07-03-2012, 02:18 PM
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Default Brake Pad squeals. Anyone got a fix?

Stock yellow pads, stock rotors and they squeal like a little piggie. I don't know if changing them out is going to solve the issue as other pads are only going to be more track oriented.

Anyone solve this issue or is it something that we just live with.
Old 07-03-2012, 02:43 PM
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Are you running the anti-squeal shims?
Old 07-03-2012, 02:53 PM
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They wont squeel for an hour after you track them.
You dont track enough.
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Originally Posted by TRAKCAR
They wont squeel for an hour after you track them.
You dont track enough.
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Pagid Yellows???? They will squeal (all race/track pads do)....after you track them they will be OK for a few miles then squeal again. Anti-Squeal shims don't help with track pads, neither does any type of backing paste/grease.

If you're going to street drive for a while just swap back to street pads...that's what I have to do. I don't track int he summer heat so I use street stock pads then...plus they stop better when cold anyway...and they during my heavy track month I might leave the track pads in and just deal with the noise.
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Thanks Mike, I think I'll follow your recipe.
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Originally Posted by RAudi Driver
Thanks Mike, I think I'll follow your recipe.
Be careful mixing pad compound on rotors
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Originally Posted by Izzone
Be careful mixing pad compound on rotors
Never had any issue with swapping stock Porsche pads with Pagid yellow or blacks...only think is the fist few street stops are not as grabby as the stock pads should be but after a hour of driving around town... or finding a deserted country road for a some hard threshold stops....new material is on the rotors and no issues.
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Originally Posted by Izzone
Be careful mixing pad compound on rotors
Bed them in properly and you are fine.
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Originally Posted by LVDell
Originally Posted by Izzone
Be careful mixing pad compound on rotors
Bed them in properly and you are fine.
I don't bed in pads or rotors

Pain in the ***
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If you use PFC pads it's not a PITA.

But do (or not) whatever makes you happy
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Originally Posted by mdrums
Pagid Yellows???? They will squeal (all race/track pads do)....after you track them they will be OK for a few miles then squeal again. Anti-Squeal shims don't help with track pads, neither does any type of backing paste/grease.

If you're going to street drive for a while just swap back to street pads...that's what I have to do. I don't track int he summer heat so I use street stock pads then...plus they stop better when cold anyway...and they during my heavy track month I might leave the track pads in and just deal with the noise.
pagid make a stock yellow pad, easily mistaken with Pagid RS19 and RS29....

my stock yellows squealed.... i hate it..... upgraded to RS19 and RS29 track pads and full time squeal when cold...

PCCB next time around for me
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tcs...thanks for the clarification...
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Originally Posted by mdrums
tcs...thanks for the clarification...
i found this out when i pulled the yellow pads from my second GT3RS only to learn i was on stockers after a season of track! (Bernie @ Bullet Racing school me on it )

Because they were yellow i just assumed they were track pads installed from the previous owner... and they squealed when cold like track pads but alas, i tracked them often so they had no chance of normal life...


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