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Date:         Wed, 6 May 1998 22:13:23 -0700
Reply-To:     quoton <quoton@DIAL.KFU.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         quoton <quoton@DIAL.KFU.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake Fade & Pads
Comments: To: "Steven X. Schwenk" <sxs@Schwenk-Law.com>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Steven X. Schwenk wrote: > > Several months ago, I put new factory rotors and aftermarket pads on my > '90 syncro westfalia. I went easy on them for a couple of weeks. Now > that they are broken in, it seems that the original factory pads worked > better. The aftermarket pads seem to be susceptable to fade. The > shortcut from my girlfriend's house to downtown san francisco takes me > down some steep hills with stop signs along the way. By the time I get > to the bottom, I can smell the brakes and they're fading. This did not > happen before with the OEM pads. > > Anyone else have similar experiences. What are the best performing pads > in terms of not fading and still perfrming well? OEM? > > steve

I had similar problem before. In fact I experimented with several brands of aftermarket pads. It turned out only the OEM pads from the dealer worked for me. I would not try aftermarket pads again.

David 83 westy 84 vanagon


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