Blue Pagids :(

Jamie84 · Post by **Jamie84** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:58 pm

Na its really bugging me , and will continue to do so untill I do something about it .

I keep my car too clean to rely on brakedust to cover em !

If I cant paint them I will prob change them .

jj · Post by jj » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:07 pm

I`ll give you a ton for the used pads, can collect any time

Seriously though, you can only see a tiny bit of the pad, I thought using 48s cos they look cool was nuts but this is worse!

Jamie84 · Post by **Jamie84** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:20 pm

I know , I know its sounds daft but we all buy cars for different reasons , a large part of my desire for the s2 exige is how it looks . The performance is eh ....a bonus ?

If I am being honest I love every single last thing bout my exige , performance , looks , sound you name it . i clean the car at least twice a week in winter and prob bout 5 times a week in summer , sad I know but I hate any imperfections and at the moment this is bothering me , not to mention the crack at the rear clam

(next on the to do list)

Agreed you can only see a little of the pad AT THE FRONT , but its the rear thats more visible.

What about only painting the rears then ? Do the fronts not get the most stress anyway ?

I was thinking some of this stuff , withstands 600 degrees
http://www.firwood.co.uk/webapp/wcs/sto ... &langId=-1

tut · Post by **tut** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:13 pm

I have some new black ones that I could swap if yours are almost new.

tut

woody · Post by **woody** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:31 pm

Or if your that bothered I can get you some black carbon anti-seize to spread on them instead of copper slip, you'll never see the blue.

bobnitro · Post by **bobnitro** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:49 pm

No one has mentioned the chav small plate either.......

oh my god, get a grip springs to mind!

Hope you take that all in good spirit.

Bob.

Jamie84 · Post by **Jamie84** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:58 pm

Incidently still wearing my "chav" plate proudly........and just last night I redlined in 5th doon the borrheed mainy woohoo!

keepin up trends inall

meatball · Post by **meatball** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:16 pm

....take cover.......it starts again!
hehe

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:41 pm

What about some neons?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:04 pm

Someone say Neons?
Where is Ninja?

Edin430 · Post by **Edin430** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:40 pm

mate seriously if its bugging you swap with Tut rather than painting them...

nothing worse than having a niggle on the car you love!

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:08 am

I wish i had enough credibility to suggest colour coding my brake pads

If performance isnt your main concern, pagids are not necessary. flog the pagids and swap them for some mintex 1144's. Yup, they're half the price, black and as a bonus, your discs will last longer. Dont work quite as well mind you

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:14 am

You can paint the back of the pads - the back of the pad is used to transfer heat away from the friction material (along with the disk, obviously), and so it does get very hot. I would guess that a paint designed for the purpose would be OK, but I would try and make the paint as thin as possible to minimise the effect on heat transfer and to have the smallest amount of paint to actually set fire too should it not work. Any fire will be short lived and I cannot see the rubber seals (which have to withstand repeated heating to 300-400C anyway) suffering - could be wrong though.

As suggested above, if you're not driving the car on track, pagids are overkill - mintex 1144 a very respectable fast road pad, black and cheaper than pagids. I'll give you 75% of what the pagids cost you assuming they're nearly new, you buy the 1144s and you'll have enough money spare to buy fuel for 3 road races and a 1/4 mile drag against a slammed 206gti next weekend

(only kidding).

Cheers,
Robin

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:21 am

brake pad colour coding....ffs

If your going to bother, why not paint them orange?

ps - the good thing about them being blue is people know they are pagids and not the normal sh8t

For future reference rs14's are black - but sound like overkill for you as they are more for racing and can be quite harsh and noisy

jj · Post by jj » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:21 am

robin wrote: I'll give you 75% of what the pagids cost you assuming they're nearly new, you buy the 1144s and you'll have enough money spare to buy fuel for 3 road races and a 1/4 mile drag against a slammed 206gti next weekend (only kidding).

Cheers,
Robin

Hold the bus- I`ve already made a cash offer, get in line