Kevlar on the pads.
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Kevlar on the pads. I just saw this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy...QQcmdZViewItem
iintersting concept. i haven't heard anything about brakepads with kevlar. and theres 0 info on that site. anyone got an experience\horror stories about em?
iintersting concept. i haven't heard anything about brakepads with kevlar. and theres 0 info on that site. anyone got an experience\horror stories about em?
Originally Posted by Cal
Good question. Kevlar seems to work well on clutches, so why not brakes?
Ever hear you get what you pay for???? Generally it's pretty true, and $25 pads for a Camaro... I'd say is a *bad* idea.
Kevlar is not cheap to begin with, and you can bet if there is any, it ain't much for that price (go see what the bargain basement crap costs @ AutoZone....). And Kevlar is a bonding material, not a friction material. "Kevlar" is one of those hot words that makes folks go woowwwww... Just like there are "carbon fiber" brake pads. There aren't, but damn is sounds cool. There are carbon brakes, and carbon based materials, but not carbon fiber brakes (think of what real carbon fiber costs).
And FWIW.... I've *never* heard of Lomandi brake pads.
Kevlar is not cheap to begin with, and you can bet if there is any, it ain't much for that price (go see what the bargain basement crap costs @ AutoZone....). And Kevlar is a bonding material, not a friction material. "Kevlar" is one of those hot words that makes folks go woowwwww... Just like there are "carbon fiber" brake pads. There aren't, but damn is sounds cool. There are carbon brakes, and carbon based materials, but not carbon fiber brakes (think of what real carbon fiber costs).
And FWIW.... I've *never* heard of Lomandi brake pads.
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Ok..... Porterfield has made carbon-kevlar pads for a number of years. I sell them, I have used them. They are fine, but nothing excpetionally different than any other pads wtih an appropriate compound for the use.
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