EBC Brake pad information

Ultimax 2 Brake Pads

- Reg 90 Approved
- Also known as 'Blackstuff'
- Made with Organic Low Noise Brake Compound
- For General Urban-Street Use

One of the better legislations to come out of Europe was ECE R-90, which is a brake safety regulation outlawing cheap, non conforming friction materials and improving safety on roads in Europe. The new regulation which requires "type testing" of each brand of brakes compared to the original equipment on the exact model of car.

It guarantees that products bearing the Reg. 90 standard can be safely purchased by the consumer, being at least equal to the original equipment parts. Whilst the regulation affects only models of motorcars and trucks registered after the 1st January 1999,

EBC now manufactures ALL of its standard replacement disc brake pads in this premium grade material, giving customers an added value advantage over lower cost materials.

GreenStuff Brake Pads

- For Spirited Street Use
- Upgrades Braking by 15%
- Low Dust Formula
- Generally recommended for cars producing upto 150BHP

Triple Max Power Award winning GreenStuff are the ultimate performance/fast street brake pads you can get for your hot hatch or sport compact.

These pads have a high friction coefficient, great initial bite from cold, right up to a blistering 650 degrees centigrade. Another major benefit of the GreenStuff compound is its award-winning feature of being LOW DUST.

Being awarded the UK magazines Autotrade Innovation Award for its low dust features, GreenStuff pads cut down between 60-90% of the dust common with most competitive types of semi-metallic pad on your alloys keeping wheels cleaner and delivering performance at the same time. GreenStuff pads are available for a huge range of cars, SUV’s, light trucks and mini vans.

BlueStuff Brake Pads

BlueStuff Intermediate grade Trackday pads or BlueStuff NDX is a high friction sport and race material , not road legal for EU markets where R90 is required but OK for road use in the USA and Asian markets. The material has had much success on the track with quality aftermarket calipers (Multi piston systems with better release and cooling and larger rotors) and limited success with street based calipers where pad size and caliper drag can challenge any brake material.

The biggest advantage of EBC BlueStuff intermediate grade trackday pads or BlueStuff NDX is their bite from cold and progressive brake feel and the ability to bring a car to a complete stop. Only certain part numbers carry R90 approval for legal European street use.

There are certain older street based caliper systems where even the new BlueStuff Intermediate grade Trackday pads will have trouble handling the caliper and slider drag inherent in the systems but this scenario is exactly the same for our competitors.

There is NO material that will be PERFECT on the track in all older street based caliper systems. Also consider EBC OrangeStuff Pads for longer track life.

OrangeStuff Brake Pads

- Longest lasting EBC track and Race material
- Superb initial bite from cold making these pads a great fast street pad (where R 90 regulations permit…read regulations here)
- Better fade resistance at ultra high disc temps

Top street based saloon brakes and ALL race caliper pad fitments are available in Orangestuff pad grade.This pad grade delivers superb high performance braking and is made in a 2016 reformulated blend that outperforms all other EBC pad grades and yet is kind to your discs and wears well. The pads are heat scorched to speed up bed in period and are produced on our new NRS hook system brake pad backing plates for unbeatable pad bond strength and security.

YellowStuff Brake Pads

- High Friction Super-Street or Track Pad
- Better initial Bite
- Better fade resistance at disc temps upto 700°C

EBC YellowStuff 1793 compound is a true winner all round, it has high friction from cold, not requiring warm up for street use yet when loaded up and really hot the brakes just get better. Even up to truck weights these pads grip and do not heat fade. They are also the fastest brake pads for Trackday & Drift racing.

EBC yellows are ECE Brake safety tested which means they must work perfectly from cold at least as good or better than stock pads.

RedStuff Brake Pads

- RedStuff ceramic brake pads, passenger car/saloon car pad NOT made for Truck or SUV fitments
- EBC lowest dust fast street pad with 20-25% % brake improvement

As EBC’s flagship street brake pad material for prestige and faster cars above 200BHP, the latest version of EBC RedStuff ceramic Brake pads sets new standards in brake performance. RedStuff ceramic brake pads have always been known for their low dust ability but the latest blend has greatly reduced the phenomenon of pad “Pick up” or disc scoring and reduced dust even further.