Jim Powell’s EBC Brakes GD Rotors and Greenstuff 7000 Review
The front GD Sport rotors and Greenstuff 7000 pads are on and as usual are excellent in fit and finish. I will get the rear ones mounted Thursday night and can leave to Florida on schedule Saturday AM. I appreciate the whole EBC Brakes team attitude in getting me going. I was told by Place for Brakes when I ordered that the rear rotors would ship last Friday, or I would not have made the scheduling so tight. This will be my third EBC conversion on near new GMC trucks, tossing factory GM rotors and pads that are awful quality. This GMC Sierra 2500HD has flaking factory rotors, 30% pad touch due to rotor corrosion and greatly diminished stopping capability in only 12,000 miles, and under warranty were not being replaced by the dealer. The factory agreed to replace all rotors and pads but I bought your brakes instead. My wife’s Denali was converted this year also with only 15,000 on factory brakes, and now has greatly improved braking.I had a very good conversation today with Bucky at Brake Align regarding their hub shim kits and again mentioned to them the EBC Brakes quality. My hub and your rotors mounted are at .0015 runout, quite good and not in need of shims.
Thanks again, good luck at the show.
Jim Powell
3GD Drilled and Slotted Sport Rotors
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Gold anodised finish is applied to
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Black anodised finish is applied
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Most EBC Brakes rotors are made from British castings and 100% of these are precision machined in either the UK or the USA. EBC Brakes has 14 machining centres in these two countries to manufacture these precision parts. Rotors are made from high quality grey iron to exacting standards and undergo extensive testing and rigorous quality control and are then precision machined to your chosen slot or dimple pattern.
The dimple drilled rotor was invented by EBC back in the 90′s and has been imitated by many because of its ability to offer pad degassing without “Through Drilling” disc or rotor holes which has been shown to promote rotor cracks.
The wide aperture slots on the EBC units actually draw cool air under the brake pad and rotor interface and help cool the temperatures of the pad contact which can shoot up to well over 1000 degrees at the very heart of the brake pad during heavy braking and can cause brake fade or loss of brake effect.
These “Full sweep” slots on the EBC Sport Brake rotor also help remove dirt dust debris and water from the braking area but without doubt the MAIN benefit of such sport rotors is their ability to maintain a flat and parallel pad surface throughout the lifetime of the brake pad set.
Greenstuff – 7000 Series – 4×4 / SUV Supreme Brake Pad
For a small price premium over the 6000 series, these pads are THE ULTIMATE SUV/4×4 FRONT END PAD. They will stop faster and last longer with almost zero brake dust and are EBC’s premium offering for heavy 4x4s. These pads are GUARANTEED noise free. Average friction coefficient 0.45mm. Features and benefits include chamfers and slots, shimmed, and coated with EBC’s own Brake-In friction accelerator for fast bed-in.
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Comments
Thank you for your comments. To be honest we would not have thought 40000 miles on a set of performance pads was unreasonable wear!
On behalf of EBC Brakes I’d like to wish you many happy hours of safe driving with EBC Brakes products and would like to thank you for your business.
Thanks
Andrew Bartosiak
EBC Technical Expert
I PUT GREENSTUFF PADS ON MY 2001 MERCEDES S430 AT 30.000 MILES AND I NOW HAVE 70,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THE PADS ARE WORN OUT—AND I HAVE TO PUT NEW DISKS ON TOO BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT OF SPEC. ON WEAR.
ARE YOU PEOPLE GETTING ANY COMPLAINTS ON WEAR OF THE PADS OR THE ROTORS?
I AM OLDER AND A VERY CONSERVATIVE DRIVER AND MY OEM PADS ON MY CADILLAC I GOT OVER 100K ON THEM.
I PUT THE GREENSTUFF PADS ON BECAUSE I COULDN’T STAND THE BLACK WHEELS OF THE OEM PADS.