Super stunt rider Brian Bubash managed to come first in the Freestyle Burnout Round at this years XDL Daytona Championships. Motorcycle fans who go along to the annual event are wowed by a competition full of wheelies, stoppies, acrobatics and burnouts which take place at the Daytona International speedway during Daytona 200 week.

Brian also got 6th position in the individual round. Well done Brian! : )

See the official Photgraphs of the event including some of Brian Bubash at this link here!

The UK’s biggest selling modified car magazine ‘Fast Car‘ will be holding their 3rd annual awards for 2010 and announcing the winners in their Spring issue on sale 10th March. Amongst the nominees, EBC Brakes have been shortlisted again. Last year EBC Brakes won The Fast Car 2009 Award for Best Entry Level Brake Up-Grade! (read news feed here). The award gives EBC Brakes products the ultimate seal of approval.We’re all looking forward to reading this years results!

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An excellent solution for 4×4 use, this heavy duty Greenstuff formulation has slightly lower friction than its 2000 series counterpart (average friction coefficient 0.45mm) but has the benefit of longer life and better resistance to offroad conditions of dust and sand etc. It has an extremely low rotor wear factor and medium-to-good lifetime.

Product: Greenstuff – 6000 Series 4×4 SUV / Light Truck Brake Pads Star Rating: Review By: BadBoy Comment Subject: Performance Vehicle: 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser 4×4 Purchase Location: Dirty Parts Inc. (LA) Comments: Wow…I love the EBC Brakes! Installation was straight forward and easy. All EBC Brakes components fits perfectly. The directions for the “break-in” process was easy to follow. I didn’t have any brake noise (squeaks) during or after the break-in period, though I was expecting some noise as it’s a normal occurance for high performance brakes. Stopping power is incredibly strong and fade-free, especially for my heavily modified vehicle which is extremely heavy. The EBC Brakes pads also don’t produce much brake dust if any at all. Overall I’m very pleased with the EBC Brakes and would highly recommend any of their EBC Brakes products.

Product: Greenstuff – 6000 Series 4×4 SUV / Light Truck Brake Pads Star Rating: Review By: DelsFan Comment Subject: Performance Vehicle: 1998 Buick Park Avenue Purchase Location: Internet Comments: Four years ago I purchased new slotted/dimpled rotors and green stuff pads for the front brakes of my Buick Park Avenue. (I sold it a year later to go overseas.) It was not a sports car, but a great 79.667 mph interstate car. What a serious improvement in stopping power and confidence after adding the EBC rotors and pads. I’m sure they are great for sports cars, but if you drive a large heavy car or SUV, you will never regret replacing your factory (or Chinese made replacement) pads and rotors with the EBC brand. Now I’m returning to the States and in the market for a new (used) Buick – I hope the brakes are worn out on my “new” car so I can immediately install the EBC brakes without feeling wasteful. Highly recommended – a painless way to increase driving pleasure, confidence, and safety.

Product: Greenstuff – 6000 Series 4×4 SUV / Light Truck Brake Pads Star Rating: Review By: Mike W Comment Subject: Performance Vehicle: 2005 Ford Freestyle Purchase Location: Online Comments: My ‘05 Freestyle’s OEM brakes were horrible. Warped after 20,000 miles, they were turned and were bad again 10,000 miles later. I ordered a complete set of new Sport discs and Green Stuf pads. This cars stops rock solid now. I have put over 50,000 miles on them and no change in performance. Every time it goes in for service, the people at my Ford dealer call everyone over to see a family wagon with performance brakes. These are so good, I am about to upgrade my Mini Cooper S as well.

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This years annual CSi Mega Show was held on February 27th & 28th at the Competition Specialties headquarters in Auburn Washington.

This was my first time to this area of the country and to this particular show. Upon arriving at the show we were welcomed by a group of smiling faces and KenWoomer himself.

The layout of show was clean and organized and seemed to have a common thread – trucks and off-road goodies. Personally I’m a huge fan of big off-road trucks, tires and accessories! Yes things that rumble loud on the road and dirt and shout “Get outta my way I’m coming through!” LOL

The show was open to the public and offered some wonderful show specials to all in attendance. They also featured an on going raffle both Sat and Sun with tremendous gifts and prizes donated by the vendors and CSI. Including $1000 and $2000 of Super CSI Cash every hour on the hour. There were many YEEEPIES & WOOOHOOOs from winners echoing through the building every hour – which gave us all a good laugh!

Ken and his CSI team were top notch in regards to hospitality, making all of the vendors feel welcomed and comfortable.

For example, they picked an awesome, hip host hotel, the airport Marriott. They made things convenient in way of transportation by providing a complimentary shuttle service to and from the event each day and used the friendly CSI delivery guys as our chauffeurs. They hosted a welcome banquet and concert the Friday night before the show, a happy hour / mixer on Saturday night after the show, and provided lunch each day by way of a lunch area and by cart for those of us who were tied to the booth.

My overall impression of CSI and the individuals who work there is – they care about the customers and the people they have dealings with. We like that a lot as that is our motto as well!

As usual we had a tremendous amount of good feedback and comments regarding EBC Brakes products. At this particular show we had many requests and purchases for the 3GD Rotors and the Ultimax (OEM replacement pads) AKA Black stuff. Which as most of you know, Dollar for Dollar and Pound for Pound there is not a better replacement pad than the Ultimax.

We were also visited by many anxious pro-drivers and race teams who wanted to know when they could get their hands on some Blue Stuff.

Regarding our products, we just keep hearing “EBC Brakes work and do what they are supposed to do! Our customers love them and are requesting them more and more!” And friends, lemme tell yha, that’s just music to our ears.

As a bonus Spike TV aired the PowerBlock episodes that I just shot with Courtney Hansen, on Sat and Sun. Most of the attendees (all BIG TIME PowerBlock fans) viewed the episodes that morning before the event, and then…to their surprise…there I was in their home town! They gotta kick outta that and it made for some good conversations.

Thanks to the crew at CSI you made our trip a good one. I’ll look forward to attending the show next year.

Competition Specialties Inc.

EBC Brakes.com

Seattle Airport Marriott

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Watch a real live testimonial from Dave a mechanic at Pacific Import Auto in Tacoma, WA who loves EBC products and has happy customers!

GSXR 600 Brake Upgrade

Upgrading a 2004 Suzuki GSXR600 with EBC Brakes X-Disc Contoured rotors, Extreme-Pro brake pads and 2006 Yamaha R1 brake calipers.

Honda F4i Clutch Install

EBC Brakes clutch install and cable adjustment on a 2002 Honda CBR600 F4i.

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On February 20th and 21st I was in Secaucus, New Jersey at The Meadowlands Exposition Center for the BIG Show presented by Keystone. The Keystone BIG Shows are arguably the best trade shows for specialty automotive equipment and accessories, outside of SEMA. These are organized by Keystone Automotive Operations, the leading distributor and marketer of specialty auto-parts in North America.

As with most shows of this type there was much business taking place, networking opportunities, parties, and educational seminars. Plus demos, giveaways and raffles with great prizes, including some of the hottest products for 2010.

One of my favorite things was getting a sneak peak at the hottest new products for the coming year. The Big Show coordinators made this convenient to do by putting the new products in one complete section on the show floor. And because this show wasn’t opened to the public, it wasn’t as crazy or loud which made it easier to speak with the listen to the company reps about the features and benefits of these new products.

As with any good show, there are always automotive celebs and attractions. We just happened to be positioned across from the best ones!

The Edelbrock Build Live Show where attendees were able to get upclose and personal while Vic Edelbrock himself directed the build installation of a new E-Force Supercharger system on a Ford Mustang, new for 2010 in real time. Along with Vic Edelbrock’s signing and interating with all of his fans. The line wrapped around the booth with egar fans young and old. If you know and/or have ever met Vic Edelbrock, you know he’s not only a talented, mulit-skilled man, but also a happy man, who loves to joke around and sincerely engages his fans.

I received an autographed gift from him, it was his book entitled Edelbrock Made In The USA. It’s a beautiful 324 page coffee table book filled with nostalgic photos, the history of this American icon, and inspiring stories from Vic’s life. What a nice guy huh?!

Switching gears – we were on a high from the large amounts of terrific feedback we received from the attendees! Most of them were from the East-coast and Canada. They consisted of Speed Shops, garages, customizers, and pro-drivers. Every person who walked up kept saying that they had tried various brake pads and rotors, some were average, while some just sucked. Yet, EBC’s products worked and worked good! They are long lasting, and priced just right.

We also noted that many of EBC Brakes current fans and customers were not yet fully aware of the Ultimax (Black pad) which is an OEM replacement pad with a price point that can’t be beat. Depending on the specific application, the Ultimax can be priced lower, the same, or a few dollars more than a generic label pad. Black coded in the EBC range EBC Ultimax is a fully ECE R 90 approved brake pad range (brake safety approval), Ultimax offers great value for your money with first class driving safety. Talk about more bang for your buck!

Next Keystone Show (the Midwest Big Show) will be held in Texas (yeeehaw) on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center from 9AM to 5PM.

Hope to see you there!

Genevieve Chappell
AKA – Ms. EBC

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The new 500 sq meter Krakow distribution centre carries over 200,000 Euro in EBC Brakes product inventory for fast despatch to all customers in Poland. Good luck to Robert and Pzemek with this fantastic new facility.

Most EBC 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.

Issue

I have a 2006 Volvo V50 AWD T5 turbo, i installed the Redstuff and 3GD Solid Sport Rotor – Gold Finish about 2 years ago and have had no problem with Smoother braking by far so thanks for that, but now I get a squealing from 1 front and 1 rear when I slightly depress the brakes, it is very loud and annoying so I am wondering can you guide me in the right direction to diagnose this noise and why… Thank You!

Solution

I will make you a set of the latest material which should be a lot better and these will be FREE of charge for you my man being a Military friend.

Customer Response

Wow, i am so greatful, and I know my wife will be to. Thank you so much for the help you have provided me, and for working for such a great store that makes great products, I have had slotted rotors and the Greenstuff on my Wrangler for a year or so and they work so much better than factory! With the service you have just provided and the great products I’m sure I’ll have EBC Brakes on my vehicles for life, and I am thankful for people like you that make me doing my job (infantry) almost 10yrs, hopfully another 10 worth it!

Jeremy Agner

EBC Yellowstuff is an aramid fibre based brake compound with high brake effect form cold and is possibly one of the first ever compounds that can be used for STREET AND TRACK DRIVING. These pads do not require warm up but do get even stronger under the heat of hard driving. These are not a low dust pad and if your desire is for a low dust premium street use pad, you should consider EBC Redstuff. EBC Yellowstuff is currently produced in two compound versions – DM1846 and DM1793, both of which have been used with some success in racing. HOWEVER, for standard OEM brakes, as fitted to your car, there is no doubt that the DM1793 is getting better feedback, as it is slightly harder, slightly longer lasting and more appropriate for track day driving.

When considering full race use, DM1793 has also been a strong favourite, having been used for two years in the Swedish Camaro Cup and at numerous other race events where a stock caliper system is fitted.

Product: Yellowstuff – Truck and SUV Performance Brakes Star Rating: Review By: Dan Martin Comment Subject: Performance/Service Vehicle: Honda Ridgeline Purchase Location: Obtained from EBC Tech Support Comments: I just wanted to thank you all for your rapid response and the solution to by braking problem. After installing the Yellowstuff front pads you sent and running them for a few hundred miles, all is well in my little world. I really appreciate you standing behind your products and knowing what I need to solve the problem. When I first had my EBC brakes initially installed, I posted a thread on my club site www.ridgelineownersclub.com detailing the install. I made sure I posted an update after you solved my problem so quickly and generously. It’s important that we support those companies that support their customers. My son has also ordered the brakes for his Acura TL and is just waiting for them to arrive. As soon as they do, I will help him install them. I’m sure he will be just as satisfied with his EBC brakes as I am. Thanks again.

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RTM Productions based in TN knows automotive and motorsports and proves it with a strong crew of experts, one of the most beautiful female hosts on television, and a PowerBlock of automotive shows on Spike TV.

In January I was invited to join the PowerBlock crew to be a special guest, co-host with Courtney Hansen. As the EBC Brakes spokesperson, I featured the EBC Brakes sport rotors and pads, talked a little shop, discussed specs and install techniques, and chatted with Courtney about my 2010 EBC Brakes campaign & Pep Boys tour schedule.

As you know, I’ve worked in and around the automotive industry for a long time. Yet, this was my first time working with RTM Productions, Courtney Hansen, and Spike TV and I’ll admit, I was a tiny bit nervous. However, weeks leading up to our shoot, the RTM producers and writers were sooo extremely professional, thorough, and friendly, my jitters were calmed as I felt as though I had known them forever (their great sense of humor and funny jokes helped as well – lol.)

When I pulled into the parking lot, I was impressed with the size of the property and building. Upon walking in I see a welcome sign that lists the names of all the featured special guests that will be shooting on the PowerBlock that day (thought that was a sweet gesture) the front office woman greets me with a warm smile “welcome to RTM, we are so happy to have you here today.” Then out walks Justin Swanson one of the producers and I get a BIG welcome squeeze!

Justin walks me down the hall to introduce me to the man himself Joe St. Lawrence who couldn’t have been any more hospitable. We had a nice chat a few a laughs, and Justin offers to give me a tour of the entire facilities (including each studio, where I was able to get a sneak peak at the rebuilds and plans for each vehicle) pretty neato huh?!

In the waiting room, there is a large monitor where featured guests, waiting for their turn to shoot, can watch the PowerBlock being shot and familiarize themselves with the flow of production. I was the last guest to shoot and it had been a long day for the production crew. Yet, you would have never known it by the energy and attitude they all displayed.

Now, I already know what you are going to ask me…because since this shoot, I’ve been asked this a bunch of times. Is Courtney really as nice as she is on TV? No, she is not! She is even nicer than she is on TV. Hahaha I got yha- lol! Courtney and I hit it off from the start and within minutes we were sharing fashion and health tips, talking about her wedding, family life, and oh yes, of course about cars, engines and our favorite automotive products. The production crew (all guys) were cracking up listening to us.

Working as a model for over 12 years, I’ve worked with many beautiful woman…but I’m going to tell you, Courtney Hansen is one of the most beautiful, friendly, funny, and down to eath women I’ve ever worked with. Oh yea…and to top it off, she also extremely intelligent. Sorry guys, you’ll have to keep dreaming, because she is engaged and head over heels with her fiance – lucky man right?!

Written By Genevieve Chappell

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