Pagid Yellows not suitable for Road Use

Ok so I am still deeping unsettled by the degree of squealing from my hyper expensive PAGID YELLOW BRAKE PADS below 10 mph at traffic lights, not least because they cost circa USD 700. After 400 miles and several attempts to bed them in with controlled high speed stops they show no signs of bedding in. Several people told me they are OEM on a GT3 but why then does it say "not suitable for road use" on an orange sticker inside the bottom of the box as I discovered today. Dan at Vivid your thoughts please .....

 

did you research before you buy? anyone with yellows will tell you that they squeal like crazy...haha.

 

yes I there are several threads on this. Obviously they are not OEM on a GT3 I would guess as claimed

 

my pagid yellows are near the end of its life. yup it squeals like crazy esp at the end of a stop and esp when the pad gets thin

 

I bought them principally because they are OEM GT3 is this really not true ???

 

not sure if they are OEM on GT3, but the pagid yellows are VERY well known to squeal like crazy on iron rotors. They are a very high temp / high metal content track pad that isn't suitable for street use at all. This may be different with PCCBs.

Most vendors would presume an order for pagid yellows is for track only.

 

Dan @ Vivid your comments please

 

well most OEM Gt3's simply don't have PCCB

 

OEM pad on the GT3 is Pagid Yellow RS-29. Track version of Pagid Yellow is RS-19. Check which one you got.

Multiple threads on this topic, as noted. Track pads are in general not suitable for the street. They are designed to work well when hot, not cold. They are noisy, dirty and less effective than OEM pads when used on the street, where they never get hot. This doesn't apply just to Pagid pads. All racing pads have this same characteristic.

Jon

 

I have PAG E-2474-RS290 10 Fronts & PAG E -2405-RS290 10 Rears, well I ordered the RS29 from Dan, just seriously but dont believe these are road pads and why then do I have the orange slip not suitable for road use. On the box it does say though racing braking pads ??

 

I can only get the RS29s to be quiet after a day on the track, and even then they won't stay quiet for long. That's why I switch them out between track days. YMMV

 

The stock pad on a 6pot Caliper GT3 is NOT 19/29's

 

If I remember correctly the thread you are referring to, many of us stated that these pads were race pads and they would squeal. You ignored this and listened to the vendor when he said they would not. We gave first hand experience and he gave a sales pitch.

You may be able to lesson the squealing by beveling the edges of the pads with a file. Otherwise you could sell them as slightly used and buy street pads like was recommended in that thread.

Best just to chalk this up as a lesson learned the hard way. Sorry.

Personally I drive my Pagid yellows all year round, street and track. The squealing doesn't bother me because I know I am driving with superior pads.

 

Stock gt3/gt2 yellow "P90"

 

Why shouldn't RichardCH hold the vendor/sponsor accountable for their sales pitch?