Brake pads

[David Pertuz]

I didn't think you could date yourself with a brake pad reference...then I
finished the sentence :)

I called my nearby dealer just for kicks and asked (I was starting to help
navigate the parts-counter guy through the usual questions then skipped the
process and just read him my VIN from memory and told him it was a 509 pad
- what does that say about me??) and he told me one that it listed for $80
:0 and two it was NLA. If I'm paying $80 for pads I'm buying Porterfields.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 12:17 PM Jaret Rapp via se-r <se-r at se-r-list.org>
wrote:

> This answer is going to date me, but doesn't this mailing list in
> general?   I am still running Repco Metal Masters.   I am almost certain
> they do not make them anymore, or at least Repco is not in business or in
> business by another name (Maybe DBA)?
>
> They were the pads to have as far as I can remember back in the day.  Came
> from Australia, lasted forever (literally in my case) , didn't stop for
> crap until they got heat in them.
>
> I know that probably doesn't help answer your question.
>
> BTW, BOO HISS to Nissan for not making practically anything for our cars
> now.   But they are putting the RB26 back into production.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
> To: SE-R List <se-r at se-r-list.org>
> Sent: Mon, Apr 1, 2019 12:52 pm
> Subject: Brake pads
>
> What are those of you still driving your SE-Rs using for brake pads? I've
> had a set of Porterfield R4Ses on the front for a million years, and it's
> time to replace them. For my use case, OE would be fine but Nissan doesn't
> sell pads for B13s any more, and they'd probably be overpriced anyway. I
> have no idea what is decent and what isn't when it comes to the
> (semi-metallic) options at my FLAPS. I do note that Porterfield still makes
> pads for the car, so there's always that.
>
> (after sitting for a couple of weeks, I pulled the car out one day last
> week only to hear an immediate brake-related rhythmic noise from the LF -
> took the wheel off and immediately saw that half of the friction material
> had broken off the backing plate and was sort of wandering around.)
>
> David
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