About time I updated with final thoughts on the Alcon 362mm and Pagid RS29 combination (initial thread here).
Since fitting the RS29 pads front and rear I've done 3500 very fun filled miles including a Euro trip to Italy, a very wet day at Silverstone, a scorching day at The Ring and another glorious day at Spa.
Throughout all these miles I've had total confidence in this brake set up. There is a definite improvement on modulation and feel over the PF set up (sorry PF fans).
Performance:
On the long and brake heavy downhill Alp twisty sessions there was never any fade and truly confidence inspiring. Slightly OT but as comparison of set up importance an AMV8 we were with had total brake fade half way down, very scary for him...
The sessions at Silverstone, Ring and Spa were very much the same. Silverstone was ridiculously wet so grip was limited but Spa and Ring could let me test in relative anger (relative to my skill...) The one thing I did notice was brake feel was softer after rest and required the Mike Wilds brake test stab before leaving the pits, something I didn't really experience with the PF set up.
Once out though feel was very intuitive with hard initial on and able to modulate. I felt I was able to keep out of front tyre lock whilst still retaining hard deceleration, an example being coming into LaSource at Spa. With the PF I'd often have small tyre lock on hard breaking before turn in. Maybe this is technique over equipment but definitely experienced.
Pic from The Ring:
Wear:
Wear rate has been good, especially considering the amount of mileage and hard braking recently. There are small surface cracks which is to be expected but disc and pad wear has been marginal. Certainly better running this RS29 combo than the short time with PF08. Also, I haven't experienced any brake judder due to pad build up after 'pussy foot' braking (technical term
)
Surface crack image below, ignore the rust spots, it rained pretty heavily after parking up.
Dust:
PF08 were never dustless but they were a lot better than the RS29. Also, the RS29 dust is more red/orange so shows up more, PF just made the wheels look dirty. Here's 2000miles worth of RS29 dust.
before:
after:
Noise:
During heavy braking sessions noise was minimal, no squeaking after a few hard stops. Now that I'm back driving in traffic the Pagid squeak is there. Not intrusive to me but very much evident, more motorsport than bus though which is fine with me.
Overall, I am very very happy with the combination and glad I tried them. Just writing this makes me want to go out for a quick 'test'...
For more information and pricing on Alcon and Pagid RS29 check out http://shop.jzmporsche.com.
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Since fitting the RS29 pads front and rear I've done 3500 very fun filled miles including a Euro trip to Italy, a very wet day at Silverstone, a scorching day at The Ring and another glorious day at Spa.
Throughout all these miles I've had total confidence in this brake set up. There is a definite improvement on modulation and feel over the PF set up (sorry PF fans).
Performance:
On the long and brake heavy downhill Alp twisty sessions there was never any fade and truly confidence inspiring. Slightly OT but as comparison of set up importance an AMV8 we were with had total brake fade half way down, very scary for him...
The sessions at Silverstone, Ring and Spa were very much the same. Silverstone was ridiculously wet so grip was limited but Spa and Ring could let me test in relative anger (relative to my skill...) The one thing I did notice was brake feel was softer after rest and required the Mike Wilds brake test stab before leaving the pits, something I didn't really experience with the PF set up.
Once out though feel was very intuitive with hard initial on and able to modulate. I felt I was able to keep out of front tyre lock whilst still retaining hard deceleration, an example being coming into LaSource at Spa. With the PF I'd often have small tyre lock on hard breaking before turn in. Maybe this is technique over equipment but definitely experienced.
Pic from The Ring:
Wear:
Wear rate has been good, especially considering the amount of mileage and hard braking recently. There are small surface cracks which is to be expected but disc and pad wear has been marginal. Certainly better running this RS29 combo than the short time with PF08. Also, I haven't experienced any brake judder due to pad build up after 'pussy foot' braking (technical term
) Surface crack image below, ignore the rust spots, it rained pretty heavily after parking up.
Dust:
PF08 were never dustless but they were a lot better than the RS29. Also, the RS29 dust is more red/orange so shows up more, PF just made the wheels look dirty. Here's 2000miles worth of RS29 dust.
before:
after:
Noise:
During heavy braking sessions noise was minimal, no squeaking after a few hard stops. Now that I'm back driving in traffic the Pagid squeak is there. Not intrusive to me but very much evident, more motorsport than bus though which is fine with me.
Overall, I am very very happy with the combination and glad I tried them. Just writing this makes me want to go out for a quick 'test'...
For more information and pricing on Alcon and Pagid RS29 check out http://shop.jzmporsche.com.
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