Just to let you know the NEW BLUESTUFF NDX material has now starting coming through to us i know a few of you have PM'd me about these as they wasnt available until the question was asked to EBC themselves the first pads to arrive are the DP51330NDX
which fit fronts only
1.8 turbo and the turbo gti 1997-2005
2.0 gti 1996-99
2.3 v5 all
the later 2.8 vr6
2.8 1999-2003
1.9td(130.150)2001-03
New Bluestuff NDX Fastest Street,trackday and full race any car - AF66/16SC on box end, SC stands for SCORCHED or pre bedded. NOTE THIS IS AN ENTIRELEY NEW COMPOUND AND NEEDS TO BE SPECIFIED BY ADDING NDX AFTER THE PAD NUMBER. Make sure you don’t get shipped the OLD Blue which was purely track driving and much harder. Impreza and EVO pads may be street legal to the new ECE R 90 brake safety regulations in NDX Bluestuff shortly, meanwhile this grade is "Officially" for track use only although its bite from cold is fantastic and makes it perfectly safe for street use (USA Canada and rest of the world just use them and enjoy, these European Regulations don’t affect you at all). It needs to be said that almost ZERO race pads being sold at the current time carry R 90 approval anyway so EBC is no different here .At least EBC have DONE the safety tests and passed them, waiting for long winded paperwork plus, read the next part. This pad also DOES NOT REQUIRE TYPICAL RACE PAD WARMUP because of the pre bedding feature making them great for street driving where vehicles have to come to a complete stop (rather than some race pads which are just designed to scrub off speed in cornering) and a good pedal response from cold in traffic is important.
Bluestuff NDX material is however quite DUSTY. It is designed for the guy who wants the best in braking and is not worried about the frills. Bluestuff NDX was recently in a shootout on scoobynet and beat every other pad used hands down. You can read that thread here.
http://bbs.scoobynet.com/wheels-tyres-and-brakes-13/842547-ebc-brakes-new-generation-disc-pad-materials-tests-and-reviews.html#post9503339
