Pagid Brake Pads

Pagid Brake Pads can be seen on many of the world’s foremost racing teams and the most prestigious and powerful production cars in the world. Pagid offers seven proven and tested material formulations to offer the highest possible performance over a wide range of operating conditions.
 

Pagid brake pads are available to fit many of the popular racing caliper applications as well as many standard calipers for high performance cars.
 

Use the Vehicle Finder above to find the Pagid Brake Pad for your car.
 

Compounds available from IMGT3 Performance:
 

Sport Compounds are available; please contact us for more information.
 

Looking for a pad that offers great performance, yet easy on the rotors? Look no further than the Pagid RS 4-2-1.  A high performance compound with a medium friction compound, high cold friction (great for the street) and low fade characteristics, the RS 4-2-1 is a very popular brake upgrade for many motorists. You can find the RS 4-2-1 as OE equipment on many super sports cars including: Aston Martin, Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, and McLaren. This pad is suitable for street us and light track applications.
 

Popular in showroom stock racing, club racing, and Rally, the RS 4-2 Blue is an excellent medium friction racing compound with immediate low temperature response. With a fade resistance of up to 500°C (930°F) and very good modulation (controllability) it is no wonder why this pad is one of the most common found pads in small single-seater (F3, F-Ford, F-BMW, F-Renault) race cars. RS 4-2 Blue can also be used as a rear pad application in combination with a higher friction front pad.
 

If you are involved in Porsche Club Racing you probably have heard of drivers using the Pagid RS-4-4 Orange on their cars. This medium friction racing compound has a higher average friction value than the RS 4-2 Blue while offering a predictable, non- aggressive friction behavior (stable torque).

Offering a fade resistance of up to 560°C (1,050°F) the RS-4-4 Orange is also a good rear compound for touring car applications in combination with the RS-14 Black front pads. Other applications: Club racing, GT cars, and single-seater up to F3.
 

New from Pagid, this medium friction ceramic type racing compound offers a fade resistance up to 650°C (1,200°F). The RS-5 Blue offers the flattest torque curve of ALL Pagid racing compounds. This guarantees the driver an excellent modulation characteristic and great controllability. The pad is very popular in F3 racing. Other applications: all single-seaters, GT cars, Rally Cars, Touring Cars.
 

Pagid RS-14 Black offers medium-high friction, excellent release characteristics, high initial bite, along with good modulation (controllability). Add to the mix low wear rate and high fade resistance offered by the pad’s ceramic content (650°C/ 1,200°F) sounds like you have a great pad to me! The RS-14 Black can be found on: Rally cars (Tarmac), Touring cars, GT cars, WSC, DP, single-seaters, and NASCAR.
 

Have a heavy brake foot, big brake boost, or a lightweight car? The RS-15 Grey might not be for you.

According to Pagid, this pad has a composition which creates a 20% higher friction value over the RS-14 Black. Thus the pad requires some finesse to avoid over breaking with these types of cars/drivers. This pad should not be used with vehicles on DOT approved race tires, there simply is not enough traction provided, and the end result may be flat spotting of tires. This pad should only be used on vehicles equipped with racing slicks. If you think you have what it takes to use this pad, the RS-15 is an excellent option from Pagid. Due to the ceramic composition of the RS-15, the fade resistance is effective up to 700°C (1,300°F). The RS-15 Grey can be found on: Rally cars (tarmac), Touring cars, GT cars, WSC, high down force single-seaters, and NASCAR.
 

RS 19 Yellow:
Pagid has done it! The combination of friction value, brake fade stability, and low wear rates on pads and rotors realized with this material has been unmatched in the industry. The RS-19 Yellow is the best compound for endurance racing and has the track record to prove it. A multiple winner of Daytona 24 hr., Le Mans 24 hr., Sebring 12 hr., Spa 24 hr., Nürburgring 24 hr., often successful with NO pad change and usually NO rotor (disc) change. The RS-19 Yellow is capable of maintaining pedal feel and operating at constant temperatures of up to 600°C (1,100°F).

Not an endurance race driver, do not count this pad out. Due to the pad’s excellent release characteristics and controllability, the RS-19 Yellow has found its way into many drivers’ vehicles that sprint race as well. Many drivers of vehicles without power assisted brakes have also found this pad to offer a comfortable low effort on the brake pedal as well. Applications: All endurance racing cars from Group N (Speed WC, Gran Am Cup), Group A up to Group GT and Sport-Prototypes (Grand AM DP).
 

The Pagid RS-29 Yellow combines the outstanding wear rate and characteristics of the RS-19 Yellow, but with a slightly higher coefficient of friction and initial bite. Due to its excellent drivability the Pagid endurance compounds are also often used in sprint races.

Application: All endurance racing cars from Group N (Speed-WC, Grand Am Cup), Group A up to GT, and Sport-Prototypes (Grand Am DP)



Pagid Brake Pad Bedding-In Procedure:

	PLEASE NOTE: IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE BEDDING IN PROCEDURES ARE BEING DONE ONLY ON A RACE TRACK. PAGID RACING MATERIAL IS NOT LEGAL FOR STREET USE.

Why bedding?

• To transfer a layer of friction material onto the brake disc faces to achieve maximum performance.
• To stabilize compressible materials to avoid a spongy pedal.
• To boil off volatile elements in the friction compound in order to have the initial ‘green’ fading during bedding and not during the race.
• To align the pad surface with the brake disc surface to have full contact.

If pads do not get bedded properly and / or used too hard right out of the box will likely lead to pad glazing. Pad glazing is a condition where the resins in the pad crystallize on both, the pad friction surface and the brake disc surface, resulting in poor stopping performance, brake judder and vibrations.
Also rapidly escaping volatile elements and moisture from the resin would seek an immediate escape route out of the friction compound, creating small fissures that would lead shortly to cracking and chunking.

1.) BASIC BEDDING IN
To initiate some heat in the brake discs and pads.

• 4 to 6 stops with medium brake pressure from approximately 150 km/h (90 MPH) to approximately 80 km/h (50 MPH).
• Distance between each brake stop approximately 300 - 400 meters (300 to 400 yards).
• The pads should not reach temperatures above 400° Centigrade (550° Fahrenheit).
• No dragging!
• Blocking of the air ducts might be helpful to reach appropriate temperatures quicker.

2.) IMMEDIATELY AFTER BASIC BEDDING IN AT HIGH SPEED
Simulating race conditions

• One stop with medium to heavy brake pressure, without allowing brakes to lock from approximately 180 km/h (110 MPH) to approximately 80 km/h (50 MPH).
• No dragging!
• Recovery stops with light brake pressure 3 to 4 times. (Cleaning procedure)
• Repeat the high-speed stops including recovery stops 2 to 3 times.
• Allow a cool-off distance of approximately 500 m (500 yards) between high-speed stops.

BRAKE DISCS
If possible, pads should be bedded on used but NOT worn out brake discs. Pagid brake pad material can be used either on solid, grooved or cross-drilled discs. For disc bedding please refer to the disc manufacturers’ own instruction.

MOUNTING NEW PADS ON USED DISCS
Edges of pad surface should be filed roughly to 45 degrees to ensure that the pad carries fully and evenly and is not touching the edge of the disc.   Do not use discs, which are pre-bedded, or have been used with friction material other than PAGID.