Ebc Yellow stuff. Not like a yellow traffic light, these will bring you to a halt.
Welcome to another bright and sunny #modmonday with this weeks product on being Ebcs Yellow stuff brake pads that I have equipped to my STi for many many years of daily driving and autocross events. Alongsde these Ebc pads I run their slotted and dimpled rotors for a little extra cooling and enhanced visuals.
New rears ready for installation.
Installed and ready to be bedded in.
With plenty of brake pad choices out on the market you can easily get lost and confused as to what will work well with your car and your setup. Ebc does their best to make it more simplified by giving each pad a color designation that helps you easily identify what characteristics of the brakes. They further break it down with each color being towards a specific vehicle type, in this case the Ebc yellow pads are for fast sedans and hot hatches with the intent of spirited driving, non extended track lapping and drifting on the lighter vehicles. If you have different goals you can check out there rest of their line of pads at Ebcbrakes.com
You get new shim to keep any unwanted noise at bay.
Feeling right at home in the caliper.
So back to the choice of pads on my STi, I went with the yellow due to the specs from Ebc for my Auto-cross setup and if I found time to make it to the track they would be right at home. For Auto-cross they give excellent cold bite which is extremely necessary given the needs on the course. You pop right out from your grid spot and are out on the course within a matter of minutes, you have no time to prewarm up the brakes. Alongside the great initial cold bite they give a linear pedal feel from start to finish which helps you be able to put down your fastest times.
New fresh setup is ready for the streets
Since my Sti isn’t just a track toy it finds plenty of time on the street and once again the Ebc yellow stuff shines above the others. With almost all high performance pads you will notice that they other drivers know that you are stopping… what does that mean exactly? That they are loud… squealing and squawking at every stop no matter what speed you are going. But that isn’t true for the Ebcs, they are absolutely quiet. We generally like to joke about our cars with comments like “well, it is a racecar, its supposed to be loud.” But how often do you enjoy the high pitched squeal of a brake pad when coming to a stop in front of traffic… I sure don’t. This is one of the best features for me, I have enough noise going on inside my car… It makes it just a bit more livable.
Brake- in material helps bed in the pads to ready you for the new updated braking experience
If the above comments match with the goals for your car you should give these pads a try as I don’t think you will be disappointed. If you are in between the Red stuff and these stop over on my Forester review for the Red stuff pads which also an excellent and might fit your current build.
Amazon link
Ebc Yellowstuff front pads (Sti)
Ebc Yellowstuff rear pads (Sti)