Editing Brake pad reviews (section)

==Standard Pads==

'''Bendix standard'''

Very Standard, these pads are the bottom end of the Bendix range, the last time I bought a set, they were around $100 an end. Quiet pads, not inclined to squeal, not much dust and what there was was easy to clean off. Soft on the rotors but inclined to glaze up. Initial bite on brake application is fair, but there is not a lot in reserve after that, prone to fade, cold performance is OK. Good pad life, the set on my first [[R31]] had done 50,000KM or so when I bought it but I do not know how it was driven. A moderate performing pad but not all that cheap.

*6/10, I would not buy them again myself but other may disagree.

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'''Bendix Premium'''

A step up from the standard. Not sure of the current price. Still quiet and easy on the rotors without a lot of dust. Initial bite is OK, but not a lot left after that, Prone to fade if used hard, Cold performance is good. A better pad than the standard and I would recomend them over the standards. Pad life?? Did not like them so I took them off before I could tell.

*7/10 I would not personally buy them again.

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'''Race brakes road standard pad'''
(Part number to be confirmed)

About $120 an end. Quiet pads that are easy on the rotors and make little dust. Good initial bite and a reasonable reserve when you get into them a bit. Still able to be faded out with hard use but suitable for normal driving, no real difference between performance cold and at normal temperature. My own pick of the standard type pads. Pad life??? Had a set on the back of my Magna for 25,000KM and heaps of pad left.

*7/10 OK pads, but I will probably run RB74 pads and put up with the dust when they wear out.

Update, now at about 50,000 KM and still hanging in there with a fair bit of material left, I think they will probably give me 70,000 KM or so life.
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'''Bendix Metal King'''

A much better pad than standard and premium if you are looking to work them. Price ?? I have not bought a set for a while. Moderate amounts of dust and what they make is fairly easy to clean off. Cold performance is poor, no real braking at all until you get them to warm up, I have had a set that went cold between applications in heavy traffic in Melbourne in winter. Frightening, every time you applied the brakes it was about 1 second before the car started to stop properly. Fade resistance is good for moderate to heavy'ish use. Hard on the rotors (Expect not to get more than 100,000KM out of them) and fairly noisy, can squeal occasionally and sound like sandpaper on the rotors until they warm up. Fairly long pad life, up to 50,000KM or so on the fronts, more on the rear.

*7.5/10 in warm climates. 
*5/10 in Melbourne winter for giving a heart in the mouth moment every time I applied the brakes. I would not buy them again because of the cold performance, but in a warmer climate than Melbourne, it would be less of a problem.