Steven X. Schwenk wrote:
>
> Several months ago, I put new factory rotors and aftermarket pads on my
> '90 syncro westfalia.  I went easy on them for a couple of weeks.  Now
> that they are broken in, it seems that the original factory pads worked
> better.  The aftermarket pads seem to be susceptable to fade.  The
> shortcut from my girlfriend's house to downtown san francisco takes me
> down some steep hills with stop signs along the way.  By the time I get
> to the bottom, I can smell the brakes and they're fading.  This did not
> happen before with the OEM pads.
>
> Anyone else have similar experiences.  What are the best performing pads
> in terms of not fading and still perfrming well?  OEM?
>
> steve

I had similar problem before. In fact I experimented with several brands
of aftermarket pads. It turned out only the OEM pads from the dealer
worked for me. I would not try aftermarket pads again.

David
83 westy
84 vanagon