EBC Redstuff Ceramic Brake Pads for 2022+ Subaru WRX

EBC Brakes’ Redstuff is a premium, eco-friendly ceramic brake pad designed for the VB WRX, featuring NAO (Non-Asbestos Organic) construction with ceramic-granule enhancement. Unlike metallic pads, Redstuff is non-magnetic and free of steel fibers, reducing brake dust and rotor wear. Compliant with strict environmental standards, it excludes toxic materials such as lead, nickel, copper, and asbestos. Praised for its minimal dust production (up to 90% less than other pads) and excellent cold and hot braking performance, Redstuff is ideal for high-performance street driving. The pad’s aramid fiber-based composition with ceramic particles ensures both durability and effective braking.

Vehicle Fitment:
• 2022+ Subaru WRX (VB)

Features:
• Equipped with EBC’s Brake-In surface coating to prep rotor surfaces and speed up pad bed-in.
• Reduces dust by approximately 50%.
• EBC’s lowest dusting fast street pad, providing a 15% improvement in braking performance.
• Handles repeated heavy braking without experiencing brake fade.
• Causes minimal wear on discs/rotors, preserving their longevity.
• Ideal for high-performance European, Asian, and prestige vehicles.
• ECE R 90 approved for most vehicle applications.
• Comes with red “brake-in” coating for immediate, safe braking after installation.
• Built with Nucap NRS hooks to prevent pad debonding.

EBC Redstuff Bed-in Procedure:
Being a hard wearing pad, bed-in times can be as long as 1000 miles and drivers must be patient until the pad takes up the shape of their disc (brake rotor). This is a truly impressive fast road pad for repeated heavy braking.

EBC Redstuff is NOT recommended for track use and self seats during the first 100-150 miles of street driving. With new pads and especially when fitted with new rotors however drive cautiously for the first 300-400 miles during which time dust will reduce and the pads will feel better and better but if you are a driver who works the brakes hard, read on:

If you drive aggressively or in a "Spirited" fashion on roads where it is safe to do so, after seating the pads to your rotors and certainly not before 300 miles of use , you should be prepared for the pad to emit an odor or even exhibit some smoke as the pads burn off what we call "surface volatiles". Many faster drivers experience this in harder braking and criticize the pad whereas in fact, this is only part of the final high-end bedding in process as the pads see rotors temps of 400-500C for the first time (not normal in everyday driving).

Once seated any brake pad made by EBC or anyone else, performs better once the pad goes through heat curing or what we call "Green Fade" which happens during its first severe use.

More Info:
EBC Redstuff Premium Low Dust Brake Pads are designed for fast street driving across various vehicles, including trucks and SUVs. Enhanced with aramid fibers and ceramic particles, Redstuff pads are free of ceramic fibers, sulfides, and lead, and are fully ECE R 90 safety approved. They produce minimal dust compared to other pads due to the absence of steel fibers, using instead aramid fibers like Twaron® and Kevlar® that are easy to clean and gentle on wheels. Although they require approximately 500 km to fully bed in, they are long-wearing and come pre-coated with a Brake-in™ compound to accelerate this process.

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