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Originally Posted by GOOOO
Hello,
We are having a similar or worse problem over on the Audi A8/S8 D2 forums.
It looks like our pads are almost identical. Infact a lot of Audis and VWs use almost the same pad.
What we have found so far is that our pads have a code cast into them, PA46, this is a material code, PolyAmide 46, its essentially a nylon plastic.
My conclusion is that the supplier who made these pads for Porsche and Audi should have used a better material.
There are at least two much stronger plastics out there that can operate 1000's of hours in temperatures over 200C. Stanyl Diablo, and Duratron CU60 or PAI.
Unfortunatey these huge plastics factories dont want to make just a few pads for one person, but maybe if enough people asked maybe they would be willing to make a batch of pads from one of these stronger plastics.
Another option may be for each person to individually buy a piece of this plastic and find someone to machine it to the correct pad shape.
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Porsche has upgraded the material for the pads pictured in this thread & it wears much better than the previous parts.