Why Choose CL Brakes

High Friction Compounds

CL Brakes offers a range of high friction materials to suit all race conditions and cars, with unrivaled high friction co-efficient. With four pad materials to choose from, the CL Brakes range is ideal for trackday cars to custom race and rally cars.The CL Brakes range is made from unique sintered metal compounds which give great pedal feel and friction from cold, yet are thermally resistant so will not fade even under extended use. This consistently high friction level allows the car to be pushed hard from the first lap, requiring little or no warming up. Maximum braking pressure can be applied quickly and confidently offering a significant performance advantage over competitors running organic compound brake pads.

High Performance At All Temperatures

The CL Brakes Sintered Metal materials all offer a consistent friction level. Designed to work from cold to over 1000 degrees centigrade, the brake pads require no bedding in. The CL Brake pads offer superior braking the moment the cars wheels are turned and simply get better the harder they are worked. The brake pads will cope with temperatures far exceeding what is found in all forms of motorsport. CL Brakes have also designed their own high temperature race brake fluid specifically formulated for braking systems consistently operating at very high temperatures.

All Weather Performance

CL Brakes Sintered Metal Brake Pads give an advantage in all weather conditions. Unlike organic compounds, the sintered metal pads from CL Brakes will work from cold right up to over 1000 deg. C with an unrivaled consistency in braking performance. In freezing or wet conditions the Sintered Metal brake pad breaks the ice or the water film coat which covers the disc. There is no need to keep different brake pad compounds for different weather scenarios, saving time and money.

Oversized pad shapes

The CL Brakes range is designed to cope with braking systems under extreme heat. The Pad shape is cut slightly larger than standard to allow the brake caliper and pad to expand naturally as heat soaks into the braking system. This allows the pad to move freely and stops the risk of pad deformation or any distortion in extreme conditions. When cold this can mean the pad will rattle in the caliper housing but as the brakes are brought up to temperature this will stop.

No Bedding In

Due to the CL Brakes race brake pad unique sintered metal compounds, no material is transferred to the disc when used. No bedding in procedure is therefore required.

No Disc judder under braking

Using other organic brands of brake pad, customers often complain of their discs warping or uneven transfer of brake pad materials onto the disc surface. This is often due to failure to bed in the brakes or simply the braking system exceeds the operating temperature range of the brake pads. The CL Brakes race brake pad eliminates this scenario. The sintered metal compounds do not transfer any material to the disc

Long pad and disc life

CL Brakes high performance and race brake pads have a high longevity meaning you need to change your pads less often. In addition the CL Brakes RC5+ and RC6 Endurance compounds are light wearing on discs to reduce the time lost changing worn brake parts when endurance racing . No material is transferred to the brake disc during the braking process. You therefore do not need to bed the pads. Organic pad compounds can suffer from vibration under braking due to pad material unevenly transferring to the discs. This is negated when using CL Brakes Sintered Metal Brake Pad compounds.

Security and safety

Sintered metal compounds are non flammable. These CL Brakes brake pads will not burn no matter how much abuse they are put through. The CL Brakes DOT 4 Racing Brake Fluid provides a high wet boiling point; resisting fade

Environmentally Friendly

All high performance friction materials used in the CL Brakes sintered metal brake pad range are environmentally friendly with no lead, no asbestos and no nickel.