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Originally Posted by cody
Are you going to suggest that Dewmudgeon run that setup along with the Ultimates?
I'm just yankin' your chain of course. There's nothing wrong with Ultimates for the financially challenged...I'd just rather spend the few bucks extra and get the R4-S's. They're pretty much better in every way.
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You're stretching.
Nowhere did I say that Ultimates were still great pads when compared to other options out today. I was just saying that they're not "the most overrated brake pads ever".
The rating they got back when they were first available was correct; they were great pads for the money when compared to the other options. Just because pads have gotten better doesn't undo that the Ultimates were great value 7 years ago, nor does it reduce their actual performance. It's not like the pads work worse today than they did in 2001, there are just better pads out there for the money today.
It's like saying that the 1990 Miata is "the most overrated autocross car ever" just because the 2008 Solstice beats it in every way measurable today. We all know that the Miata isn't a world-beater anymore, but that doesn't stop it from being the best thing since sliced bread 2 decades ago.