BUSINESS QFM High Performance Street and Track Pads!

[gslrallysport]

GSL RallySport stocks the complete range of QFM Performance Brake Pads!

Queensland Friction Materials is a QLD based disc brake pads manufacturing business which was established in 1989.

The emphasis at QFM as been to develop high quality disc brake pads at highly competitive prices, and this follows through to their excellent performance range!

QFM's Performance Street pads fall into two compounds. The first is the HPX pad which is the perfect choice for street cars looking for excellent braking performance whilst retaining all the qualities of a good street pad. The HPX pads are ideal for high performance street cars looking for higher working temperatures with reduced fade, and also for Four Wheel Drives or vehicles looking to enhance their towing capacity or safety.The HPX pads unlike many pads in this performance range are virtually dust free, whilst maintaining low rotor wear.

QFM's second high performance street pad is the A1RM compound and provides QFM with its club sport track pad. It is ideal for high performance street cars that take to the track to test the limits, whilst still being a streetable pad. The A1RM is ideal for club level rally and hill climb where brakes are required right from the first corner!

SPECIFICATIONS
Formulation - Cold Friction - High Friction - Temperature (C)
HP-X - 0.41 - 0.42 - 0-550
A1RM - 0.40 - 0.48 - 0-780

QFM has an extensive range covering most makes or models, and can also re-line existing backing plates or old pads! If you have a 'hard-to-get-decent-material' pad, let QFM Performance put one of their high performing compounds onto your pads!

Any questions or to order, give us a bell on 1300 884 836, or check out http://www.qfmperformance.com

[gslrallysport]

Hi all,

First of all let me just say it's awesome to now be a sponsor on VWWatercooled! The above is just our generic ad lifted from our website, but I thought I'd go into a bit more detail on VW specific stuff.

QFM's biggest advantage for alot of you dubers will be that they will put any compound on any pad, so they're not like a Bendix or an EBC where you can only get decent compounds on popular pads. QFM will do one off pads for the same price as pads we order in quantities of 100, like Skyline stuff!

So if you've got an old VW, or a not so common one, and want a good high performance street pad, or track pad we can help. The only problem we may have is some of the later model fancy stuff QFM may not do, but just check with me first as there is ways around that...

Quick run down on the pads:
- The HPX is a Bendix Ultimate type performance pad, good for about 550 degrees, whilst being virtually dust free, and low rotor wear.
- The A1RM is a Ferodo DS2500 type performance pad, good for about 780 degrees, but will still work from dead cold (A1RM and HPX have the same cold friction), and relatively low dust and rotor wear. I run the A1RM in both my daily road car and rally car and it isn't a compromise in either.

Pricing on them is normally $79 per set front or rear in HPX, or $119 per set front or rear in A1RM.

Any other questions just let me know.

Regards,
Greg

[Mischa]

welcome to the forum. i will definitely be buying from you when my pads run out in 6 months or so

[gslrallysport]

Some of the latest feedback on QFM pads:

A1RM

Well I've just got back from Oz where I spent 2000km's driving on a new set of A1RM pads from gslrallysport.

These are an excellent road-track day pad and a good compromise for those that want one pad to everything!!! Much cheaper then Brands* A, B, C, D etc and as good or better...

IMHO these are excellent, very cheap (mine were about $120 for the fronts IIRC) and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

If you want a new set of sport pads these are the pad to get!

* GSL RallySport will not publish comparison's between name brands, for the actual brands compared, please click the below link!

http://www.opelaus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19733

As to the A1RM pads, I searched and tried many types and brands to keep pace with my motorsport work, and all came up short of my expectations for the Heavyweight VE Calais-V.

I went to GSL and they were oh so helpful. They advised a set of A1RM and I subsequently fitted and have never looked back (I do run Castrol SRF fluid). The pads are awesome once bedded in.

They don't squeel, they are reasonably dust free, perform very well when cold and around town driving, but awesome on the track and twisties.

Plus the pads are reasonably cheap in comparison to some I have had on the car.

I will certainly be getting another set when these ones wear out.

Pete

http://www.brisbanecommodore.com/forum/showpost.php?p=228883&postcount=4

HPX

By the way those pads I put on (front & rear) are bloody excellent. I already had another performance police spec pad, and apart from being dusty as all hell they stopped well. There is a definant improvement even on those!

Unfortunatly I didnt get to clean the wheels but I can see the fingerprints on the chrome are still there after a week. They dont seem to grind or squeal, and I think they have a better initial bite then as you increase pressure pull the old girl up smoothly and purposefully (if that makes sense). Brilliant stuff from pads that cost less than half the price, and are locally made.

Happy as a pig in sh$t. Infact hapy enough to buy a second set to have sit in the shed for next time!

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/612250-post6.html

I have been running the HPX on the front of the convertible for a couple of months now. I have not noticed any dust and the difference to whatever pads were there before is that they perform near 100% from the very first application!

http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showpost.php?p=819941&postcount=17

For more info and reports (with links!) checkout http://www.qfmperformance.com

Cheers,
Greg

[gslrallysport]

Guys, I had an Ian ring us last friday. I've been trying to get onto him, but must've written his number down wrong as I'm definitely not getting an Ian!

I ordered in a set of RDA pads to suit the V Golf, to see if we could get them made up in a QFM, but unfortunately the wear indicator is build in, and is part of the manufacturing process, so unfortunately it's not a pad we can get done unfortunately. We could strip the pads and get them relined, which we do quite a bit of, but you'll loose the indicator, and I'm not sure if it's a closed or open loop. Ie. if the dash light would be permenately off or on.

Regards,
Greg

[gslrallysport]

Latest feedback:
HPX on an E30 BMW

Ok... really put the pads and rotors through their paces... along the twisties through the dandenongs...

DAMN!! so happy....

No brake fade at all... they were right there when i needed them each and every time!!!

So glad i got them!!

Thanks again gslrallysport!

PS. Once again... no brake dust...

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/1041626-post5.html

[mk3pete]

i just bought a set for my rears im yet to put them so il c how they go

[gslrallysport]

What compound?

[gslrallysport]

QFM A1RM News just in!!!

The guys at the end of the quarter mile look at me weird when i stop from 200 down to 40 in a very short period, it's not that i really want to, it's just that it is so effortless too as the retardation is so great.

I haven't had them on the track yet, but once the speedo is in the three digit zone, those a1rm seem to be the ****.

Best pad i have used so far, higher the speed the better they work, maybe it is a heat thing, but at these higher speeds they really like it.

In saying that they are still perfect on the street, as well, very important to me. No weird noises at all at legal street speeds just once you get the speed up, like freeway + speeds, they work very well.

Would have no dramas recommending them to anyone with a car they need to stop well from higher speeds.

http://performanceforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67240228&page=2

[goodfella]

I can vouch for Greg and GSL Rallysport, they are genuine and provide honest advice.

I purchased a HD clutch kit for my last car through GSL and it came on time and as described.

[gslrallysport]

QFM A1RM on a high modified high horsepower heavy weight VE V8 Calais!

I have had the QFM A1RM pads on for a whiles now and they have seen some hard driven Ks and bit of circuit work and they perform extremely well at full noise. What I have noticed of late though is that the longer I have them on the car the better they have become. The pedal is simply getting firmer and more responsive and the stopping power in normal daily drive conditions is even better than when they were new.

The VE Calais-V is one heavy mumma to pull up, but this combo does it well!

http://www.brisbanecommodore.com/forum/showpost.php?p=256604&postcount=12

[PeterHBne]

I also know of Greg from my Daihatsu days where he was involved with a Daihatsu board. Very genuine guy with great products.

Buy with confidence.

[gslrallysport]

QFM A1RM on a Nissan S14... and I've never heard them called this before!

I'm running A1RM's f&r - I haven't noticed any excessive dust yet.

Around town & through some hills they feel great, good initial bite that progressively gets stronger until your eyes pop out your skull and your foot gets massaged by ABS. I haven't experienced any noise/squealing with these pads either. I'm very keen to give them a proper run, when I do I'll try and write up some more details.

I came off a set of Ultimates to these, these make the ultimates feel like the OEM nissan pads, prefer them over Green Stuff also.

A1RM: sexual chocolate
Ultimates/Green Stuff: what should be factory pads
Factory pads: feels like your hanging bra's out the window to slow down

(Standard rotors & calipers on an S14)

http://nissansilvia.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=160364&view=findpost&p=4994091

[gslrallysport]

QFM A1RM Fitted to an R33 GTR

Fitted a full set of A1RM's to my R33 late last year
Have given them a right caning through the Dandenongs a couple of times now and they are AWESOME!
They seem to give progressively more bite the harder you push them... no fade.
Not too much dust, only tiny amount of squeal (only at crawling speeds with the window down - but you don't get something for nothing)
These pads cannot be beaten for value for money

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=249361&view=findpost&p=4498547

[mk3pete]

What compound?

i have no idea
i have noticed far less dust though which is quite nice