No Too Sure Aboot These Mintex's ?

[craig79]

Someone on here has bound to come across this little

problem. I bought the mintex 1155 pads for the brembos

knowing that there might be problems so here we go :

The short term bite of these pads is really good but what

I've noticed is if I'm doing reasonably heavy braking for a

longer time a kind of a dull whine noise happens. It's no the best

description I know but there is no vibration of any kind and looking

at the pads there's nothing worrying to see ?? Don't know if this is

a mintex trait but it's a bit daunting when you hear it. Bare in mind these

pads aren't the 'x' (extreme) ones, they were only 40ish quid so you get what

you pay for I suppose. This happened to anyone else ??

Thanks folks, Craig.

Edited March 3, 2008 by craig79

[craig79]

Meant to also say I've got drilled & grooved discs (never had these before),

this wouldnae cause it would it ??

Craig.

[dipsy]

Had mintex 1155 on a classic my00 uk turbon and they squeled when reversing well touching brake pedal .They have good grip but the brake disks don't last with the hard compound of the 1155 .

Edited March 3, 2008 by Dipsy

[fai17]

The dull whine noise is from the drilled grooved disc m8...

I had the same noise on my EBC turbo groove discs.

[irish al]

Are you sure they are 1155 ???. I have never saw any where selling them for £40.

Am sure the 1144 and the 1155 are far better then the extreme pads would ever be.

[nanaki]

yeah the extreme series of pads are not the same as the m series pads of which the 1155's are very popular. i've got them and about the cheepest you will find 1155's is 80-90 (4 pots mind you not brembo) depending on where you look.

[craig79]

The dull whine noise is from the drilled grooved disc m8...

I had the same noise on my EBC turbo groove discs.

Thanks Peter, you've just seriously put the mind to rest was flappin'

a bit there

To all who were asking, got the pads from XS Motorsport. Checked the bank

statement after getting them; definitely £45ish. As I mentioned way back when I was first considering

these that I'll probably opt for the 'X' anes next time. Think fae memory they're £75ish.

Peter; meant to mention also I've got the EBC dimpled / grooved discs on.

Thanks everyone.

Edited March 4, 2008 by craig79