What brake pads?

[fai17]

Good God..i remember this thread from a long long time ago and i ended with red stuff pads too.[]

I've been on KH twice and Crail twice and still not worn out yet.I think they are good and had no probs with them.[Y]

[fai17]

Good God..i remember this thread from a long long time ago and i ended with red stuff pads too.[]

I've been on KH twice and Crail twice and still not worn out yet.I think they are good and had no probs with them.[Y]

[ally-b]

So much so I got a second set fitted a month ago

I've been on KH twice and Crail twice

You've posted your messages twice too - yous  must like them []

- only joking guys []

I also have Redstuff all-round .

Al.

[st3ph3n]

It was coughing up an error when I posted the first time and didn't think it had actually posted!

[P1 NUT]

Mintex gets my vote. If doing trackdays get the m1155. I got m1166 from as performance for £65 as they have over made these and they are great.

[corsa]

Just fitted 1166 Mintex pads and with the correct bedding in procedure they are absolutely awesome.

[~ ~ Cal ~~]

DS2500's for me......

Only ever had them fade after chasing JAC en-route to Aviemore

I have Godspeed grooved discs and Goodrich braided lines too

She STOPS like a good un' now and performance @ KH was remarkable in comparison

to the standard jobbies.

Thanks to Unlce WUZ who fitted them a while back

Cal

[st3ph3n]

Cal is that the Godspeed bigger discs with the caliper spacing kit or just regular sized ones? The big set is possibly on my list for when my discs need changed.

[~ ~ Cal ~~]

Just got the standard size and they are more than adequate for hard braking. Unless your giving it more than 12 laps @ KH I would stick with the smaller ones. Only had mild fad on them chasing JAC's 380 bhp ( AP 6 pot equipped !) STi en-route to Aviemore. That was the first REAL caning they had other than KH.

I love em'..............dust aint too bad and the noise has all but gone now

CGS

[micra_wrc]

I'm dragging this thread back from the past to see if anyone can suggest where I can get front brake pads this week to fit over 4 pots on the RA?

looking for either Mintex or Ferodo...... getting worried now as I'm on track for my 1st time on the 26th and need the pads fitted and bedded in before then.

most places we've tried are out of stock and have them on back order [:'(]

[the blue dragon]

I know you probably have, but have you tried demontweeks imy? i was lookin at their mintex pads the other day and they had them in stock.

 

 

good hunting [Y]

 

Iain 

[micra_wrc]

aye, tried them, the pads are down as in stock but in reality they have none left.  Pads are on back order []

[the blue dragon]

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[scoobaroo]

Imy, have you given Duncan at Hypertech or John at Extreme a bell ? as they usually have pads in stock.

Hope you get sorted [Y]

Marty.

[frank c]

Imy, have you tried Alyn at AS Performance ?

I've bought 1 or 2 things for him and can't fault the service and he's a really nice bloke too. [Y]

[dipsy]

Imy try Awd do mintex pads and Falkland do mintex and ferrodo pads or if you have a Partco your way try them

[micra_wrc]

thanks for your help guys, i've managed to source some Mintex pads []

[scoobyiain]

I've just been on the phone to as performance and bought new front and rear discs and pads [Y]

ds2500's better be good cal if not i'm coming to get you

[mazheriqbal_mohammed]

Just to add to the comments

I have tried the Mintex 1144 and
1155 and found both to be cracking pads. I have had the fortune to try
both pads on city, country road and track driving conditions. I found
the mintex 1144's to give excellent bite from cold and still retained
that level of bite down a country road blast (over the course of 3
hours straight []). When at Crail during the hard braking on the last
leg on the 1/4 mile there was loads of bite from them however the
second i was onto the track i found the pads heated up far too much to
the point where after about 3 minutes of spirited driving they were
severely compromised in the amount of bite they delivered, in fact it
was so bad i decided to pit in only to stop and see the pads smoking
away!! The pads seem to wear at a moderate rate but have not had them
long enough on the car to comment much on this also i have noticed
moderate amounts of brake dust when using these.

The
1155's were pretty good from cold but needed a few brakes to heat them
up to their typical standard, when they do heat up the bite is awesome
(more so than the 1144's). I personally find these brakes fine around
town and excellent on country roads, at Crail and especially on the
track. The wear on the pads was pretty moderate over the a couple on
months driving and a trackday (with me not holding back on my
braking!!) added to this i have only experienced a moderate amount of
brake dust from the pads!

 All in all i would say that the
1155's were my particular favorite of the two primarily for its
versatility over all sorts of driving conditions and the higher levels
of bite that you get from them compared to the 1144's and the fact that
i want to use the car on the occasional trackday. I would add that due
to the pads not biting as hard as they typically do when heated if you
have a tendency to drive close to other cars bumpers on occasion then
there is the risk you could underestimate the braking of the pads and
bump into them or if you have to brake suddenly you may initially not
have that same level of bite, however i have not had any problems using
them! 

As for disks the only ones i have tried are the standard
ones and the grooved black diamond discs. I have had no problem with
the black diamond discs but have noiced that the feel of the brake
pedal was not quite as smooth as the standard discs, this does not
affect the braking performance so i think the feel i was getting is
from the pads rubbing against the discs grooves. I was advised by many
people against getting the drilled discs as they are proven to cracking
if they are put under a lot of stress (as would be seem at a trackday).
I would however maybe next time go for the Tarox grooved discs as they
have more grooves on the disc for better cooling and just to test out
but as they were priced at nearly twice that of the black diamond my
budget could not quite afford it at the time when i got the brakes
done.
 

Hope that is of some help?[]