MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Sammy on June 14, 2012, 08:29:57 pm
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Has anyone used these pads for the r32 brakes? How do they perform also there is another option called yellow stuff which is the 1 to go for?
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Has anyone used these pads for the r32 brakes? How do they perform also there is another option called yellow stuff which is the 1 to go for?
Stay away from ebc pads. They wear really fast and wear discs fast too. The ebc discs are ok though.
Stick with mintex, ferodo or pagid.
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Has anyone used these pads for the r32 brakes? How do they perform also there is another option called yellow stuff which is the 1 to go for?
Stay away from ebc pads. They wear really fast and wear discs fast too. The ebc discs are ok though.
Stick with mintex, ferodo or pagid.
Do you mean the usual mintex or pagid as found in euro car parts or their performace pads?
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EBC pads = shocking! AVOID.
I'd sooner buy and run cheap pattern pads than anything made by EBC. Greenstuff fade at the slightest sniff of heat, red stuff are dead when cold then have little heat resilience, and yellow stuff........ don't even get me started on them.
Their MTB pads are equally terrible - did a single downhill run in the Alps and it consumed a complete set of pads! Normally get a few days out of pads.
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Are their any recommendations to a set of pads i could use, Good resistance to heat and lasts well
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Do you track the car?
If not, OEM is probably the best compromise.
Diminishing returns with pads, like most parts, so a set of Pagid RS (whatever compound)if they're made in R32 size, will be a pricey proposition.
Note that technically if you fit a non e90 pad (DS2500 for instance) your pads are not legal for road use. I do find this a bit funny, as if you're running non-standard brakes (calipers and discs) on a car, you've already changed the brakes from the OEM performance so what difference does a higher or lower friction pad make?? :rolleye:
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careful with the ds2500, they are only legal (and therefore insurable on the road) if your using a non oem brake set-up.
Im looking to the m1144 possibly. But standard stuff has been awesome thus far.
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Do euro car parts have standard S3/R32 pads?
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Avoid standard pagids as well, mine lasted 2 days in the 135i before giving up, poor initial bite and once they heat a little there is no pedal feel.
Im going back to Brembo pads.
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The OEM pads are more than man enough unless you really want to cane it on track. :happy2:
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The OEM pads are more than man enough unless you really want to cane it on track. :happy2:
Agreed :congrats:
Oem pads are great :happy2:
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The OEM pads are more than man enough unless you really want to cane it on track. :happy2:
This ^^^^^
OEM pads you can get for about 50 quid.
Performance pads are ~150
Pagid rs4-2 are about 220 quid.
Also, performance pads will probably squeak.... Which is annoying.
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im happy with my pagid had no problems and stops v.well :smiley:
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** but like you i looked at ebc and was warned off pretty quick :chicken:
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mintex 1155 pads :happy2:
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I had non performance pagids on my cupra and they were shocking for fast road driving. Avoid
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OEM seem the best choice atm, would these Brembo pads be any better or not worth looking at?
290506565397 (eBay)
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mintex 1155 pads :happy2:
I love the camskill description...
"MINTEX 1155 Fast road (if you drive like you stole it!! )"
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mintex 1155 pads :happy2:
I love the camskill description...
"MINTEX 1155 Fast road (if you drive like you stole it!! )"
Haha yeah I've seen that. They are realLy good pads, fitted them as a stop gap until I could source some 450 Pagid blues/yellow but was so impressed with them it's all I use now.
And they are only 220 pounds for my 8 pot calipers. Result
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Pukka Pagid RS29s have stopped my lard arsed 135i on its standard brakes for the last 12 months. 8k, the Ring, Spa, Rockingham, Oulton and there's still 2/3s left.... You get what you pay for.
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Mintex 1155 Seems the one to go for, are these much better than the OEM pads and also how is the bite from cold? When heated it holds up well?
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EBC pads = shocking! AVOID.
I'd sooner buy and run cheap pattern pads than anything made by EBC. Greenstuff fade at the slightest sniff of heat, red stuff are dead when cold then have little heat resilience, and yellow stuff........ don't even get me started on them
:happy2:
Stay away from ebc pads. They wear really fast and wear discs fast too. The ebc discs are ok though.
Stick with mintex, Endless, Ferodo or Pagid.
:happy2:
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Where is the cheapest place to get hold of these?
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http://www.google.de/search?q=Endless+cheap&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:de:official&client=firefox-a#hl=de&gs_nf=1&pq=endless%20cheap&cp=13&gs_id=10&xhr=t&q=Endless%20MX72%20cheap&pf=p&client=firefox-a&hs=3W8&rls=org.mozilla:de%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Endless+MX72+cheap&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=8043090172358087&biw=1366&bih=627
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mintex 1155 pads :happy2:
I love the camskill description...
"MINTEX 1155 Fast road (if you drive like you stole it!! )"
Haha yeah I've seen that. They are realLy good pads, fitted them as a stop gap until I could source some 450 Pagid blues/yellow but was so impressed with them it's all I use now.
And they are only 220 pounds for my 8 pot calipers. Result
Said before ...half price but two thirds the wear rate.
With my new found corporateness I've got the Mintex racing pad factory under the floor of new HQ, always thought it would Be a good idea to have a mini meet there and show people around.
Would be great to hand over some pads to somebody they made themselves in the presses. Keep meaning to make some 8 pot pads in Mintex F2R and give them to JC to keep him quiet for a bit, he's already saying the 362mm kit's not big enough!
If anybody fancies a racing brake pad factory tour and can get a few interested people together let me know.