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Title: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Khare on 14 March 2010, 19:42
Cheapest I found is £55 for a complete (4 pads) front set of greenstuff pads.

Anyone know where I can get them cheaper?
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: sharki786 on 14 March 2010, 20:56
thats cheap as i paid near the 100 mark as my setup is 288mm
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Horney on 14 March 2010, 21:01
Don't bother, they're sh!te. Get some mintex 1144's or if you can't afford them standard OE pads.

nick
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Khare on 14 March 2010, 21:20
Quote from: Horney on 14 March 2010, 21:01
Don't bother, they're sh!te. Get some mintex 1144's or if you can't afford them standard OE pads.

nick
Really? Your old rado stops pretty dam well even on 256s.

What are the price of the mintex pads?
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Paul86S2 on 14 March 2010, 22:08
Yes Greenstuff are sh!te, get the mintex 1144's and you'll be much happier.

Paul
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: kells on 14 March 2010, 22:21
i have run both greenstuff and mintex, got mintex on at the mo but i prefered the GS
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Khare on 14 March 2010, 23:13
where do I get mintex pads and how much for? cps so far I've found them at about £66. Anywhere for about 40?
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Ess_Three on 15 March 2010, 07:51
Quote from: Horney on 14 March 2010, 21:01
Don't bother, they're sh!te. Get some mintex 1144's or if you can't afford them standard OE pads.

nick

Got to agree...no brake dust with GSs but not as good as Mintex M1144/M1155s or Ferodo DS2500s.

Also, I've only run GS twice - once in my Mk3 16v and once in my S3 (both on 312s) and both sets managed to de-laminate the pad material from the backing plate.
To be fair to EBC, they replaced both with Red Stuff stating that Green Stuff shouldn't be used on cars with 200ish BHP or more!

And Red Stuff were so bad, I removed them and binned them! 

I run either M1144s or M1155s (can't remember which) now on my GTI and they are superb. They just work, and work well. Not *too* messy either.

Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Khare on 15 March 2010, 16:33
where can I get 1144s?
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Horney on 15 March 2010, 16:45
http://tinyurl.com/yfhfqer
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Ess_Three on 15 March 2010, 16:46
Quote from: Khare on 15 March 2010, 16:33
where can I get 1144s?

Any Mintex supplier.

Or here:
http://froogle.motorsportworld.co.uk/framefix.asp?PID=339174&ProductCode=MDB1741M1144

That's the versions for ATE 288/312 callipers.
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: axewielder on 15 March 2010, 16:53
and the difference between m1144 + m1155 ect. is? cant find much info on their site
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Horney on 15 March 2010, 16:56
1144 fast road
1155 fastroad/trackday

The 1155's need a good stab at the peddle to get them up to temp when you start a journey.

nick
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Ess_Three on 15 March 2010, 16:58
Quote from: axewielder on 15 March 2010, 16:53
and the difference between m1144 + m1155 ect. is? cant find much info on their site

1155s have a higher temperature range, but need to be warmer to really work, and are noisier.

1144s are perfectly fine for the road...1155s more a trackday pad, in my view.

Of course you could go for something a bit more special - F4Rs are epic. It's like throwing out an anchor...your eyes hurt with the braking forces.
Just don't brake hard with someone behind you...or they'll hit you!
And get them wet, and you'll be clay-barring brake dust mess off for the following week or so!

M1144s are good for road use...and M1155s for a car that does a few track miles.
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: Ess_Three on 15 March 2010, 16:59
Bah, beat me to it horney.
Title: Re: Anyone know where I can find dead cheap greenstuff pads?
Post by: axewielder on 15 March 2010, 17:10
cheers for the info guys  :smiley: