Recommended brake pads

[northeast_gti-t]

looking to paint my brake calipers over the next two weeks and for the front i have decided to remove the calipers for painting as i have a little squeal from the fronts when its dry and its annoying i was going to just remove them and apply anti seize compound to the backs but i'm thinking now well maybe replace the oem pads as its in bits anyway although i have half pad life left  anyway what do you all use on your 1.8Ts or dervs? and could you recommend me any for me to consider  any info would be great thanks

[warnesey333]

Im looking to replace my rear pads and will probably be going for mintex I think

[Steve_PD]

Ivor recommends EBC yellow stuff 

[northeast_gti-t]

Ivor recommends EBC yellow stuff 

i'l have a look at them steve i had ebc stuff in my mind earlier  iirc on their website it says the redstuff ones are for cars over 200bhp 

[johnaldinho89]

yeh red stuff pads are good plus low brake dust comes of them thats one of the major benefits liek ,but putting red stuff pads on with oem or standard discs wears the surface of ur disc down alot more keep that in mind and if ur removing the calipers completly ul need to blead the master cylinder after bleeding the calipers to get al the air out , its just two 8mm's on the right side of it

[scottyboy08]

Ebc deffo there great pads

[richw911]

Ferodo DS2500 

[Ivor Mk4 Turbo]

Ferodo DS2500 

Awesome, but sit down for the price!   


Yes, Red or Yellow Stuff pads do the job nicely, are about half the price of the above & are low dust emitting badboys. 

Cheapest place for EBC 6 months ago when I was looking, was www.buypartsby.co.uk 

[DarkGti]

ive just ordered red stuff pads all round (£120 from ebay) for my 312mm upgrade:grin: sorry to hijack but is there  anything else that i should be looking to upgrade? brake lines, discs, fluid???

[Ivor Mk4 Turbo]

Pointless upgrading your discs, IMO.

Lines, I would only change if you do track days - Same goes for the fluid, really (although you need to change your fluid every 2 years, regardless of mileage).