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Offline Diamond Hell

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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #10 on: 26 August 2009, 14:16 »
I replaced my TRW OE spec front pads with, errrr TRW OE spec front pads.  The last ones did a couple of years, although I doubt these will last that long!

I really would echo Paul's view on this - good quality OE spec, on good discs should be plenty good enough, provided they're bedded in properly.
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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #11 on: 26 August 2009, 14:27 »
This may or may not help ...


Yeah GSF. They don't have them on the website for the 8v, but my local branch (Glasgow/Pollokshaws road) had them in stock.

Pad:                       Average Stopping Distance:

Standard OE VW Pads       34.4m
Frenzi Italia                       32.3m
Pagid T4151                      31.6m
Pagid FR4151                    30.7m
Ferodo DS2000                  32.7m
Brembo                             31.8m
G-Force Sport                    30.5m
Formula Pads                     32.7m
OMP 961k                         30.7m
Mintex 1144                       26.9m

GSF part no. was 64313

http://www.stealthracing.co.uk/ViewItem.php?ItemID=119

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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #12 on: 26 August 2009, 14:37 »
Where's that data from?

Someone trying to sell Mintex pads?

Or is it TUV data or similar?

It's useless unless you know the source.

If it's supposed to be from Stealth then you need to sort the link, as it doesn't work.
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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #13 on: 26 August 2009, 14:41 »
Chillout Mr. Questions.

If memory serves it was from PVW. The link to stealth was just for pads for someone IIRC, click into the thread to understand the context...

Edit: http://www.gti-vr6.net/library/wheels_tires_brakes/brake_pads_comparo.html
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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #14 on: 26 August 2009, 15:35 »
Nick ebc green will be fine, you need to be very much the seasoned track day warrior or a racer to bother with anything more extreme that needs a lot of heat, if you typically do half a dozen flying laps followed by a cool down lap. At our level of track experience in relativly slow reasonably light cars, crazy brakes is overkill, and more extreme pads are not ideal for road use and getting to and from the track either of course. I have Also heard that the pagid fr pads are also very good....
If you do go for the ebc pads, don't fit the anti vibration packing or whatever it's called behind the pad, as I'm told this can cause the pad to wiggle about!

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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #15 on: 26 August 2009, 23:36 »
I ended getting the Mintex 1155's on Paul's recommendation, should arrive tomorrow.

I'm currently running Mintex Xtremes and have found them to be outstanding from cold (Much better than the green stuffs on the Rado which has the same brake setup) and these 1155's seem to replace the ones I currently have.

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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #16 on: 01 September 2009, 19:53 »
Good shout on the pads Paul, thanks very much. They were brilliant today.

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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #17 on: 09 September 2009, 20:17 »
are these suitable for road use?

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Re: Brake pad help please.
« Reply #18 on: 09 September 2009, 22:21 »
are these suitable for road use?
If they are purely for road use go for the mintex 1144's or stick with proper oem ones

Paul