Aftermarket brake pads

Matblack · 15-06-2009, 10:31

Minnie needs new soles for her shoes and BMW charge Jimmy Choo style prices for Dunlop Greenflash quality, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience of after market brake pads.

My current thinking is to spend reasonable money on something like Mintex 1144 fast road pads or Ferodo DS2500, this both seem to get good reviews, the Mintex are cheaper and I'll get a locall garage to wap them on the car for a few quid. This is one job I could probably do myself but I don't really have the tools here and no one close by who does.

Any have any recomendations about these things?

Cheers

MB

Burble · 15-06-2009, 10:55

I'm not a fan of Mintex having had awful squeaky brakes that no amount of copper grease or cleaning would sort. Plus I hear that they've gone bust partially owing to quality issues.

The Ferodo DS2500's are very popular and I'm told are a good compromise between bite, brake dust & longevity.

Matblack · 15-06-2009, 11:27

Hmmmmm, local specialist can undercut BMW by about £170 using genunie parts, might have to consider this as its actually cheaper than the aftermarkets by quite some margin and the bloke says in his experience of fast road use the BMW items are better than the EBC items and close to the Mintex without the horriod squeeking that fast road pads can produce :/

MB

Burble · 15-06-2009, 11:33

EBC are a bit of a marmite thing. The green stuff pads are so abrasive I've seen them destroy a set of discs in next to no time.

Red stuff are pretty good but they do squeak when cold but that said they do warm up relatively quickly.

OEM FTW in this case it seems.

Nutcase · 15-06-2009, 18:38

I used to use exclusively mintex on my Allegros as they were the only pad I tried that didn't fade after a couple of hard braking sessions. Pad sets would last about 4k miles though

Admitedly this was years ago, so I guess they may have gone downhill since then...

A Place of Light · 16-06-2009, 00:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burble

EBC are a bit of a marmite thing. The green stuff pads are so abrasive I've seen them destroy a set of discs in next to no time.

Red stuff are pretty good but they do squeak when cold but that said they do warm up relatively quickly.

OEM FTW in this case it seems.

EBC yellows are fantastic, but the drawback is they're quite dusty and it's dust that can be hard to remove.

Burble · 16-06-2009, 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

EBC yellows are fantastic, but the drawback is they're quite dusty and it's dust that can be hard to remove.

Never driven a car with yellows but have heard mixed reviews about them.

A Place of Light · 16-06-2009, 19:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burble

Never driven a car with yellows but have heard mixed reviews about them.

Money no object, go Pagid.
The yellows are a marmite pad. VERY dusty but superb bite from cold and I couldn't cook them even when trying to.

Del Lardo · 16-06-2009, 19:53

The Mintex 1144s on my Elise were cracking and easily stood up to a long day at Bedford (full circuit so five 100+mph breaking zones IIRC). Having said that I did replace them with Pagid 42s which were even better

Matblack · 23-06-2009, 16:11

A little bit of mucking about has got me the best of both worlds, a cheaper price for the 1144 pads and a fitting price of £25. I didn't really think about it before but because the local clutch and brake places don't use massively qualified technical specialists and the guys they do use are fast and well versed in what they do they only charge for 30 minutes work to do the fronts. I did have to source a replacement wear indicator from ebay £12 for a front one and a back one (ready for when the rears need doing) with a £2 discount from Ebay for some reason and the pads for £80 the whole thing is going to be a lot less expensive than I expected

Bet the rear ones go soon too though :/

MB

15-06-2009, 10:31	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Aftermarket brake pads Minnie needs new soles for her shoes and BMW charge Jimmy Choo style prices for Dunlop Greenflash quality, so I was wondering if anyone had any experience of after market brake pads. My current thinking is to spend reasonable money on something like Mintex 1144 fast road pads or Ferodo DS2500, this both seem to get good reviews, the Mintex are cheaper and I'll get a locall garage to wap them on the car for a few quid. This is one job I could probably do myself but I don't really have the tools here and no one close by who does. Any have any recomendations about these things? Cheers MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

15-06-2009, 11:27	#3
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Hmmmmm, local specialist can undercut BMW by about £170 using genunie parts, might have to consider this as its actually cheaper than the aftermarkets by quite some margin and the bloke says in his experience of fast road use the BMW items are better than the EBC items and close to the Mintex without the horriod squeeking that fast road pads can produce :/ MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

23-06-2009, 16:11	#10
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	A little bit of mucking about has got me the best of both worlds, a cheaper price for the 1144 pads and a fitting price of £25. I didn't really think about it before but because the local clutch and brake places don't use massively qualified technical specialists and the guys they do use are fast and well versed in what they do they only charge for 30 minutes work to do the fronts. I did have to source a replacement wear indicator from ebay £12 for a front one and a back one (ready for when the rears need doing) with a £2 discount from Ebay for some reason and the pads for £80 the whole thing is going to be a lot less expensive than I expected Bet the rear ones go soon too though :/ MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

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15-06-2009, 10:55	#2
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I'm not a fan of Mintex having had awful squeaky brakes that no amount of copper grease or cleaning would sort. Plus I hear that they've gone bust partially owing to quality issues. The Ferodo DS2500's are very popular and I'm told are a good compromise between bite, brake dust & longevity.

15-06-2009, 11:33	#4
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	EBC are a bit of a marmite thing. The green stuff pads are so abrasive I've seen them destroy a set of discs in next to no time. Red stuff are pretty good but they do squeak when cold but that said they do warm up relatively quickly. OEM FTW in this case it seems.

15-06-2009, 18:38	#5
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	I used to use exclusively mintex on my Allegros as they were the only pad I tried that didn't fade after a couple of hard braking sessions. Pad sets would last about 4k miles though Admitedly this was years ago, so I guess they may have gone downhill since then...

16-06-2009, 19:53	#9
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	The Mintex 1144s on my Elise were cracking and easily stood up to a long day at Bedford (full circuit so five 100+mph breaking zones IIRC). Having said that I did replace them with Pagid 42s which were even better