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Brake pads Bendix or Mintex
I upgraded the pads and rotors to drilled Zimmerman discs that I painted black except for swept area and Mintex pads from Autotech.
Pros: drilled Zimmerman discs
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
After 217k on my 93 Eurovan I am still on my original rotors. I do change pads every 35-40k usually Bendix
Pros: original rotors, long lasting
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 217000 km
For future reference I use Mintex pad all round (occasionally Pagid) Cross reference Front Pads MDB 2601 Rears MDC 1924 Front 365mm Floating Discs VW PATTERN PART ONLY!
Pros: uses Mintex pads
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Phaeton
Part number: MDB 2601
oh and i replaced my craptastic wagner thermoquiet pads with bendix pads much better feeling on the pad and the calipers dont seem to get so hot
Pros: much better feeling
Cons: calipers get hot
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I had a similar problem years ago with a set of Mintex pads. This might not be the recommended way to fix it, but I just rubbed the brake pads on the concrete floor to wear them down a little so they fit...never had a problem with them after that.
Pros: fit after modification
Cons: needed modification
For JUST street driving (no canyon runs or autox), they are fine. But, they are NOT performance pads, so you don't want to be running on them if you're rcing the car or really hammering the brakes when you drive.
Pros: fine for street driving
Cons: NOT performance pads
mintex are good, but they are not all they are cracked up to be, try EBC greenstuff pads
Pros: good
Cons: not all they are cracked up to be
mintex reds are WORSE than stock in my opinion....i bought some, and got ride of em a few months later
Cons: worse than stock
I put in some new rear brake pads today. The frist brakes I had were Autozone brand. Well, they went on fine on the driver side. On the passenger side It was near impossible to push the piston back far enough to get the pads on. I still needed about another 1/16th of an inch. I even bled brakes a little to make room for the piston compression. Still no luck. So I went back and bought some Bendix that were about 1/16th less in thickness. So, I put them on the passanger side. I had to wrestle with the piston again - that mofo would not budge. Finally I got it. So, I go for a drive with Albany brakes on one side and Bendix on the other. A horrible scaping erupts from the driver's side. The side that went on much easier. Visual inspection looked ok. So I took them off and they were all scraped to heck. Strange, as that was the easy side. So, I put the Bendix pads on that side and everything is fine.
Pros: Bendix pads fit
Cons: Albany pads too thick
Mileage: 120000 km
Driving home today, and I had to brake HARD to avoid a collision, the fade was awful - the pedal went straight to the floor - no ABS activation, NOTHING... Got home and the fronts are SMOKING, and the rears are completely toast - I mean GONE - there is almost NO friction material left, and a PILE of it on my wheels... These had seen NO track usage, and NO abuse in the last thousand miles... thanks a lot MINTEX - you've made an angry customer for life...
Cons: awful fade, pedal to floor
Mileage: 1000 km
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