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Brake pads Mintex or GALFER
Once the mintex pads had sufficiently cleaned the rotors, the pulsing was gone. Granted, they are much dustier, but I'll take that over the constant pulsing.
Pros: pulsing was gone
Cons: much dustier
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
MINTEX Pads All Around
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Corrado
Stock pads have always been like that. My MKIV was like that as well especially in the rear. So I changed them with Mintex pads.
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
For brakes I run Scirocco 10.1 fronts with Mintex red pads, MK3 200mm rear drums- i used to have to be careful when I ran 195/50/15's because of accidental lock, but it's much improved with the 205/50/15's (Toyo R1R's- best tire i've had).
Pros: much improved, best tire
Cons: accidental lock
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Scirocco
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
I have the DBA 4000s and really like them--but I have the Mintex pads and in the cold, they squeel horribly. But, low dust and decent performance.
Pros: decent performance, low dust
Cons: squeel horribly in cold
I've heard there was in issue with this with mintex pads for the Passat. the red boxes would just start up under high heat
Pros: red boxes, high heat
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
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
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
Mintex red/Mintex red - mediocre for the street - squeaky on parking brake - slightly less bite than OEM - pads can leave deposits causing warping - very inexpensive - brake dust is easier to wipe off than from other pads
Pros: inexpensive, easier to wipe
Cons: mediocre, squeaky, less bite
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