Brake pad prices

[adamS]

I'm getting the Sport some new pads soon and have been checking around various companies.

I'm getting Ԛ£140 for Mintex 1144 and Ԛ£120ish for greenstuff. Sound reasonable?

The mintex are much cheaper without the wear indicator slot (read Ԛ£40). Is it worth just doing without? I'm thinking so!

cheers

[Widge]

I wouldn't worry about wear indicators, I did new indicators when I changed to green stuff and the light was off all summer untill the first proper rain and has been on ever since. It's such a temprmental system.

Anyway, I have green stuff and although those prices seem fair I wouldn't bother with green stuff again, I don't think braking ws so massivly improved, bite was better but at the sacrafice of feel. When I next do the brakes, not long at this rate, I think I'll just go for Pagid or some top quality original specification pads. Changing the fluid is a good idea too, as I dare say with most E30's being 15 years+ it's about time.

[adamS]

I had greenies on the iS. i rated them.

New fluid anyway. Think i'll just dive in with Mintex and rig the sensor so it doesn't light up like a flipping Christmas tree!

Anybody good comments on the Mintex price?

cheers

[billgatese30]

these are meant to be great pads

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=17379

[fuzzy]

ive got the ebc red on the front with green on the back matched to the ebc drilled and grooved discs and i wouldnt use anything else, i reckon they re the best set up ive used. down side is the reds are a bit more expensive and they wear out quite quickly .the red pads cost about Ԛ£80 and the green Ԛ£50. they also tend to be a bit more sqeaky,which can get a bit annoying

[Andy325i]

Greenstuff all the way!

Tried the Mintex C-tec pads. What a load of rubbish (at least when used with power discs). In a very short space of time I bought another set of Greenstuff and chucked the mintex ones straight in the bin.

They were poor in all conditions. I.e. cold/normal hot.

The Greenstuff/ powerdisc setup is very good for standard size disc setup

As for fade, they have been well tested and stand up very well to it

[fuzzy]

i also changed the rubber flexi hoses for goodridge stainless steel items to reduce the spongy feel on hard braking and upgraded the brake fluid.not had a chance to test them on a track yet though.