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Post by craig2301 on Jun 30, 2009 17:01:15 GMT 1
I fitted new pads and discs on the fronts maybe 3 weeks ago. standard brakes from minispares and MY GOD ARE THEY DUSTY !!! i literally have to clean it off every day its that bad. Maybe some fancier pads are going on it next time. EBC rubbish  oh yeah .. had my first real experience of brake fade the other day hammering it from maesteg to port talbot lets just say i was rather clenched to say the least ;D |
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Post by Danny California on Jun 30, 2009 23:29:58 GMT 1
Yep you're not alone, both me and boycie have recently aired the same complaint. Keep an eye on the level of meat on them too, they wont last long  Rubbish imo, hardly any improvement over standard, and they make hell of a mess constantly  |
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Post by ljonez on Jun 30, 2009 23:56:31 GMT 1
could try mintex pads, i've only heard good things about them
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Post by taffy1967 on Jul 1, 2009 0:54:24 GMT 1
So is your Mini equipped with EBC Greenstuff pads then? Because mine has had a set fitted for a few years now and they've been nothing short of excellent. Virtually no brake dust and no brake fade either, even when seriously ragging it over the Bwlch mountain here in taffyland.  |
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Post by Ainsley on Jul 1, 2009 15:30:09 GMT 1
I've got EBC black stuff pads and standard discs on mine and they are generally good. I have had fade from them a few times driving like an idiot down the back lanes but whats the handbrake for . I've been told the green stuffs aint that good that's why I didnt get them on mine. I've had them before on other cars, they were all right I guess. |
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Post by taffy1967 on Jul 1, 2009 17:04:52 GMT 1
Well I've driven up, across and down the Bwlch and Rhigos mountains like an idiot in my Mini (not that often though.......honest, but I couldn't let that big ugly BMW thing win) and I've not had any problems with the Greenstuff pads. I can remember I used to quite easily cook the bog standard Unipart or whatever pads, but not Greenstuff.........yet.  ;D |
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Post by craig2301 on Jul 1, 2009 18:07:04 GMT 1
They're the standard discs and pads but the pads said EBC on the box ... my father had green stuff pads on the beemer but go tid of them for yellows because he said they were rubbish. ill either try mintex or ferodo next anyway pressure washed a patch off my wheels yesterday aswell ... anybody know if or where they can be fixed ? |
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