ClutchKickit 0 Posted September 30, 2019 My T Sport breaks have ceaced up the front left due to rust. I can either fork out £400 for OEM front pair, but if I'm spending I might as well get some upgraded ones any recomendations I've seen Fensport have some but I was hopping not to spend £1000 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beggernator 4 Posted October 4, 2019 That is the mother of all post revivals right there Last post 2009 ah well yeah my slider pins were corroded cockstiff but with some vicegrips and gentle persuasion i was able to get them out. quick buff up and some copper slip and all was right with the world. if its proper f***d you can get new pagid reconditioned ones from Northampton eurocarparts for ~£140 but you have to take the old caliper in for a trade If you want im only down the road and would be happy to run you there with the old caliper if you don't have a spare car. now onto my problems. Unfortunately when I did the brakes I put some nice new £60 Brembo pads on thinking they would be, idk, good? real story is I bedded them in properly gave it a week of normal driving before i sent it. long story short very little fade, excellent bite, BUT they have been on for under a month and I am nearly on the wear indicators. oh and I set them on fire once. soooo anyone got any recommendations currently looking at mintex and ferodo I could go easier on them but why would I do that. Cheers Tom 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dread2zz 1 Posted October 5, 2019 Braided brake lines and a DOT 5.1 fluid change does the trick...…..I push the **** out of my car and I don't suffer from brake fade!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beggernator 4 Posted October 5, 2019 I think you misunderstood I get 0 brake fade Brembo pads went from brand new to on the wear indicators in 3 weeks That is the problem I cbf to swap pads every month I'm looking at ferodos race pads Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aamir2892 9 Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Beggernator said: I think you misunderstood I get 0 brake fade Brembo pads went from brand new to on the wear indicators in 3 weeks That is the problem I cbf to swap pads every month I'm looking at ferodos race pads I'm running Brembo Pads and discs on my Compressor, they seem alright. Yes was also surprised this post has come back up again after 10 years! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beggernator 4 Posted October 6, 2019 mmmm might have been a bad batch then or i nuked them im looking at these (Mod edit: swear filter bypass removed) https://ecat.ferodoracing.com/car-racing/brake-pads/FCP1573 hopefully they last a bit longer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeTomato 32 Posted October 11, 2019 Anyone have the part number for Mintex front pads. I have a 2003 1.8 VVTLI 190HP pre-facelift and I think they are a different size to the 2004 192HP models. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stivino 83 Posted October 11, 2019 https://www.brakebook.com/bb/mintex/en_GB/PKW/111/applicationSearch.xhtml 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flash22 322 Posted October 11, 2019 MDB2257 fronts MDB2596 Rear MDK0229 front pad and disk set mintex list all the 1.8 t sports the same Power in KW 1.8 VVTL-i TS 01/01 - 09/06 140 1.8 VVTL-i TS (ZZE123) 01/02 - 02/07 141 1.8 VVTL-i TS (ZZE123_) 02/05 - 02/07 165 1.8 VVTL-i TS (ZZE123_) 10/05 - 12/06 160 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
