Which Brake Pads?

[GlanzaKidB77]

Hi people

Well im thinking i need a new set of front pads for the glanza

Ive had a quick look round and cant really decide on which ones, and ive heard sum good a bads bout certain brands

Any recommendations?

Thanks

[Amjad]

I use Greenstuff on my N/a, which are pretty good!

A lot of people have recommended Redstuff over Yellowstuff though so maybe that's worth a shout?

[Blitz]

Don't put greenstuffs on the glanza they are well shonky and dust up really bad I hear lots of good things about mintex and the redstuff pads, yellow stuff probably won't be any good for road use

[GlanzaKidB77]

What pads are everyone using on here with a V?

[Glanza_cl]

Mintex or Ferodo pads will be more then enough... or as stated EBC pads are easily available but have mixed opinions on them

think Black Diamond do a pretty good set for the glanza as well

[Nanglebadger]

i hear yellow stuff are better for road use than the red stuff - infact, is that now why Keri recommends them and Nick sells them as part of his uprated package????????????

i have green stuffs at present, they aint bad but i do notice a fair bit of dust when they are meant to be dustless!

i hear bad things about Mintex from Westfield owners, stories of the metals in them sparking out and burning through your wheel laquer and damagaing your lovely wheels. i dont know how much truth their is to this, but what i would say is that these guys are genuine petrol heads, not some cowboys talking guff for fun.

my bro's GT can with Ferodo fast road pads i believe, they were bloody sharp i can tell ya! i was well surprised!

just my 2cents from personal experience. i think i'll be tryin yellow stuff pads next myself.

Phil.

[GlanzaKidB77]

Anyone got any links that i can buy straight off from? Thanks

[Keri-WMS]

I would say that EBC pads are all good value (cheap!) but that:

EBC Greens "road" are nasty

EBC Reds "fast road/trackday/200bhp cars" are best for most people as they seem better than Greens when cold, and more predictable and resilient when hot!

EBC Yellows "full race/trackday" are a race pad technically, but do get used when a car is "overpowered". Like most EP Turbo's!

[Georgie]

ive got red stuff pads on the front and mintex pads on the rear, like keri said red stuff ones are the better pad as they are for road use, yellow ones are for track use

[Liam_D]

Ive got Greenstuffs in at the minute, cant complain so far. They are dusty little buggers though lol.

[brewin]

ive got redstuff pads front and mintex rear and its fine

[micky boy]

YELLOW STUFF = (WIN}

[GlanzaKidB77]

Neewbie question but are brake pads easy to change at home?

[Amjad]

Yup! Did mine for the first time a few weeks ago

Unbolt the two bolts that hold the caliper, take the caliper off, use a flathead to pry out old pads, copper grease on back of new pads, slot them in, caliper back on and bolted and there you have it

Don't forget that you need to bed the brakes in for the first 100-200miles

[Duncan_Glanza]

i have mintex on my V and would highly reccommend them

[Nick@TD.co.uk]

After we did alot of testing on different brake pads we found that Greenstuff were pretty well just a stock replacement pad with very minimal upgrade in performance, Redstuff we found were pretty terrible, take awhile to warm up and they soon over heat with only decent stopping power, Yellowstuff we found worked well from cold and once up to temp held performance perfectly even after running 25min track sessions with no brake fade and while still getting decent brake pad life from them, only down side is they do give off abit of brake dust.

Mintex 1144 and 1155 we have tested and found the 1144 to perform okay, we found pad life to be pretty short with these and you do get squeeling from them but both offered pretty decent stopping power and performance but for our choice it would be Yellowstuff every day of the week.

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Nick Jones

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