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| Apex clipper |
Brake pads?Recommend thee a site where I can pick up some half decent brake pads for the Fuckus.Ta. |
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| Blarno |
www.buypartsby.co.uk
All OE stuff, for less than you'd pay elsewhere. They also do some uprated stuff. EDIT: 38.65 plus VAT. |
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| TimR |
Are they all Mintex pads on that site?
I loved the Pagids I had on the Fiat (although they were over £100  ) and the EBCs I've got on the BMW now seem pretty decent.
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| Blarno |
As far as I know, yes.
I've been using Mintex for years without problems. Tried EBC and Black Diamond and always went back to Mintex. |
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| Apex clipper |
Thank you Iain. I'm on the case. 
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| ALF |
EBC are toilet.
Pagid are where it's at - Black or Blue. Mintex 1144 and Ferodo DS2500 and the like are OK in my book, but Pagids and dot 5.1 (or race-quality dot4) fluid with Pagods are the way ahead. I'm a total whore when it comes to where to buy stuff, Google is your friend. |
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| GonnaBreakABuggy |
Carbotech XP10's, bit squeally around town but they stop like nothing this side of a full-blown race pad, and don't need lots of heat to work either.
Not too bad on disc wear either, but they do a step down called XP8's if the noise in town annoys you... |
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| TimR |
They don't seem that bad but are dusty as hell - I washed the car then drove 30 miles, only some of which was spirited, and noticed a difference to the wheel colour at the end of it
They're fantastic but the official price for them is crazy - £200 + for the Fiat. |
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| DradusContact |
Ive got mintex on mine, they dont make mintex Xtreme any more which is what i was after. They are ok, slightly better than the ford ones they replaced, but on a FRS i would keep looking and get something better. | ||||
| Blarno |
Chances are the basic pads on the RSF are made by Mintex. The Cliosport forums are full of people buying daft pads for their relatively standard 172/182s and there is no need. The standard brakes are fapping awesome. In my opinion, you don't need uprated pads unless you've uprated the power. |
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| TimR |
Sadly the Fiat coupe (and BMW M5, now I come to think about it  ) is well known as being the opposite of this and going from Pagid blues to standard pads has reminded me of this.
3 corners on my favourite fast 'n twisty stretch is all they can cope with at the moment. |
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| Apex clipper |
Spot on. |