What Brakes?

[m4drx]

evening all,

can anyone recommend any aftermarket brake pads and maybe discs?

i cannot afford any big brake kits or anything extreme but i\'m really after some new pads as my mintex extreme pads seem to be coming to the end of their life.

i have been very impressed with them i must say but they aren\'t made anymore

hawk seem to be a good way to go and i see MRP reccomend them however they are said to "shred" your wheels!!

EBC have not been reccomended much on here and the range seems well... strange.

im thoroughly confused but i would welcome any help peeps. :3Confused

[SmbFD3S]

Not meaning to hijack the thread mate but am also interested to know, as i\'m still on the standard discs and pads and have a slightly warped front drivers disc so looking for alternatives but not too costly either so look forward to any comments too

[m4drx]

well my discs were nearly new but stock when i started.

brakes were very very distance and numb and i was worried that they were litteraly about to hit metal! took them off and they had 80% left!! good ol\'stockers.

went for mintext extreme as they were of new design and not only used on lambos and astons last year but were also said to produce minimal dust.

one year on and they have been great even on track with no abs working on my car! one of my rear discs has a dimple all the way round for some reason so thats part of the reason why im thinking they may be dieing.

[Nik da Greek]

I\'ve got EBC RedStuff pads on my FD, which are the sporty version. I think YellowStuff is the more track-orientated compound and Green the more long-lived, less grip compound (I use that on the rear brakes cos Red is a bit overkill). They do work well, lots of bite from cold and consistent performance, but my God they produce a load of dust! Don\'t use them if you can\'t face cleaning your wheels regularly, but on overall performance, very good. I\'ve used EBC discs before, too, and been rather less impressed (not on an RX-7, admittedly) found them very average.
 
Had Black Diamond on my previous FD, found them the other way round. The discs were very good, the pads less so. Pads very inconsistent and unpredictable in how much bite they offered. I\'d give the discs a thumbs-up as a good, not too expensive straight replacement for OE

[m4drx]

thanks for the info nik

i was told by a few people that ebc have poor quality control and pads can often be poor aswell as good but not sure.

ive heard the same about black diamond too so i may go that route

does anyone know where to get Project Mu pads?

[Nik da Greek]

http://www.jdmperformance.co.uk/
 
Think they do them, used to be Funky Styling but changed their name. Dunno if they do RX ones, though

[lockwood77]

JM Garage on here sell Project Mu: http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40376

I had Mintex Xtremes on with some unknown brand drilled/grooved discs. I cracked the discs and melted the pads on track, either due to sticking pistons (unlikely as it was both sides) or the discs not being up to it.

I\'ve now got Hawk HT10 pads and MRP\'s Racing Brake discs on (with different calipers too as I think the old ones need a rebuild!), very impressed so far - they need a bit of heat to start with, but plenty of bite and stopping power after a couple of stops. Haven\'t had them on track yet but I will soon and fingers crossed they\'ll be up to it!

The equivalent Project Mu disc/pad combo was looking like £150 more (and had to be ordered in).

[m4drx]

JM Garage on here sell Project Mu: http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40376

I had Mintex Xtremes on with some unknown brand drilled/grooved discs. I cracked the discs and melted the pads on track, either due to sticking pistons (unlikely as it was both sides) or the discs not being up to it.

I\'ve now got Hawk HT10 pads and MRP\'s Racing Brake discs on (with different calipers too as I think the old ones need a rebuild!), very impressed so far - they need a bit of heat to start with, but plenty of bite and stopping power after a couple of stops. Haven\'t had them on track yet but I will soon and fingers crossed they\'ll be up to it!

The equivalent Project Mu disc/pad combo was looking like £150 more (and had to be ordered in).

how much was your setup mate?

i would go down that route but my problem is that my abs has never worked so until i find out who or how im going to fix them i dont want to spend to much as money may need to be spent making them work

[m4drx]

http://www.jdmperformance.co.uk/item_detail.php?prodID=449005675

are these any good? seem to cheap for how they are described + no rear ones?

[lockwood77]

You\'re looking a touch over £450 with delivery, I forget how much discount members get (it\'s £479 without).

[lockwood77]

http://www.jdmperformance.co.uk/item_detail.php?prodID=449005675

are these any good? seem to cheap for how they are described + no rear ones?

Fifty quid for a full set of pads!? Sounds too cheap...

[Timmy]

i got what looks to be project mu running rz discs but they\'re slotted. Stopping power is very strong, work well from cold a bit dusty but not really bad.

[mutleysfriend]

I bought a set of Mintex Xtremes shortly after buying my car last year. To be honest I wasn\'t very impressed with them. I have now changed to Ferrodo DS3000\'s and the improvement is huge. I also have a master cylinder stopper fitted as well.
 
Rather than go the full hog and replace disks as well I would just replace the pads and see how you go.
mf.

[m4drx]

my thoughts exactly.

just cant pick which ones

[Mazdarotaryparts]

my thoughts exactly.

just cant pick which ones

You really need to buy your brakes according to what your going to use the car for,

The pads I directed you to were for fast road, however if your only going on road and not track and road then Ian\'s ( lockwood77) would not be for you also DS3000 really is a race pad and not for road at all and if mutleysfriend (sorry don\'t know your name) was unimpressed with Xtreame when around 150 people were pleased then he does some "serious" braking which is why he can live with DS3000,

Hopefully this will help clarify things