Brake pads that will take abuse, what do you use

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Ive got Pagid RS4-2 at the moment on my MK5 GTI (2piece 362mm AP BBK) , and I think at some point I have cooked the pads.

What pads do you guys use? I want something that will take any given amount of abuse.


Thanks

Rich

[thebraketester]

Because they melted and have thrown a deposit on the disc.

They are not "road reg" pads

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charltjr said:

Have you got any brake cooling ducts? The Pagids are supposed to cope at up to 600-650C and while there are pads which will go higher you might want to look at the cooling side of things rather than the pad compound. Just a thought.

No specific cooling but I would be shocked if I have got them to over heat on the road.

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Wh00sher said:

With rotors that size, I`d look at cooling and braking / driving technique if you are overheating them. They are huge !

Performance Friction PF08`s were superb on my Golf, CL RC6 or even RC8 were also fantastic, but they run a bit ohttor and offer more initial retardation than the PF08`s, but don`t last as long either.

Yes they are large. The whole reason for getting this kit was to make sure they the brakes would be able to take any given amount of abuse.

I think my options are Pagid RS29. Carbon Lorraine RC8 or Project Mu H16.

New discs are gonna set me back 400quid, and as they have only got 10K on them I think Ill try and stick with them and just clean them with some garnet paper or similar.

[thebraketester]

Has anyone tried Project MU H-16... or Endless MX72 ?

[thebraketester]

Ok. Ill try and address the cooling a bit then before blowing money on more pads.

Thanks chaps.

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James Fleming said:

I have always got on really well with Mintex, good price and great pad.
M1144 on my E30 M3 for track work and M1166 for my clio 182 track car.
You cant go wrong.

I had M1144 before on a smaller brake setup and they were good. But, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get them to stop sqeeling.

The plan is to fit some RS3/TTRS brake duct flaps and take it from there.

I've got a mate with the same issue and he's gonna try the project mu pads out... He's my Guinea pig. :-)