Brakes in the wet

[Garipie]

hullo all! I have a 2005 111S and was wondering if there is anything I can do to improve the brakes in the wet. I believe everything is standard as the car came. Its also on its first set of pads/discs and has done 10k so far. I don't drive hard in the wet but sometimes if I havent used my brakes for 10 miles or so down the motorway in heavy rain and i put my foot on the pedel virtually nothing happens for a few seconds till (I assume) the water is off the discs.

Is there anything I can do or is that just how it is and I have to be prepared for that? Cheers!

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

All cars will be like that to an extent, all part of driving in the wet, have to drive with it in mind.

[Stephanie Plum]

Changing the pads will help, though not completely cure it. OEMs are shite. Mintex 1144s are good, as are the Pagid range. Greenstuffs are shite also.

Allow extra stopping distance in the wet as well

[m11tey]

You have just reminded me of my first experiences of pushing the brakes in the wet and nothing happening....oh Lordy....you`ll get used to it...spare pants help.

[NathanE]

Same with mine which has OEM brakes and the 111R has a servo as well but doesn't really help to remove the delay when the discs/pads are wet. I will get some Mintex 1144 next I think as people say they are pretty good for the price.

Edited by NathanE on Monday 22 October 16:14

[S Works]

Stephanie Plum said:

Changing the pads will help, though not completely cure it. OEMs are shite. Mintex 1144s are good, as are the Pagid range. Greenstuffs are shite also.

Allow extra stopping distance in the wet as well

The lady speaks good sense

[Garipie]

Even if they help a bit I might opt for the Mintex pads, i'll do some hunting for prices etc. Thanks for the replies! :-)

[S Works]

The OEM pads are pretty crummy to be honest. You will notice a difference with Mintex 1144's or Pagid RS42's.

[ad111s]

are the disks cross drilled, if so you might want to clean the holes out. 4.5mm drill bit to clear the holes of a build up of compacted brake dust