S2 Exige Brakes

[Gad-Westy]

My S2 Exige S brakes don't inspire confidence at all. They seem to lack bite and ultimate stopping power isn't brilliant either having tested it a little on quiet roads.

Discs look healthy. Pads are Brembos and seem to have plenty of meat on them.

I'm thinking of changing pads and would probably do a fluid change at same time.

So couple of questions, is fluid replacement easy on an Exige? I've run into problems on cars with ABS before so thought I ought to check.

Pads? Almost 100% road use so I don't want something that squeals or need heat cycles to work. Just want something with confidence inspiring bite that will work in most normal conditions. Any particular obvious choices?

[Gad-Westy]

Cheers folks. RS42's might be a good option. RS14 squealing isn't going to work for me. Been there with yellowstuffs on my old Elise and it drive me insane.

[Gad-Westy]

400SE Dave said:

I went Mintex 1144's all round, felt a massive improvement over stock pads, did not need to change the discs.

They do dust a fair bit though

Mintex are on the radar. I think I'll wait until winter now to do this so got time to procrastinate a bit.

Anyone experiences CL pads on Elise/Exige? Expensive but seem like they might offer a bit of everything.

[Gad-Westy]

Well, like many things this one has been put on the back burner for longer than I intended.

I think I'm settled on going with Mintex 1144 pads all round.

Reading lots of of info, they seem to be a good option for road use. I'll put some ATE 200 in while I'm at it.

Anyway, question is, where is best to buy Mintex pads at present?

£185 from Elise parts which would normally be my go-to option.