R32 Brake Pads

[Manaz]

Someone from Ferodo is a member of another forum I frequent, I'm asking him if he has anything suitable for my R32 brake conversion, I'll let you know what he comes back with.

[balkanac]

i got brake pads today. I got mintex for all 4 wheels and they were $197!!! i know that they are not a performance pad, but i don't take my car to a race track and i dont drive hard in general so these will be enough. Apperently a 750il and some AMG model have the same brakes I got them from Imparts in osborne park. They were very helpful and they have most parts for european cars

[Treza360]

Let us know how you they go dust wise.
Cheers,
Trent

[balkanac]

Went for a cruise today and almost killed myself. The car wouldnt brake under a heavy load!!! Drove it home gently and bled the bakes. Its back to normal now
Brake dust is nowhere to be seen, im happy now

[polo_spec_d]

So just air in the system then?

[XXX-1.8T]

I had EBC's on my A3 and they warped my OEM discs. I was told that the EBC pads are too hard for OEM discs hence why they warped.

I got a set of Pagid Reds and they were awesome great performance and not much dust.

The OEM brakes are killing me with the TT cant wait to swap for my Porsche brakes i got lined up

[Treza360]

I had EBC's on my A3 and they warped my OEM discs. I was told that the EBC pads are too hard for OEM discs hence why they warped.
I got a set of Pagid Reds and they were awesome great performance and not much dust.
The OEM brakes are killing me with the TT cant wait to swap for my Porsche brakes i got lined up

I know of a few people running redstuffs, yellowstuffs and other race pads on various cars and haven't heard anything bad. Redstuffs are recommended for AWD and heavier cars though.
Similar to the Polo brake upgrade thread I'd say the lighter cars like an A3 have issues with being able to keeping a consistent spread of heat across the entire rotor and combined with a harder pad that needs some heat for better performance contributes to warping maybe?
Either way we'll see how we do on our respective setups and report back in a few thousand kms.
Cheers,
Trent

[balkanac]

So just air in the system then?

yup. A lot of air came from the rear left caliper. I did everything twice just to be sure. Im so glad its nothing serious. The only thing i dont get is how did the air get in in the first place??

[geoff_gti]

lucky we spotted the fluid although you'd realised it wasn't right by then... guessing there must have been a leak from when the pads were fitted?

[balkanac]

i think so. I dont think that that little pipe (or whatever its called) that you loosen up when you bleed the brakes was tight enough. Thats probably how the air got in