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Brake Pads
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:37 pm
by rickoshea
Does anyone know what front fast road pads are available for the RS4 B5 running OEM disks / calipers ? Apart from the OEM pads that is....
If anyone has fitted Mintex M1144 or Ferodo DS2500's for instance and has the part numbers to hand I would be most grateful.
Internet searches have not come up with much tbh.
CheeRS
Rick.
RE: Brake Pads
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:16 pm
by mbelle
I'm in the same boat, have TRD's at the moment since I purchased the car (they were new on) and they're rubbish...
Ferodo DS2500's highly recommended by dace, who tracks his car - very good pad and very little brake dust... my next pads once my current ones have worn down.
Re: RE: Brake Pads
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:08 pm
by dace
mbelle wrote:I'm in the same boat, have TRD's at the moment since I purchased the car (they were new on) and they're rubbish...
Ferodo DS2500's highly recommended by dace, who tracks his car - very good pad and very little brake dust... my next pads once my current ones have worn down.
Ferodo are the business. I can highly recommend them. No fade at all on road and track and they bite well from cold...
RE: Re: RE: Brake Pads
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:35 pm
by mikeyquattro
AFAIK you can't get DS2500 for std set up...
RE: Re: RE: Brake Pads
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:01 am
by mbelle
Can you not???
RE: Re: RE: Brake Pads
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:13 am
by mikeyquattro
you can for B7 brakes, but not B5
RE: Re: RE: Brake Pads
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:36 am
by mbelle
Bar steward!!
Anyone with any other suggestions of some decent pads for standard B5 set up?? Preferably similar quality to the DS2500's?
RE: Re: RE: Brake Pads
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:06 pm
by rickoshea
I finally managed to find the following Mintex ( M1144 compound ) code for stock RS4 B5 front brakes :
MDB1746
from Mintex own website - more details here :
Brake Pad Set, disc brake
Trade Numbers: 21484, 21485
Fitting Position: Front Axle
Width: 194,5 mm, Height: 73,5 mm, Thickness/Strength: 20,8 mm, Wear Warning Contact: Prepared for wear indicator, Brake System: Teves
Can anyone confirm that the pad dimensions quoted above are correct ?
( Mintex also quote Audi's OE part number as 8N0698151D - also used on the TT 3.2 / BMW Z8/750/740 amongst others )
Cheers
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:24 pm
by gb
Has anyone had experience with the Pagid pad for the OEM set-up - I would be very interested to hear how these fair??
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:00 pm
by dace
gb wrote:Has anyone had experience with the Pagid pad for the OEM set-up - I would be very interested to hear how these fair??
Pagid are oem fitment and good IMO.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:03 pm
by RS4_Schumi
Do the Pagid's or Mintex have the trip-wire built in to turn off the Brake Pad Warning in the DIS?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:16 pm
by dace
RS4_Schumi wrote:Do the Pagid's or Mintex have the trip-wire built in to turn off the Brake Pad Warning in the DIS?
Pagids have the sensors.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:51 pm
by RS4_Schumi
Cool, thanks Dace.
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:57 pm
by frazered
has anyone tried the mintex pads MDB1746?
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:46 am
by rickoshea
Apparently EBC make pads that fit too - ' Red Stuff ' compound. Just under the £100 mark - which compares rather well with the standard OEM Audi stealers price of £183.60
Dace stated above that the standard Audi pads are made by Pagid ? Be surprised as they seem to have little bite to me. Pagid have a good name in the Porsche fraternity....
My brake pad of choice would be Performance Friction. If only they made a pad for the stock RS4 B5 calipers.....they do make a pad for the RS4 B7 calipers though.
Rick.