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Which pads for 312mm discs?
« on: August 24, 2015, 11:03:24 pm »
I want to go OEM+ so I'd like to get something decent but not pay theatre on a standard setup, are Pagid still good? If so which ones? Hawk? Ate? Ferodo? Help!

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Re: Which pads for 312mm discs?
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2015, 11:10:22 pm »
Check the Mods Catalogue. I use Ate standard with my R32 front brake setup and EBC Redstuff with my Brembos 18Z.

I think people here recommend Mintex M1144 most of the times.

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Re: Which pads for 312mm discs?
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2015, 01:09:02 am »
I have ferodo ds2500 on my 312s and they're pretty good but they are soooooooo noisey!!!!!!!

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Re: Which pads for 312mm discs?
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2015, 10:05:05 am »
Mintex M1144 are great, they do need a little warm up time though as they are classed as race pads.
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Re: Which pads for 312mm discs?
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2015, 03:42:40 pm »
so are the mintex ones road legal then?

Shoduchi - are the ATE ones the standard OEM parts? on ECP there are about 3 different options at vastly different prices???

Do ATE Offer a "premium" version like pagid blue...

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Re: Which pads for 312mm discs?
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2015, 04:59:40 pm »
so are the mintex ones road legal then?

Shoduchi - are the ATE ones the standard OEM parts? on ECP there are about 3 different options at vastly different prices???

Do ATE Offer a "premium" version like pagid blue...
Ate has 2 versions that I know of, regular and ceramic. Ceramic has a clearer brake dust so the wheels stay clean longer. I chose the regular version because at the time I didn't want to pay the extra for the ceramic. They give no squeals and have good cold bite. Are those 3 different options the same size?