Thanks for the lead man. Greatly appreciated.
Best you check shopee and Lazada, seems a lot of posting .....
Yea unfortunately most of the listings online are for Conti cars and they also don't really have any "performance" oriented pads focusing more on just OEM replacements. Any leads online have also just been dead ends. Looks like the majority of the brake pads produced for the Satria Neo are just OEM replacements rather than performance pads.Seldom see Mintex pads nowadays, even my friend tyre shop used to sell but that was sometime ago. Checking Mintex fb page, last post almost a year ago......
Probably since Mintex is from UK , they manufacture more for Conti? But why Mintex, there are so many brands nowadays. Bendix Ultimate is performance , Trestor Advantage is the higher range pads from Trestor. There is Ultrex, TRW, EBC and so on.....
TBH I don't even want Mintex pads it's just that with a Satria Neo your options for performance pads are pretty limited (unless you have connections lah then you can run Winmax, Cusco pads) and the Mintex M1144 was an upgrade found in the Satria Neo R3 (I think) so I conclusively know that those front and rear pads exist. It is especially difficult to find performance rear pads for the Satria Neo. Front's haven't been too difficult as I've managed to find EBC Green Stuff, Mintex M1144, Ferodo DS2500 & Rapid Stop pads but the rears essentially don't exist for those brands (except Rapid Stop).
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When I asked them whether they carried Mintex's for a Proton Satria Neo they said no, so I just thanked them and ended the call. Was so focused on searching on Mintex's that I didn't even think about asking if they carried any other brands. Searching for R3 parts from Proton you'd probably have more luck finding gold in your backyard. They don't carry R3 parts anymore and PPSC is currently such a mess that I'm not even going to bother trying with them. (Fun fact I've been trying to buy a dipstick from them for the past 6 months)did you ask them pads they have for your car?
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It’s a long grandfather story, but in summary Mintex = Trestor = Bendix
It’s a long grandfather story, but in summary Mintex = Trestor = Bendix
all abang adik. My assumption? Maybe stockist don’t want to carry so many SKU and brands. I think Bendix more common in Malaysia.
edit: if it the Mintex came stock in the Satria Neo R3, best bet is to go to proton and buy from them. They have a catalogue system for all the parts on their cars. Even if they don’t have stock in that service center they can order for you.
personally limpeh will just buy Bendix or Trestor whichever cheaper. But I’ll probably match the same brand and series for front and back to ensure the stock factory balance is maintained.
Yea I spoke to a guy who raced Satria Neo's and even they ran stock rear brake pads with aggressive front pads.
No bro... stick with RS trust me.
Yea I've read some good things about Rapid Stop so at this point it's a no-brainer dy if I can't find any other rear brake pads.
Metal king are rotor eaters and they take damn long to warm up. Cold bite is literally useless.
He looking for rear pads, rear even harder to heat up........lol
Damn, that's good to know always thought the Metal King pads were acceptable. Didn't know they were that flawed.
They aren't flawed. They just work that way and for some people who are aggressive with the brakes it's ideal cuz it bites hard when warmed up. But for street driving it's not ideal.
Ahhhh I see, guess I'm wrong in saying that they are flawed just that they might not suit my needs. Looks like I'm definitely going with the Rapid Stops.
