Brake Pads...help Needed

[gtishadowfax]

bros,

anyone knows OEM brake pads for GTi satria?

...or any suggestion for better brands?

tq.

 

[nicteh]

Depends on your budget...
im not sure OEM brake pad for sGti,but mintye are supply brake pads to proton.
Famous brake par: ECB, Endless, mintye, metal king, etc...

 

[rattan]

IMHO, settle for something after market, not to say the OEM one is not good... its the most reliable but the problem is the OEM ones is very dusty, just changed mine to aftermarket and its not dusty... my rims stay clean after weeks of not washing... when I was using the OEM on long drive daily my rims will be all browny dusty... :thumpdown Like for GTi the car is high performance, if u settle for something aftermarket and non OEM make sure its a good one...

My 2 cent and experience....

 

[beatnik]

mintye is fine. cheap, no dust. good enough for daily driving.. but after a few weeks of use you'll realize you want more bite

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

go for metal king or EBC... those are good stuff... less dust also...
i currently using AFI pads lar... cheaper mah... my car iswara only, cannot go fast, so no need superb braking....

 

[lude]

give mintex a try.. must say its a bit pricey but definitely worth it..

 

[beatnik]

mintex red box? or the mahal one?

 

[lude]

its mahal for me lah :P

its the M1144 that came with the SatriaR3

 

[rattan]

How much is the M1144 for front only ? Any idea ?

 

[Ronald_loulan]

Metal king wil makan ur disc a bit but good braking la....

 

[nicteh]

look for soft brake pad, so no harm for your disc rotor.
BUt, your brake pad life time shorter n disc rotor life time longer...

 

[lude]

How much is the M1144 for front only ? Any idea ?

i think it goes for smtg like 700 bucks..

 

[tombstone]

well worse to worse scenario for those who use bendix metal king or any brake pad that tend to makan disc, is that you have to skim ur disc rotor more often la than usual..keke.....

 

[rattan]

lude : I think RM700 for a pair of brake pads are not worth it....

Well for me I am genting kaki... drive up n down like mad... hehe... currently still running on OEM as I just bought a new car... my current stock pads are good but dusty like hell... well normal for proton pads... but the problem is even the rotors are new I need to skim them already as there is like a small scratch mark's on the rotors... the shop guy suggested me to use good pair of brake pads with japanese rotors.

Will cost close to RM 450 for good pair of rotors and brake pads....

 

[rattan]

One more thing... there is a guy in this forum selling custom brake pads... can order from him a pair to see its reliability... I think its quite good as many getting it from him....

 

[lude]

lude : I think RM700 for a pair of brake pads are not worth it....

i trust the R3 guys with their R&D but heck when it comes to money.. to each his own.. drive safe.. cheers :)

 

[CraZieThug5057]

help on mine too

Depends on your budget...
im not sure OEM brake pad for sGti,but mintye are supply brake pads to proton.
Famous brake par: ECB, Endless, mintye, metal king, etc...

my fr nitech.....got a prob here with my wira brake conversion too..recently i got a drum brake but i wanted to change it to disc brake....wat u think the oem best affordable brand for this ?...only REAR disc brake.......any suggestion.....

BTW..if i need to change it disc brake wat are the items i need to consider?....like if i buy the rear brake kits ....i got the disc rotor, brake calipers, brake pad, brake lining...wat else other items i need to buy any?......

it very hard to find a sec hand or a used part in recond (wira 1.6/1.8 disc brake) shop/chop shops nowadays......i tried many shop but they dun hav these itesm......buy the new orignal its expensive....

 

[rattan]

my fr nitech.....got a prob here with my wira brake conversion too..recently i got a drum brake but i wanted to change it to disc brake....wat u think the oem best affordable brand for this ?...only REAR disc brake.......any suggestion.....

BTW..if i need to change it disc brake wat are the items i need to consider?....like if i buy the rear brake kits ....i got the disc rotor, brake calipers, brake pad, brake lining...wat else other items i need to buy any?......

it very hard to find a sec hand or a used part in recond (wira 1.6/1.8 disc brake) shop/chop shops nowadays......i tried many shop but they dun hav these itesm......buy the new orignal its expensive....

Ok wira ori uses 4 lugs.... try looking for 5 lugs, better performance.... chop shop surely got one, can modify other cars one also,maybe u need to get the bracket's for ur car... It will cost you not more then 1k + installation + pads.... do not get new one's not worth it....

 

[rattan]

i trust the R3 guys with their R&D but heck when it comes to money.. to each his own.. drive safe.. cheers :)

yea the car looks O.K but the price sucks....

 

[gtishadowfax]

agreed. lookin at R3 oso b4 goin for this GTi...but the price...
and 2nd hand value...

thanks for all the usefull tips.Glad to have u guys here!