brake pads

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i need some new brake pads for the mk1, if theres one thing i cant stand its brake pads that give off loadsa pad dust allova my wheels

so, i need to find out which do and which dont...

seems to me new old stock 70's ones dont give off much dust whereas modern made pads do, am i right ?

 

and has anyone heard of APEC pads?

[LEONMEX]

we sell apec pads at work,they are the cheaper end of the market. we sell them as a cheaper alternative to ferodo. Good pads still but won't take much abuse

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are they ok for normal road use with standard discs and do they let off a lot of dust?

[tim]

the brake pads that i have used that dont give off brake dust have been shit

[LEONMEX]

They are fine for normal road use,since they have done away with asbestos in new pads alot of pads give off alot more dust than they used to. Ive never used apec pads my self but have had no complaints from customers saying they give of alot of dust.

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the apec ones are on ebay at 3quid for both sets plus 3quid postage. what do you recommend i use?

[bortaf]

Apec are the new name for Direct, macess own brand of cheapy cheapos, got a set on the wife Mk4 escort, they work fine the once, 2nd aplication is brown trousers time though

The best you will get as standard are old stock ford ones or any other older type with a high metal/asbestos content

 

Mintex, belaco or ferodo

[LEONMEX]

they are a cheaper soft pad so i would of thought they would make more dust than a harder pad say like a ferodo or a mintex,but as i said ive never had any reports they make alot of dust & my customers do like to moan for £6 you can't go wrong either way really

[antz]

i use mintex on all my cars and on the escort they arent bad. bake dust is minimum but on the volvo the alloy wheels have big gaps for the brake dust to escape and it covers them completely!!!