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Evening mini peeps. I am due to get my alloys refurbished next week and started researching brake pads that produce less dust. EBCs redstuff pads were said to have a ceramic mix in the material that produces less dust and a lighter colour dust. Anybody used these pads that confirm if this is true.
Or if anyone can recommend another type of pads that promise less dust that would be great. Thanks in advance for any feedback.
Haven't used redstuff. I had green stuff on the last mini and they were incredibly dusty. I've got mintex sport pads in just now they have really good bite and they don't seem to dust much.
I’ve had EBC Yellowstuff on GP1499 and they aren’t too shabby for brake dust to be honest.
As soon as the pennies allow I’ll be getting a full set for the R59 JCW.
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I've tried a lot of pads over the years, but absolutely love Ferodo DS2500.
I don't actually drive my car enough to know how much dust they produce though...
I'm using mintex fast road and the amount of dust is dreadful. Cant wait to change them.
Good brake pads mind you, lots of bite
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Are the red EBC pads not just recomended for track use....??
Think they take a fair bit of heating up before they work which makes them a bit scary for normal road driving.....but I could be wrong :Whistle:
It's Mintex pads that are on just now and there is nothing wrong with the stopping power, just the dust. I was driving a big heavy Audi estate before and never noticed the dust as an issue like this. Will have to do some more research to see if redstuff are meant for track use.
Could also be the style of alloys holding more dust. It's the Flame design alloys.
Will post some updated photos once the Black Chrome refurb is complete.
This is the blurb lifted from the EBC site on Redstuff pads. For road use on cars over 200bhp.
"The Redstuff series is EBC’s flagship brake pad range for prestige vehicles with over 200 BHP. Manufactured fully in the UK, the Redstuff pad is ECE R90 approved for road legal use within Europe for the majority of applications. Utilising a ‘low dust’ compound, the Redstuff pad is most popular for vehicles that need to be kept clean with minimal requirement. Designed & manufactured as a performance road pad, the Redstuff is capable of withstanding multiple heavy braking on the road without fade and with minimal disc / rotor scoring"
The Yellowstuff are very much the same apart from the fact they work better when cold.
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I can second the yellow stuff pads they are very good even from cold. I’ve had them fitted on a couple of cars now without any issues. I was going to use the Mintex 1144 pads when I changed the pads on my R53 but I sold it before the time came. The brake dust wasn’t that bad overall on the wheels and it’s far better than that when you use cheap pads.
Yellow stuff pads will take a good hammering and couple them with a decent set of discs, braided hoses and a decent fluid you’ll be sorted for everything you can throw at the wee buggy either on the track or on the road.
I think I had the Brembo drilled and grooved discs on the last R53 with the yellow stuff pads.
The brake set up I have on GP1499 is:
Mtec drilled and grooved disks.
HEL braided lines.
EBC Yellowstuff pads.
Castrol React Performance Dot 4 fluid.
No MINI would need a better, or more expensive, set up than that in my humble opinion.
The R59 JCW will be getting the same set up, hopefully a few weeks before next years HBT V.
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i had redstuf on my r59 jcw and didnt rate them any better than oem pads next tried yellowstuf which was very good from cold and excellent when hot , im now onto bluestuf and they are much better both hot and cold but a bit dustier