Nick Gustas

After two years on mintex pads I was sick of them even though there was enough pad for another 10k miles. Wet braking issues on cold rainy/icy days, mediocre braking on a good day. Less than a minute of spirited mountain driving using the brakes before corners would fade them to nothing.


Couldn't find much info on the PBR "ceramic" pads and decided to give them a shot.

So far, I like them, even before bedding they had better grip and feel than the mintex reds, no squealing yet, but who knows, anything would be better than MR overall. Pad is a bit taller than the mintex pads, should have had the ridge knocked off my rotors, but, eh.

They seem to have copper or something in the pad material, and they have an anti-squeal backing, haven't felt the mintex+dba rotor vibration yet, nice change.


<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/pbrceramic/outertop.jpg">

<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/pbrceramic/outerbottom.jpg">

<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/pbrceramic/innertop.jpg">

Fronts are labeled inner and outer, nice touch, also has anti-squeal backing,

<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/pbrceramic/outerback.jpg">

Pad material, rears may have had slightly more copper or whatever, but didn't take pics.

<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/pbrceramic/innermaterial.jpg">

<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/pbrceramic/outermaterial.jpg">

S4mig@PEB tuning

I had PBR's on my old 4KQ. I liked em.

Nick Gustas

Well nothing "substantial" anyway.


Ever since I did Powerslot rotors + Jurid "OEM" pads on my GFs 5k I was reminded how much the Mintex pads sucked :O Sad when a near stock 5k braking system is better than an S4..

BiturboBoy_V2.0_S3--

i generally agree with your impression of mintex red box pads.

Nick Gustas

Will do, hopefully it'll be more than "I like them" :P

Nick Gustas

Oh, and thanks to ECS, I ordered late Monday night with standard shipping and they arrived today.

PSmalls::DoggieStyle

ECS raaaaaaaawks, y0

Nick Gustas

PBR Ultimate pads boast a maximum continuous working temperature of 550° C (1022° F degrees).


Will add more links as I find them.

<a href="http://www.linkline.com/personal/dbarton/volvoparts/BrakePads.html">http://www.linkline.com/personal/dbarton/volvoparts/BrakePads.html</a>

Angular

... and if I like them, I'll probably get a set for the S4. Stock pads are pissing me off, mostly because of the squeal and secondly the dust.

Nick Gustas

searches turn up more info :P