Brake pads Akebono or Mintex

They are the OE pads on my Kiz, nice bite, zero fade and low dust.

Good pads.

The Akebono ceramic pads give off a low-visibility tan dust...but on occasion, I miss the grip of the stock pads. Was definitely a worthwhile tradeoff though: Much less to no dust for a barely perceptible reduction in initial bite/grip compared to stock VW brake pads.

Akebono in particular seems to put out an OEM quality pad.

I'm actually amazed how little these pads dust considering how well they work. Coming from my S6, where the wheels needed cleaning after every ten minutes of driving, I'm impressed!

All I have to add is that I like Akebono Euro Pads.

Akebono's are expensive? News to me. I keep buying them because they offer no noticeable deficiency in braking compared to OEM in day to day driving, while making well less than half the amount of brake dust and come in substantially less expensive than OEM.

Stock pads have always been like that. My MKIV was like that as well especially in the rear. So I changed them with Mintex pads.

So at 16K I had my rotors turned and Mintex pads put in.

mintex red-box suck, you want a set, I'll give you mine. I have had mine for about a week they are ok for grandma style braking, but once you really get on them, you are srewed for an hour (of light braking).