Brake pads EBC or Mintex

The EBC Red pads are one of the best set that they make, are quiet, and stop great.

I had the same issue on my SQ5, ended up putting on the EBC Red Stuff pad after 700 miles... The EBC Red's still dust, but I can go about a week before you notice the dust, with the OEM pads it was less than a day before you could tell.

I also currently have EBC red installed with golf R retaining clips and tyrol sport brake caliper stiffening kit and tyrol sport stainless steal brake lines and the noise was not present until maybe around 8,000 miles into the new pads. The car still stopped on a dime, thats all I was really concerned about.

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.

I'm running EBC RedStuff and I'm a fan of them. I probably see the canyons twice a week and they've held up very well in those conditions. Also almost no noise. The only time there's a bit of squeezing is for a bit in the morning when it's cold.

EBC Greenstuff 2000 series. Or the EBC Redstuff series if you're a very spirited driver. But the greenstuff should be plenty effective even if you are a spirited driver. The dust production is very minimal and very easy to wipe off by hand without any cleaner

Planing on going with the green stuff brake pads. 20% off! Sale ends today guys.

Personally I use EBC "Green Stuff" pads and am pretty happy with them.

I've heard there was in issue with this with mintex pads for the Passat. the red boxes would just start up under high heat

These are some TERRIBLE brakes, I almost got into a couple of major accidents because these brakes completely overheat and stop working. I will never buy Mintex again.