Brake pads Mintex or OEM Audi

OEM Audi Brake pads

I had my S3 in last Friday and the dealership managed to fix my tick/click. I took a video of the noise before taking it in for service but it didn't turn out as well as nikhsub1's; however, the noise was almost identical to nikhsub1's but mine only happened when turning to the right. I would hazard a guess that it may be the same issue some are experiencing with the R. I didn't get the chance to talk to the technician directly but the service writer described the issue as a loose pin or tab on the brakes that was making contact with the rotor.

Pros: easy fix
Cons: loose pin or tab
Vehicle: Audi S3
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OEM Audi Brake pads

I saw a review of the GTI with the PP and the reviewer said the brakes on the PP are the same brakes used on the Audi S3.

Pros: same as Audi S3
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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Mintex Brake pads
s-rocc
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  • Dust:
Rating 4.0

Once the mintex pads had sufficiently cleaned the rotors, the pulsing was gone. Granted, they are much dustier, but I'll take that over the constant pulsing.

Pros: pulsing was gone
Cons: much dustier
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Mintex Brake pads
BsickPassat
  • Braking:
  • Dust:
Rating 3.5

Mintex is a step below the OEM Jurid/ATE/TRW pads in terms of friction coefficient. Mintex is an upgrade when it comes to dust. Right now, running Akebono Euro Ceramics... I won't come to my verdict until winter.

Pros: less dust
Cons: lower friction coefficient
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Mintex Brake pads
umphufu
  • Braking:
Rating 3.0

replaced calipers with OE ones again, uprated discs with mintex pads. worked hundreds for bout 500miles and now its playing up again like before.

Pros: worked for 500 miles
Cons: playing up again
Vehicle: Volkswagen
Mileage: 804 km
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Mintex Brake pads
Ginster
  • Braking:
  • Dust:
Rating 1.0

I had a set of Mintex Red Boxes on my '98 GTI-VR6. Other than producing less dust (or a less-visible dust), I thought they were garbage. The stock pads stopped and felt better.

Pros: less dust
Cons: garbage, felt worse
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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