Brake pads Mintex or OEM Volkswagen

Brakes are good

I’ve always used Zimmerman rotors and Mintex pads, and have yet to find a better combo. I’ve tried Brembo, Stoptech, Bosch, but nothing has pleased me like Mintex [pedal feel, stopping power, no noise, very low dust [especially when used on drilled rotors]].

Also, brakes are really good. They dust like hell, but stop the car well and feel good doing it. Confidence inspiring.

If you get a mk7, get the lighting and performance pack. The headlight performance is astonishing. The performance pack brakes are amazing not to mention how sweet the diff is on a back road.

Same, with a 2015 on stage 2 tune it can be pretty quick and on road trips with the cruise set to 70 it can pull some pretty fantastic fuel economy.

I've done the swap on my Tiguan for the front. There is no performance benefit, they are identical brakes with the exception of the R emblem plate and the pads are dustier on the R (same size but different brand).

Not the OP but I want to change the fronts to anything lower in dust, these things are a mess.

Also, the steering wheel had a good amount of vibration when applying the brakes. Told the dealer about it, and they came back to me and told me absolutely nothing was wrong and my brakes were perfect.

I didn't like the Mintex Redbox pads on my Passat. They overheated too quickly and felt spongy.

I used Mintex red's on the 54's - once, a while ago - and I was not impressed.