Brake pads OEM FORD or Mintex

OEM FORD Brake pads

We bought a 2011 Ford Focus everything looked good, drove well. I took it in for a service and front brake pads were down to 2mm. Cost me $1050 for an essential service and repair but now I have peace of mind.

Pros: peace of mind
Cons: brake pads worn
Vehicle: Ford Focus
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Mintex Brake pads
MATTYLITE
  • Braking:
Rating 5.0

Adam's front and rear ventilated rotors. Mintex front and rear brake pads. Motul DOT 5.1 Synthetic brake fluid. Goodridge G - Stop stainless steel braided brake lines.

Pros: stainless steel braided lines
Vehicle: Volkswagen
Mileage: 123504 km
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OEM FORD Brake pads
JapTastic2
  • Braking:
Rating 5.0

My Ford C-max hybrid has 113k miles on it. It's engine has around 80k miles on it. I change the oil like once a year. I've never touched the brakes because it barely uses them.

Pros: very little maintenance
Vehicle: Ford
Mileage: 181851 km
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OEM FORD Brake pads

Had this on our Ford Kuga £860. Did it myself although I already have all the tools for £280 all round.

Pros: saved money, did it myself
Cons: expensive at garage
Vehicle: Ford Kuga
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OEM FORD Brake pads

Is it a reasonable price? No not really. Can you just do it at home in the driveway? If you have a driveway, and it's nice if you have someone around who's done it before who can remind you to do things like properly torque the bolts instead of just "by feel" if you're new to this, or add a little anti-seize on the hub so you can get it off in 5 years, without giving you silly quirky advice like a lot of YouTubers like to do to try and make themselves slightly different. What _should_ you do? My suggestion is call a few local shops (even Ford dealerships if you want). Tell them you've got some rotors and pads (order some standard ones off of Rock Auto) and ask what they would charge to install it. Call 5 places, ignore the most and least expensive ones, and if the remainders pick the one you like the look of (check online reviews, see how long they've been in business, etc). Every mechanic has been changing brakes since they were 12, but you want one who looks like they care about their work. A good mechanic with a 2 post lift should be able to do a Mustang brake job in like 20 minutes if they tried to. They'll actually take about an hour and be careful about it. They'll charge you some "standard" hours regardless of clock time because they need to pay for their shop etc. It's cheaper to do it yourself, but not everyone _wants_ to do it themselves, or trusts themselves to learn something from YouTube videos that their life depends on every day.

Pros: easy installation, cost effective
Cons: expensive labor, time consuming
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OEM FORD Brake pads

I have a 2021 BS BL with 28,000 and have no issue with the water pump. The squeaky brakes in reverse drives me nuts though!

Pros: no issue with water pump
Cons: squeaky brakes in reverse
Vehicle: Ford Bronco
Mileage: 28000 km
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OEM FORD Brake pads

2022 Atlas SEL is fhe Worst automobile ive ever had (as an adult). Brakes are horrendous and seems ive had more service issues than i’ve ever had to deal with owning Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota.

Cons: horrendous brakes, service issues
Vehicle: Volkswagen
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OEM FORD Brake pads
Glad-Literature2050
  • Braking:
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Rating 2.0

The more I drive it the more and more the brakes squeak horribly. The brakes look fine and it stops on a dime, but man the squeaking is so loud and embarrassing. The car is just so new at only 5,000 miles to already have issues really disappointed me. Especially on how expensive they are and already has issues.

Cons: horrible squeaking, loud
Mileage: 5600 km
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