Brake pads OEM Volvo or Mintex

I had a squeal and rattle that was cured by using brake grease as opposed to the "brake quiet" stuff. I put some brake grease on all the points that the pads slide on the caliper brackets. First I cleaned them with brake cleaner, then scraped any rust off and then applied the grease.

NEW Mintex front 10.1 brake pads $45 NEW Mintex rear 9.4 brake pads $20

I have the ECS stage1 fronts with mintex C-Tech racing pads and R32 vented rears with stock pads, Super Blue fluid. At summit point Shennedoah circuit which is pretty hard on brakes, I experienced NO fade at all. The pads maintained impressive bite lap after lap, even during one 40 minute session.

I'm running the same stuff too. Mintex Redbox pads. Like them alot. Feels alot better when stopping.

I changed the pads to Mintex Reds on both my GLI and the 20th. No squeekies for me. Wet, dry, rusty. All gone.

I put mintex redbox on my car as well, and they are much better, as far as the dust goes.

mintex are good, but they are not all they are cracked up to be, try EBC greenstuff pads

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

Now as far as brakepads go, stay away from Mintex Redbox and go with PBR/Axxis Deluxe Plus or Metal Master pads. I had really bad experiences with Mintex pads, and I'm currently running Axxis Ultimate pads on my W8!

I have Mintex Reds right now. Don't really care for them.