Mintex M1144 pads (cheapest)

[WIMPUS]

Hi,

As i needed a new set of Mintex MGB533 M1144 for my Spitfire soon i had a good look around ..
Some where asking a lot and shipping to Belgium was sometimes crazy  


Eventually found some pretty cheap & shipping was good to !
£35,64 for a set and shipping was only £3 🙂

So if other needs some to .. 😉

http://www.whybee.co.uk/mintex.....fast-road-track.html

[JohnD]

£35 a set?
Here, £7.80!: http://www.mintexbrakeshop.co.uk/index.php?view=product_list

I've not done bussines with them, but first hit on Google search, and  they're based in the next town to me.

John

[Clive]

Nope, they are not 1144's
Very easy to miss the important suffix numbers with pads....
Those will be fine for many drivers, but will not be a touch on the 1144's.

[JohnD]

Please explain, Clive?
Merlin Motorpsort sell the same part no. but for the same £36.   https://www.merlinmotorsport.c.....-talbot-mgb533-m1144

Should the part No. be "mgb533-m1144"  to be true 1144s?

Anyway, 1144s are 'road' quality - good quality, but not a 'hot' material, if that is what you want Wimpus.

John

[WIMPUS]

Quoted from JohnD

Please explain, Clive?
Merlin Motorpsort sell the same part no. but for the same £36.   https://www.merlinmotorsport.c.....-talbot-mgb533-m1144

Should the part No. be "mgb533-m1144"  to be true 1144s?

Anyway, 1144s are 'road' quality - good quality, but not a 'hot' material, if that is what you want Wimpus.

John

John,

If you look in my link you can see the part number : MGB533M1144, those are true M1144's.

The M1144's are fast road/track pads, i've used them in the past.
The summer of 2014 i noticed on a hot day & a lot of braking that i nearly had no brakes (where cheap Veco pads from James Paddock).
So as a lot of people here & co have the M1144.
I bought them, fitted new discs to as one side was pretty grooved & bad.

But do have pretty good brakes now with them, not want to buy other pads and have the same problem like before ..

[Clive]

yep, MGB533 is the shape. The 1144 is the pad material, also 1155 and I think 1166. If no suffix they will be standard pads. Not anything like 1144 which are a good fast road sort of pad. To me they perform similarly to the old asbestos pads (which I currently have a good stock of!)

[JohnD]

I am more educated!  Thank you Clive and Wimpus!    You might have saved me some money!

If your driving style suits 1144 - fine!
I went to 1155s for racing, and was surprised and pleased to find that thy are perfectly good for road use too.   No excess pressure needed when cold.
John