Re: Mintex Red Box

["George Turner, Jr." <george@dxnet.com>]

yea those mintex pads are the bomb!!!! i have some on the front and rear...i will not trade them for anything right now......i can stop from 60-0 mph in 119 feet....pretty good..
geo
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A Parsons <robparsons@juno.com>
To: jettaglx@igtc.COM <jettaglx@igtc.COM>
Date: Sunday, July 05, 1998 10:23 AM
Subject: Mintex Red Box


>Last week I installed Mintex Red Box pads in the front and I can't
>believe I was living with all that damn brake dust from the stocks. 
>Silly!   Now the dust is the same as the rears.  From a performance
>standpoint the Red Boxes lost a little of that initial 'bite' of the
>stocks but overall fade is noticably reduced - I no longer have to
>gradually push harder on the brakes to maintain the same rate of braking.
> Installation was very staightforward - that is, after I searched far and
>wide for a 7mm hex to remove the calipers!  The local hardware store
>didn't carry it and they were doubtful that the (apparently rare) 7mm was
>the size I actually needed.  Interestingly my 96 Bentley depicts the
>calipers swinging up while hinged by the upper caliper retaining bolt,
>while my 97 clearly required both retaining bolts to be removed for the
>calipers to slide out.    
> I definately recommend this upgrade!  $65 from ND - just make sure you
>specify 11" rotors (<'96) or 11.3" ('96-'98).
>
>-Rob in San Diego
>97 Vento VR6
>Garrett 08, K&N panel
>Dunlop SP 4000s
>Eclipse 5341 CD w/ BOSE
>
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