mintex v. satisfied v. bendix

[stilov]

Well I have pretty much narrowed it down to those.

I have heard bad about mintex and bendix...not much about the satisfied except that tire rack has them on sale right now for 39.00.

[Big Jim]

I have Satisfied semi-metalic on the front and ceramic on the back. I'm very happy with them. The fronts are low dust, have good initial bite, and good heat resistance. Also unlike the Motorcraft fronts they replaced, they stop good when wet. They do score the rotors somewhat. Satisfied does not make a ceramic front pad for the E0 front brakes.

Since the rears don't do much braking, it's hard to know just how effective they are. Unlike the Raybestos semi-metalic they replaced, the parking brake holds well when cold. There seems to be little if any rotor wear, rather the rotors just look polished.

I have not tried the other two brands on my car, but I have had good success with Bendix on other cars. There have been good reports on Mintex AF from others here at CEG. I think you will have a hard time finding ceramic rear pads other than Satisfied.

[morbid]

With the Mintex's... are you asking about their regular pads or their M1144 (C-tech) pads?

If the M1144's....

Performance: Very impressed with how well they stopped
Dust: I'd say average
Noise: No squeeling

[KyleQ]

The Satisfied ceramic brake pads I got for the rear say on the box that they contain Mintex. I dont know what they are trying to say...