brake discs and mintex pads

[paul2508]

can anyone recommend this set
http://cgi.ebay.ie/MITSUBISHI-FTO-MIVEC-GROOVED-BRAKE-DISCS-MINTEX-PADS-GP_W0QQitemZ360153055648QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item53dacb81a0
i always see these sets on ebay and the price looks reasonable considering what you get. thinking of purchasing the set.

P.S another stupid question, what is the fto brake setup ,its pads on the rear too yeah?? and how easy is it to fit them yourself ,i have done plaenty of cars with just front pads, just never rear.

cheers peeps.

[colm_mcm]

FTOs have discs all round, older cars generally have drums on the back

Got the same pads for the FTO from my local motor factors for 30 quid. never fitted them. luckily they also fit the Shogun

[paul2508]

so front brakes are similar setup to rear, fitting wise?

[colm_mcm]

yeah. straight forward.

[CJ]

The piston in the rear calipers need to be wound back, you can use a vice grips to do this. Have a look here:

http://www.mitsubishi-fto.org/workshop/ ... index.html

CJ

[paul2508]

seems pretty straight forward,even for a novice

[asti rs]

have mintex pads on the asti and they were very good in mondello never faded on me they did kill my standerd disks do

[Sebastian]

Paul ,

just comparing camskill prices :

drilled AND GROOVED rear http://camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m3b0s536p368 82 pounds
drilled AND GROOVED front http://camskill.co.uk/products.php?plid=m3b0s536p45 69 pounds

i'd say that's roughly 160 -170 eur

the pads are start from 30 eur/ set(front/ rear) - 200eur , you can chose any type. and can get them even at the local motorfactors.

bare in mind that those disks would make a lot more pad dust .

[power]

I recently changed all 4 pads after reading that how to, handy enough. Just the handbrake cable can be a bit of a pain on the rear calipers!

Also the pads i got had clips on the back of half the pads and the other half were bare. The ones with the little clips go to the back of the calipers and the bare to front of the caliper if that makes sense. I found this out the hard way

[paul2508]

if im to buy the pads out of motor factors , what model will i ask for cos i recently went to one looking for pads and the fto model wasnt on there books

[colm_mcm]

You have a GX with standard brakes yeah?

In that case it's the non MIVEC single pot (smaller) ones

Mintex don't list the FTO on their site, but the ones I got for the GPX were MDB1539. you'll be given 2 choices, choose the other one.

[99casst]

one was going to say cam skill 2 decent pair long nose pliers for winding rear caliper in did the trick 4 me

[paul2508]

i have gpx mivec

[colm_mcm]

oh well, then the part number I quoted earlier.

[asti rs]

isnt the fto twin pots the same as the rs mivecs looking at them there the same is a falla in ireland that does them aswell will match camkill price i can get the no if ya want

[colm_mcm]

These share front pads with the GPX:
92 Galant
96 L400
03 Outlander
90 Pajero
96 Sigma
95 Space Gear
99 Spacerunner
98 Spacewagon

Maybe the Asti does too dunno?

[paul2508]

These share front pads with the GPX:
92 Galant
96 L400
03 Outlander
90 Pajero
96 Sigma
95 Space Gear
99 Spacerunner
98 Spacewagon

Maybe the Asti does too dunno?

what about the rear??

[colm_mcm]

haven't a clue. think all FTOs have the same rears.

[CJ]

think all FTOs have the same rears.

Correct. CAPS doesn't list another other compatible models.

CJ

[paul2508]

part number for rear??

[asti rs]

ya the rs mivec brakes are the same as i got disks of a galant and new pads so if ya can get a listing on parts try a cyborg rs asti rs only difference is disks are 4x114.3




would they not be the same as a evo 3 no???

[CJ]

part number for rear??

MR389569 (set)