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Old 04 November 2005, 12:30 AM
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Default Anyone here used TAR:OX discs?

Interested in using their G88 40 groove rotors with ferodo DS2500 pads.

Anyone had previous experience with their discs or pads?

Any thoughts ?
Old 04 November 2005, 10:40 AM
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I had Red Dot (=TarOx) 20-groove discs until recently, used with various pads including DS2500's. Quite noisy under heavy braking, but wore quite well. Eventually cracked right through one side on a track day, and there were several other surface cracks as well. Didn't find the DS2500's any better than Mintex1155's, and they were considerably more expensive, although the DS2500's didn't have the low-speed squeal you get with 1155's.
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is that the general opinion then that the mintex are just as good but noisier?

i dont really care about noise as i wont be driving it every day, just want good performance, with hard bite and very very little fade
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I ran 20 groove discs with red dot pads on my crx a few years back. The car had suffered warped discs before but with tar ox on, there was no sign of re-appearing and the feel was definately improved.
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