I washed GBMINI this morning, trying to make a good job of the wheels; with the car at 6000 miles, we will see how clean the wheels stay compared with before I installed the Greenstuff brake pads:
GBMINI#2 clean white wheel
GBMINI gets washed
GBMINI stops better with Green stuff brake pads
Amazingly I am ALREADY noticing more bite from the brakes than before I put the Green Stuff pads on 🙂
Not that I drive badly enough to regularly need strong brakes! But just on normal braking at lights or whatever, there is more response noticeable. The Green Stuff leaflet suggests braking improvements of “25%-40%”; they talk about “… street pads vary from 0.25 to 0.35 friction factor; EBC Greenstuff has 0.46 …” Interesting numbers but apparently a real effect on the car.
More another day …
GBMINI gets Green stuff brake pads
Visited MINI Peabody this afternoon; did an oil change (5800 miles – paid for it) and my favorite techs did a few other jobs too.
I also had them install some Green Stuff brake pads; they are supposed to brake better than stock, and do not shed as much dust (so the wheels stay cleaner). Their price ($150+labor) is more than online, but I am happy to pay extra to stay with my local dealership.
Hopefully I will notice a difference in the next few weeks.
M&I / GBMINI 