2 Questions.

1. What is the best break pad when it comes to low dust and no noise/sqeaking. Nothing fancy just for regular street use.

2. I have a slow coolant leak. can't really see exactly where but it looks like it's coming from the turbo. Are there any known weak hoses around the turbo to check first or anything like that?

 

1/. that's difficult to answer because different makes now don't have asbestos in them which eliminated the squeal so its pot luck on standard pads.

2/. shock and horror get it sorted ASAP other wise you will lose your turbo on overheat

 

Go to ECS tuning and get these:

Mintex Red Box Pads(front) - pair with wear sensors (round connector)
A great OE quality pad; low dust and quiet performance is what this pad offers. Our most popular choice for the active car shower and daily driver. This is not a high-performance track pad and offers similar braking performance as the original pads supplied by the manufacturer.


They also have some ceramics, which are lower dust and a little better performance.

 

before you go for break pads get that coolant leak sorted

 

Cool, thanks for the info. I have an appt. to get the coolant leak fixed next wednesday. Hope it's nothing major.