Ross,

For what it's worth the painted discs from MTEC look good when they arrive from Northern Ireland but my experience on the Alfa 159 Ti was that the paint tends to wear off the disc immediately (as you'd expect) except not around the drilled holes. That took about another 1-2 K miles- in the meanwhile they looked a bit sh1t! Now though ( about 25k later) they are fine. Also the edges and hub centres are still painted and lovely!!
I also use MTEC on the coupe with Yellow pads. I concur with others that they can be a bit non responsive when cold but more than adequate for spirited driving thereafter.

Thanks for the feedback Chris
I'm aware that the surface colour will quickly be rubbed away leaving the rest of the disc protected, just how I want it to look
25k! I've not done that in all my 9 years of LE ownership!
Let's hope I like the painted hole effect
I was looking into Black Diamond Predator pads tonight, anybody?........
The feedback seems positive, so does the price

What about EBC red stuff?
They tend to be better tha green stuff and not a lot more expensive..about 5€....
Ds2500 on the other hand are very expensive compared to the red stuff

Predator used to be decent until they changed their compound a couple of years ago. Last time I used them with the new compound they were shocking and I'm not the only one to have noticed this. If you don't want to compromise on cost I'd go for ds3000. Best pads I've ever used although I'm not sure if they are road legal now. Work great with plain Brembo discs.

I had all of my brakes replaced about 3 weeks ago and have been really impressed......

Front & Rear disks = Mtec dimpled and grooved
Front & Rear pads = OMP Road & Sport

The brakes feel good from cold, hold up really well after a good blast on country roads and all with very little dust and no squealing!

You really couldn't ask or want any more for fast road use. I'm probably running around 260 - 270Bhp with current boost levels.

I can't comment how they would hold up to track use.

So if you can find the OMP pads in stock anywhere i'd stock up!

This is where i bought them from YB RACING WEBSITE , but they are currently out of stock. YBracing also give a 10% discount with code MY10

Might give the OMP Road & Sport a go as I have the Mtec discs.

I use the omp road and sport pads and suffered fade with them on the road so changed to yellow stuff , I had to grind the rear pads as they didn't fit the caliper even after checking they would fit .

Was that with "normal" or hard driving?

hard driving . ok on normal driving

Cheers nismo

Sorry, the OMP r&s are crap. I know that they are others who will disagree with me but that's my opinion. I bought them once and will never ever make the same mistake again. If you want decent pads then you got to pay more than 30. However, If you don't want to spend 100+ on DS2500 then I suggest Ferodo Premier.
PS apparently Textar pads are also decent.

Why do you think the OMPs are so bad??

You can read here about Ultimax2 :

http://ebcbrakes.com/product/ultimax-brake-pads/

And short video:

https://vimeo.com/66716832

I don't think I know As to why:
- bad pedal feel (wooden)
- not progressive nor consistent
- terrible when hot and they just give up without a notice
- bad performance when totally cold

totally agree, they gave me no confidence in braking from a high speed .

Having sourced the MTEC discs myself, my local garage fitted whatever he could get hold of which I seem to recall were Mintex.
They WILL stop the car but don't inspire me with confidence!

Yeah cheap pads will do that , always good to get a decent set of pads and spend the money .

Not surpriesed with the mintex pads. Had bad experience with their basic range.

Well i'm surprised that you both found them to be so bad, as I have been really impressed with them?!

I have been on decent back road drives this Friday and Saturday, then have just spent the afternoon driving around the Yorkshire Dales (including 2 trips over the Buttertubs Pass! ).

The brakes have behaved impeccably on all occasions!

I also use my car as my daily driver and am getting good performance from cold first thing on a morning and evening.

So there must be a big difference in our setups somewhere?

I've used paid greys to good effect. Stop decently when cold an fantastic when hot! But of dust but all round great pad