Got some Mintex front pads for my 99 Accord 1.8 and they clearly have a smaller area (that contacts the disc) than the Lucas originals. The original shims now don't fit either, although Mintex claim to do an accessories kit, which I don't have and don't know it's contents. Pic at
They are definitely the correct pads for the car, according to the Mintex paper catalogue and website anyway!
Thanks, Rich
they are the wrong pads
They're definitely the wrong pads, the new ones look like the 2l vented version, the old ones the 1.8 pads, not the 1.8 sports. You want MDB1989 not mdb1988 at a guess.
New ones I have are MDB1988. I now see the Mintex website diffentiates between..
1.8 1998-2003 = MDB1989, and 1.8S 1998-2003 = MDB1988The car is badged a 1.8S so MDB1988 was the choice, but there again I don't think there was such a thing as a base 1.8 so something isn't quite right. There was a 'Type S' later, but that had the 2.4 engine IIRC.
Seems you're almost certainly correct that MDB1989 is what I need.
Thanks all round.
Rich
It's not an uncommon phenomenen, It took me two attempts get the Xantia Estate ones the other week.
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