Strewth, brakes made from unobtanium, i bought a set of genuine Mintex discs and pads all round under £130 for the Subaru Outback, and rear pads and discs for the Landcruiser same brand for under £70, can see why the OP might be asking about other sources.

Maybe if it needs new pads, unlikely it will need discs, buy something decent slip them in and don't tell 'em Pike.

Edited by gordonbennet on 12/06/2015 at 09:53

Krell, i understand where you are coming from re performance.

The stock Sumitomo front pads on my 2007 Hilux had little 'bite' and i didnlt like the feel at all, being a new model vehicle at the time good branded pattern friction parts were very difficult to find, after about 12 months of my ownership TMD released the correct part under the Mintex brand name.

I bought a set and slipped them in, which brought a noticeably better braking feel to the vehicle and much lighter pedal pressure for a given stopping power.

If you want to go aftermarket to get better feel or bite then in my experience you wouldn't go far wrong with any of TMD group's friction products, thats Textar (OE on BMW Merc etc) Mintex and i believe Pagid too, i've all those makes with excellent results, just happen to have found an excellent online supplier of the Mintex brand at unbeatable prices, so sticking with those for now, no regrets, though as noted above no extras in the box such as bolts/shims/springs.

Ferodo used to be superb and my friction supplier of choice years ago giving a light pedal action with good stopping power, no doubt still are like that, but now very difficult to find and unless i'm much mistaken seem to have gone more for the sporting market and priced accordingly.