all the break dust from the OEM pads drives me nuts. It takes me forever to clean my wheels, although I havn't waxed them yet so that could help clean time..

But anyways, everyone says aftermarket pads really help with the dust, and offer better breaking benefits. Mintex red box are the popular names, which would cost me about $130 for a full set with wear sensors (do 2001's have wear sensors?), and about $110 for pads w/o. About $100 to install, I'm looking over $200 for the pads.

So is it really worth it? What do ya think. I don't have any plans to do a rotor upgrade. It's really unnecessary for me.

My cousin Melissa (some of you have met her at the meetings) had Jorge put them on her A4, and I think she was real happy with them.

for front and rear. The brake dust was minimal and the braking performance was better than the OEM. I even ran them on the track and they performed well. I actually have the fronts with about 98% of the pad material left on them. I'll sell them to you for $30.00. If you like them you can order the rears for $45.00 from EBC directly. Don't spend the money to install them. I can do it for you. it's quite easy.
Let me know.

well damn, that's worth taking a try with em. Are those pads safe enough on the OEM rotors to not chew them up way faster then OEM pads? Do you actually see any of the green from the pads after they're installed? Why did ya take them off?

And yes, the green of the pad backing shows through nicely as long as your diligent about cleaning your wheels. I took them off when I went with the Porsche Brake set-up. Let me know when you want them. If you need them installed I can do it next Wednesday at my house provided you can get the time off. I've also got a a set of cross drilled front rotors if you're interested. E-mail me for the details...