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Subject:Re: These German ATE Pads ever sold by VW Dealerships as OEM? (pics)
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:08:33 -0700

Call me crazy, but I like to think that engineers might have learned
SOMETHING about friction and materials since those pads were developed for
the Bay window bus!

I would go with the PBR...

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

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> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ATEbrakePadsFront.jpg/ATEbrakePadsFront-full;init:.jpg
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> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ATEPadBack2.jpg/ATEPadBack2-full;init:.jpg
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> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ATEPadsBoxEnd.jpg/ATEPadsBoxEnd-full;init:.jpg
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> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ATEbrakePadsBack.jpg/ATEbrakePadsBack-full;init:.jpg
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> Based upon what I've read, (i.e. the "good" dealership pads were very
> black in colour, and not semi metallic), these aren't the "good" pads.
> Still. If they were sold as OEM from VW,  I'd buy some more for a
> rainy day.
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>
> Thanks!
>
> Neil.
>
> --
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>
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>

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Jake

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