Manthey brake pads (green) on street

Including the Spyder, GT4, and GT4RS
gzxfia
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Does anyone here have experience with the green Manthey pads for iron rotors for street driving?

It's time to replace the pads on our Spyder and we do like the dual duty (controversial) the stock ones provide.
We only do about 4-6 track days a year, rest is mostly weekends short drives/canyon runs (Southern California).
I'm interested to hear about others' experience with the Manthey pads on the street.

The pricing between the two is minimal right now so I figure to do a little research on them since they provide better track performance in general, but worried about street performance (not noise or dust). There's not many posts out there on this outside of 1 or 2 where there's mention of cold performance being an issue until warmed up, etc.

:lol: Yes, I'm too lazy to swap pads prior to track weekends, but on the flip side the track is about 3+ hours away so will need to be sure on street performance at least at that level.

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Would be interested to hear from anyone on Manthey pads , but I will toss out my recommendation of the Ferodo DS3.12 ( thanks to J-Dub and blueline ). I have not switched them out, they don't happen to squeak on the street , though some say they do have a mild noise, but the stopping power on track is impressive. For me I don't see any change throughout a 15-20 session and I will replace them with the same pad in the future. With various vehicles I have owned over the past 3 decades plus I was able to use or test BrakeMan, Hawk, EBC, G-Loc, Performance Friction, Pagid, etc. I was lucky enough to test some of these as the Dealership I worked at had a Motorsports Division and in some cases I ran various pads for free. All of this said I would rank the DS3.12s in the top tier if not possibly number one. Like you, though, it would be interesting to see what comes from the current Porsche Aftermarket Motorsport King.
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