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Old Oct 23, 2023 | 09:35 PM
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Is it normal that rear pads are so tiny?

I got my Ate rear and front pads. The front pads are twice bigger in size than the rear ones. The rear seems so tiny! I checked the part numbers on the boxes and they're correct. Is this normal or they sent me wrong ones though the part number is correct on the box?


 
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Old Oct 24, 2023 | 12:48 AM
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Old Oct 24, 2023 | 01:51 AM
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@theateist ,

The rear pads are so tiny because the rears don't do all the breaking. It's your front ones that does the 92% of breaking. If the rear pads were the same size, your rear wheels would be locking up all the time and you wouldn't want that and besides your rear pads would never wear out.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2023 | 09:17 AM
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Yep, looks normal for gen 1 and Gen 2 MINIs.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2023 | 11:11 AM
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You want to know something really funny? The GP2 has that same size rear pads, and front pads twice the size as those,
 
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