Still need brake pads..

[TW]Fox

[TW]Fox

[TW]Fox

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I really need to get some new pads sorted out for my car. I need front pads.

My choices are:

EBC OEM Spec @ £30
EBC Greenstuff @ £70
Pagid Fast Road @ £45+vat
BMW OEM @ £55+vat

Any other suggestions?

So many bewildering choices and I've a complete inability to make up my mind.

I want: NO NOISE. The absolute last thing I want is squeeling brakes.
I wouldn't mind: Less brake dust
I'm not sure how bothered I am about uprated performance as I've never experience brakefad and find the performance of the current setup absolutely astonishing.

I do about 50-70 miles a week. Most of my trips are 5 miles from cold, so a pad thats cack until warmed up is useless to me.

Also anyone know what the deal with the pad sensor is? They are not quite low enough to trigger the wear warning light on the dashboard yet. I believe that if I change the pads before this light comes on I dont need to get a new sensor thingy. Is this true?

Help :(
 
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Try jurid, I use them , only had a problem once, when slowing down from 150 to 70 where they seemed to fade, but it could have just been my imagination.

And yes, if the sensor comes up on your car, not sure where it says on low obc cars, then you need a new sensor and the plastic is broken and exposing the pin on the sensor with the disk.
They arent too expensive though and an doddle to replace.
 
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[TW]Fox;10630484 said:
How much? With my mileage these pads are probably going to last 4-5 years so I'd rather not pick the wrong ones..
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I think they were around £40 + Darlings Cut.

I bought them from a local motor factor.

They are BMW OEM pads apparently.
 
[TW]Fox;10630431 said:
I do about 50-70 miles a week. Most of my trips are 5 miles
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So why have you bought some sort of old man's motorway muncher type car then :confused:

And EXACTLY how many duplicate threads asking the same thing do you need to start? :rolleyes:
 
MarkDavis said:
So why have you bought some sort of old man's motorway muncher type car then :confused:

And EXACTLY how many duplicate threads asking the same thing do you need to start? :rolleyes:
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Lol

God those Green Stuff seem expensive. Green Stuff pads are around half that on my motor.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
God those Green Stuff seem expensive. Green Stuff pads are around half that on my motor.
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That was my main reason for thinking again really - I'd decided on them until I found out they were double the price of everything else. Now, £80 for brake pads is fine, and not a problem... if I'm going to see a difference. I'm not sure I will..
 
I don't think you'd notice the difference unless you took it on a track, you do 5 miles you'll struggle to notice a difference. I doubt in that 5 mile trip you really get the chance to abuse the brakes the EBC's will be more than up to the job IMO :p.

For the record I have the EBC OEM. Braking seems superb and MUCH less brake dust than the last lot I had on which were Motorcraft OEM IIRC like you I only do 5 mile trips and do around 70 miles a week.

Brakedust seems really minimal.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
I don't think you'd notice the difference unless you took it on a track, you do 5 miles you'll struggle to notice a difference. I doubt in that 5 mile trip you really get the chance to abuse the brakes the EBC's will be more than up to the job IMO :p.

For the record I have the EBC OEM. Braking seems superb and MUCH less brake dust than the last lot I had on which were Motorcraft OEM IIRC like you I only do 5 mile trips and do around 70 miles a week.

Brakedust seems really minimal.
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That sounds pretty good - I'm hoping that being EBC they won't be worse than the BMW ones, if anything they should be better. Although my day to day usage is light, I do plan on a trip to the 'Ring next year :D
 
[TW]Fox;10630541 said:
That sounds pretty good - I'm hoping that being EBC they won't be worse than the BMW ones, if anything they should be better. Although my day to day usage is light, I do plan on a trip to the 'Ring next year :D
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You never know EBC may make some of the BMW pads, I know Motorcraft outsource stuff for the Ford's quite a lot.

I.E NGK make the Motorcraft plugs and Motorcraft bung their name on.

Could be a similar case for the BMW's?
 
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Try Tar-Ox stradas, They are better from my experience than Mintex M1144s which are rated well above greenstuff and redstuff pads. They also produce next to no dust for the braking performance. The only down side is they are towards the expensive side of things.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that they dont produce any noise at all even on the C-Tech grooved and dimpled discs.
 
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