Eicher pads, ok for rear?

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Ok I know they are not going Pagid/Brembo quality. But my local auto factors has them in for £7 on sale.

To be honest the discs are not brilliant, but still well within limits. The car is old and only does a few thousand miles a year.

I am only changing them as one of the rear calipers started to bind, it is free and working well now but the pads are uneven on the back.

Would you on the rear of car not worth much?
 
shauncr91 said:
Just fit the best you can afford. What car are they going on?
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Going on my old Alfa 156 V6.

To be honest I hardly use the car and have just spent a small fortune on the other halves car.

I am not usually tight but money is at the moment. I recently did the front brakes and fitted decent cross drilled and grooved discs with EBC red pads.

The car stops really well and what is in it at the moment is no better than OEM parts.
 
I have bought eicher pads for the CRZ (front and rear) as MOT is looming and my pads are looking low.

Worth a shot to see how they last and perform. Although pads last an age in my car due to the regenerative braking system.

I've done 35K and still on original pads!
 
I've heard some horror stories about them particularly about pad material coming free from the backing plate.

Tbh when Pagid rear pads are only £8 more why bother with el cheapo crap?
 
I've got them on my Yaris D4D, they were about a tenner for the front pads which i fitted with new discs for about 15 quid. They've been fine for the last 3k ish miles, good bite etc. No idea how long they'll last or if the material will fall of the backing plate but it stops me true and were very very cheap so i'm happy.
 
EICHER (sounds German) is an Indian tractor contract manufacturer who the indian owner of Eurocarparts gets to make some budget parts.
The brake pads and discs are rubbish in my opinion and not worth the saving.
The same goes for Allied Nippon (sounds japanese this time).
 
Really really cheap tat, wouldn't waste a tenner on them as you'll be spending a tenner a week replacing them, brakes are a safety item, a good pad or disc isn't that much more expensive and is worth the extra.
 
Chocolate bourbon biscuits might also fit in the caliper, they will offer similar performance and be even cheaper
 
I believe NickXX had Eicher pads in his e36 318iS track car. We could never get them to fade, and they seemed to last ok.

Granted, its an e36 318iS, not an M3, but even so, 20 minutes of track driving wouldn't endure problems.
 
I think we all know they are cheap ...but if they were 'that bad' they wouldn't still be selling them?
 
Virdi said:
I think we all know they are cheap ...but if they were 'that bad' they wouldn't still be selling them?
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They are, I fitted some to the front of my A8 as decent makes were £75-£130 and it was a bad month for business, these were £28 delivered.
Absolute rubbish, should be illegal, it was as though the brake discs had been oiled-up and they were noisy too.. They looked like were made of lathe turnings, soot and and PVA glue. After a week, I ordered Mintex ones for £75 and returned the other ones. The difference was night and day. Worrying that this is what garages probably fit to 1000s of customers' cars.
 
snapdragon69 said:
They are, I fitted some to the front of my A8 as decent makes were £75-£130 and it was a bad month for business, these were £28 delivered.
Absolute rubbish, should be illegal, it was as though the brake discs had been oiled-up and they were noisy too.. They looked like were made of lathe turnings, soot and and PVA glue. After a week, I ordered Mintex ones for £75 and returned the other ones. The difference was night and day. Worrying that this is what garages probably fit to 1000s of customers' cars.
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R90 regulations say you are exaggerating.

Unlike tyres brake, pads are regulated which means they all perform pretty much the same, obviously the more expensive brands will produce less dust and last longer etc....

Its the same regulation that means trackday pads are usually a waste of money/marketing crap... Unless they state they are not for road use...

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECE_Regulation_90
 
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Well I must confess I bought them. The visual quality looks ok and it is only for the back. I suspect I will need to rebuild the calipers and replace the discs in the near future so hope they will be ok till then.

Worrying thing is the guy behind the counter says most of the independent garages fit Eicher all round as they order them from him.

I did however purchase 2x Mintex front discs (OEM spec), and a set of EBC Ultimax pads for the front of the other halves car at the same time. The Disc and pad set come to under £40. Her car is a diesel so I think they are of good enough quality for that.
 
They will be fine :)

All brake friction material sold for road use must be within 15% either way of the braking performance of the OEM material. Its why pads like DS2500 and RS29 are illegal for road use and using them on the road will void your Insurance despite being a better brake pad.
 
I think you'll really struggle to find a case where fitting a better brake pad has been spotted and flagged as a reason to decline an insurance payout.

If there are any cases i'd like to see them, would be very interesting to see that argument as "not inside regulations" wouldn't cut it tbh.

With regards the cheap pads themselves, I wouldn't be too worried at putting them on the back
 
MeEsH BaKkA said:
They will be fine :)

All brake friction material sold for road use must be within 15% either way of the braking performance of the OEM material. Its why pads like DS2500 and RS29 are illegal for road use and using them on the road will void your Insurance despite being a better brake pad.
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I didn't realize that. Do you reckon EBC Reds are illegal/insurance void? They are quite noticeable.
 
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