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Originally Posted by Clockwork
So I finally took those Cool Carbon pads off my car after 8-9 months. 
This is the difference in amount of pad material on the Textar epads and Cool Carbon.
I'd say I only drove about 5k kms with these pads. |
You use your brakes too much. 
That's a lot of wear.
I have the CC brake pads on my E90M3 and they're ok. Not my favorite, but they work fine. Of course, a cold snap in Vegas is a slightly different thing than a cold snap up in the frozen tundra.
Stock pads do work great. Hard to argue with that! I'd keep the rotors though. No need to get rid of those. Let the new pads get their transfer layer set down over 500 miles or so of normal driving (or a week for you by the looks of your CC pads!). 
One thing that has worked for me when I change pad compounds but keep the same rotors is to wash the car before the pad change. This gets the rotor surface a bit rusty (and washes out all the nasty brake dust you don't want to be breathing in anyways). For whatever reason, the oxidation of the rotors seems to help the new pads establish themselves with no issues and I never "bed" them in. I just drive normal, trying to avoid heavy braking for the first few hundred miles or so.
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Kirk
Las Vegas
2016 X5 40e Mineral White/Black Dakota Leather, ZLL, ZCW, ZDA, ZDB, ZPP, multi contour seats, rear side window shades, HK stereo
2011 E90M3, 6-speed manual
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