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Old 02-12-2010, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by c4racer View Post
BMW does indeed put a lot of R&D into brake performance and it is a signature for the brand in general. What are you trying to accomplish from going with non OEM parts? Cost savings? Improving some aspect of the brakes? Other than a track vehicle, which an X5 would never be - I don't see the reason to deviate from BMW's original design as relates to brakes. That's my personal view of course - YMMV.
Just hoping for OEM performance with less dust, don't we all.

Maybe it just different pedal feel cause the Akebono is ceramic I believe and hard so it may take longer to bed to the rotors. Will see.
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