What brake pads do you guys use??

[X53Jay4.8is]

Carbotec makes excellent brake pads for our BMWs. They hold well and low dust. I think it's the 1521 series that work well for our application. I have them on my M5 and X5.

[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.

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[admranger]

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.

[diyanich]

TRW - front

Textar - rear

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by admranger

You use your brakes too much.

That's a lot of wear.

hahha with these CC pads I HAD to use them to stop the X5 in the colder climate than Vegas.

[upallnight]

I usually wait for the Black Friday sale at Pep Boys where you can get brake pads for $9.95 for a set, either front or rear.

[Joshdub]

Originally Posted by upallnight

I usually wait for the Black Friday sale at Pep Boys where you can get brake pads for $9.95 for a set, either front or rear.

I just go to junk yards and put them in my pockets.

[motordavid]

Previous two posts, PepBoyz and JunqueYards:

[jsoto]

Originally Posted by upallnight

I usually wait for the Black Friday sale at Pep Boys where you can get brake pads for $9.95 for a set, either front or rear.

O M G

Prices have gotten better. The 1st time I had to buy a set of pads for the X with Brembo Calipers on all 4 corners. I spent a bit over $650'ish....just in pads

[NYCSterling]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

I use Akebono.

According to the tire rack web site "Akebono is the first brake pad manufacturer to produce a true ceramic pad for European vehicles that delivers the same European pedal feel and stopping power as the Original Equipment (OE) pads. Akebono's exclusive clean wheel formulations help to eliminate the heavy brake dust issues normally associated with the OE pads, too, and a definitive control of noise, vibration and harshness is felt."

I have been using these for 3 weeks now and my front rims are still clean. I am amazed.
Stopping is a little bit different... but its still new and the rotors are also new.
I just can't get over how less brake dust is being produced.