Cool Carbon Brake Pads

[X5SND]

I've always been of the opinion rotors should be either drilled OR slotted, but not both (it's an aesthetics thing I suppose). As for stopping power, there was litte change in pedal feel/pressure required between the solid discs and the centric/stop tech ones I have now....they just look miles nicer.

[Russianblue]

HP 12c. Ruined me for every other calculator ever made. Fell in love with it as a kid when my dad showed me the DAYS formula and i could figure out how many days old i was!

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by Russianblue

HP 12c. Ruined me for every other calculator ever made. Fell in love with it as a kid when my dad showed me the DAYS formula and i could figure out how many days old i was!

Started using HPs in the early '80s while in college. All I use now are HP and Curta (the swiss watch of calculators, pure mechanical porn).

[srmmmm]

Might sound silly, but I had drilled rotors on a Mazda MPV. That vehicle had heavy front brake bias and seemed to warp rotors all the time. Cross drilling eliminated the heat warpage, but easily knocked the brake pad life down 30%. Still though, pads were a lot cheaper than rotors, and not having your foot bounce on the brake pedal was nice.

2002 X5 3.0 242,000 miles
2004 325i 107,000 miles

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by srmmmm

Might sound silly, but I had drilled rotors on a Mazda MPV. That vehicle had heavy front brake bias and seemed to warp rotors all the time. Cross drilling eliminated the heat warpage, but easily knocked the brake pad life down 30%. Still though, pads were a lot cheaper than rotors, and not having your foot bounce on the brake pedal was nice.

2002 X5 3.0 242,000 miles
2004 325i 107,000 miles

I'm fine with the shorter pad life, the Cool Carbon pads on my E46 outlasted the OE pads.

[StephenVA]

After reading all the posts about Cool Carbon and seeing the feedback from users, I am in.
· Cold braking bite
· Repeated brake power
· Modulation ability
· Rotor/noise friendly
· Low Dust
One problem though. I cannot find any application listing for my 2005 X5 4.8is. The only application guide I can find and view is on Bavarian Auto BMW Parts and BMW Accessories | Bavarian Autosport is for the rears on this application. On the Cool Carbon website the application guide is from 2009 and there are NO X5 listed at all.
Any suggestions out there?

[TiAgX5]

I would call BavAuto for details on your application. The 15% discount and free shipping ends Nov 1st.

[StephenVA]

Originally Posted by TiAgX5

I would call BavAuto for details on your application. The 15% discount and free shipping ends Nov 1st.

I did, no application fit for the fronts from Cool Carbon for any 4.8is. The front pads are unique to this model so low demand. Bummer!

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by StephenVA

I did, no application fit for the fronts from Cool Carbon for any 4.8is. The front pads are unique to this model so low demand. Bummer!

I would input the caliper/rotor PNs at RealOEM to see if those items were used on another model BMW.

[TiAgX5]

Here's the bedding info from Cool Carbon........

Cool Carbon Performance Brake Pads

I would not recommend the first "several hundred mile" bedding process. If you were to have a situation needing hard braking to a stop and/or ABS activation, the result will be uneven pad transfer on the rotors. Rotor resurfacing would be required.

Accelerated bedding is the way to go.

Be aware that light/moderate street usage will require a pad material transfer cycle every few thousand miles.