Best Brake pads for Volkswagen Golf

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Rank	Manufacturers	Ratings	Avg. rating	Votes	Reviews	Positive	Neutral	Negative
1.	EBC	15%	3.9	78	41	32	3	6
2.	Hawk Performance	8%	4.3	45	19	15	4	0
3.	OEM Volkswagen	6%	3.9	33	21	15	2	4
4.	Akebono	5%	4.5	27	11	9	2	0
5.	Carbotech	5%	4.2	27	10	9	1	0
6.	Ferodo	2%	4.1	15	9	6	2	1
7.	STOPTECH	1%	4.1	9	6	4	1	1
8.	Centric	1%	4.1	9	4	3	1	0
9.	Brembo	1%	3.1	6	7	4	1	2
10.	TRW	1%	3.8	6	4	2	2	0
11.	POWER STOP	1%	5.0	6	2	2	0	0
12.	R1 Concepts	1%	5.0	6	2	2	0	0
13.	Duralast	1%	4.5	6	2	2	0	0
14.	Girling	0%	4.0	3	1	1	0	0
15.	Mintex	0%	3.0	3	13	6	2	5
16.	Hella Pagid	0%	4.3	3	2	1	1	0
17.	JURID	0%	5.0	3	1	1	0	0
18.	ENDLESS	0%	5.0	3	1	1	0	0
19.	VW Racing	0%	5.0	3	1	1	0	0
20.	AP RACING	0%	5.0	3	1	1	0	0
21.	Textar	0%	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
22.	OEM Audi	0%	3.5	0	2	1	0	1
23.	MEYLE	0%	0.5	-3	1	0	0	1
24.	DBA	0%	2.0	-3	1	0	0	1

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OEM Volkswagen › Brake pads

CateraMV6 25 Jun 2015, 18:55

Rating 4.0

Braking:

I have the R brakes on my car, those were fairly easy to sourse as they can be bought remanufactured off Rockauto and they are also available as Passat VR6 brakes but no one seems to note that. Also the CC with the VR6 has them stock. Those can be found at scrap yards but agian everyone searches R brakes but the other models are the same just not painted blue. I found my kit on ebay for 750$ and it had everything for the swap, front and rear also rotors and calipers and caliper carriers. To me that is a good bang for the buck in terms of improvement in braking that I saw and the cost associated even if I would have gone with new hardware.

Pros: good bang for buck, improved braking

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

McClimad 5 Jun 2015, 12:54

Rating 4.0

Braking:

Hawk HPS 5.0 HB544B.628 HB625B.760 Edwin Mangune from Hawk Performance Products Group recommends these for our Golf R.

Pros: recommended by Hawk

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Part number: HB544B.628 HB625B.760

Carbotech › Brake pads

PDXA4 19 May 2015, 01:20

Rating 4.0

Braking:

However I have Carbotech brake pads, the 1521's for the street and then for the track day I had XP12 (front) XP10 (rear). Pads are compatible with the rotor, and I had the track pads well bedded in.

Pros: pads compatible with rotor

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

EBC › Brake pads

thl511 3 May 2015, 16:12

Rating 4.0

Braking:
Noise:

I also currently have EBC red installed with golf R retaining clips and tyrol sport brake caliper stiffening kit and tyrol sport stainless steal brake lines and the noise was not present until maybe around 8,000 miles into the new pads. The car still stopped on a dime, thats all I was really concerned about.

Pros: stopped on a dime

Cons: noise after 8,000 miles

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mileage: 12875 km

Carbotech › Brake pads

MN Mongo 23 Apr 2015, 17:45

Rating 4.0

Braking:
Dust:

nobody mentioned Carbotech 1521 yet? they are pricey but work really well for a DD and have low dust.

Pros: work really well, low dust

Cons: pricey

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf VII

Part number: 1521

AP RACING › Brake pads

DarkSideGTI 12 Apr 2015, 21:57

Rating 5.0

My buddies R with HRE FF01's and AP Racing 6 piston brakes.

Pros: AP Racing brakes

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Mintex › Brake pads

vincenzo 30 Mar 2015, 13:35

Rating 4.0

Braking:

Stock pads have always been like that. My MKIV was like that as well especially in the rear. So I changed them with Mintex pads.

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

OEM Volkswagen › Brake pads

chai122 30 Mar 2015, 02:53

Rating 5.0

Braking:

Brakes feel really grabby, brake very well IMO

Pros: grabby, brake well

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

kjl92701 29 Apr 2009, 15:44

Rating 3.0

Braking:
Noise:

I have a clunking noise coming from my front brakes, whenever i hit a bump. This has been ruled to be the outside pad moving around in the caliper. Pretty much everything else in the front suspension has been changed, so i'm pretty sure it is the pad. Mechanic had the car yesterday and said everything looks tight as well. The car stops fine, and there's plenty of pad wear left so i'm not going to switch out the pads or anything. I was hoping someone could chime in and let me know if there's something that can be done to get rid of the "clunk", or do i just live with it. Anyone else ever have this issue? FYI, It's a 2000 Golf with Hawk HPS pads.

Pros: car stops fine, plenty of wear

Cons: clunking noise from front brakes

Vehicle: Volkswagen Golf