If you want comfort, use an OE supplier (TRW, Textar, pagid), if you want more performance at the cost of some added noise/dust, Ferodo/hawk/EBC
Pros: comfort with OE supplier
Cons: noise/dust with performance brands
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When I bought one of my cars used I immediately noticee the brakes felt horrible. As in they didnt feel like they wanted to stop. Its almost like when your slowing down and coming up on the car infront you expect your car to slow down faster than it is right now. So you oush down harder and harder and you get maybe 10% more braking. Yeah. Swapped those pads out for some street performance pads. Night and day difference. The brakes actually work now. Good initial bite and good modulation.
Pros: Good initial bite
Cons: brakes felt horrible
I use to buy trw ATEC, after use found out its leave alot of break dust. After doing some research, I found out the TREW ATEC made for metalic that why it have alot of dust. I change to TRW DTEC which made form ceramic it not dusty and more silent.
Pros: more silent, not dusty
Cons: alot of break dust
Brembo Slotted Brakes (286mm F) TRW Pads
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I’ve used trw and jurid pads with Zimmerman rotors and an R1 concepts kit, with their most aggressive pad compound. The TRW ceramic pads are fine, a bit noisy when cold in my experience. Jurid was the same. Zimmerman rotors warped on me in about 20k miles and the car was really only driven in the city so I, personally, wouldn’t pay the slight premium to get them.
Pros: good bite
Cons: noisy when cold, rotors warped
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 20000 km
I used Zimmerman rotors and OEM TRW pads in the back, no dust.
Pros: no dust
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Am placute și discuri trw de vreo 4 ani și aproape 100.000 km. Nu au scârțâit niciodată și la cum conduc eu sunt sigur că mai țin încă pe atât.
Pros: Nu au scârțâit niciodată
Mileage: 100000 km
"TRW LUCAS MCB54" organics are great. I am currently riding the "EBC FA29V Semi Sintered" but the bite point isn't as good as the TRW.
Pros: organics are great
Cons: bite point isn't good
Part number: MCB54
TRW a kezdetektől 4/1 sípol, sosem lehet tudni.
Cons: sípolás
Io ho messo le pastiglie TRW Dtec Cotec al posteriore e mi trovo bene le metterò anche davanti appena posso , me ne hanno parlato bene anche per quanto riguarda polveri e residui
Pros: good performance, low dust
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Gol
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What we know about TRW brake pads
The brand is registered in USA. Official website: https://www.trwaftermarket.com.
In March 2026, PartReview users have a positive opinion of TRW brake pads.
PR Score — 86 out of 100, based on 44 reviews and 140 votes. 35 positive reviews, 8 neutral reviews, 1 negative review. Average rating — 4.1 (out of 5). Vote balance: 121 up, 19 down.
In the ranking of the best brake pads this part is at position 15, behind Duralast and Centric , but ahead of WAGNER and OEM Porsche.
Users also evaluated the qualities of TRW brake pads:
- Braking - firm, confident deceleration when pressing the pedal - rated positively. 4.1 points out of 5.
- Noise - squeal or screech while braking - rated positively. 3.7 points out of 5.
- Dust - wheels get dirty quickly with dark brake dust - rated positively. 3.7 points out of 5.
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- TRW ranked #2 for: Volkswagen Gol .
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