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Brake pads OEM BMW or Mintex
My understanding is the OEM brakes have well-rounded performance. In spider chart terms, it would look like a round pizza with one slice taken off, and that would be due to dust. They still excel with high performance, solid longevity all at a reasonable cost
Pros: high performance, long lasting
Cons: lots of dust
Vehicle:
BMW X3
K12GT checking in. It’s the smoothest bike I’ve ever ridden. I wish the brakes weren’t made of wood but, I’m used to “quirks” of BMW’s now, after 200K on 1150 (RT & GS-A)
Pros: smoothest bike ever ridden
Cons: brakes made of wood
Mileage: 200000 km
In short: support your local motor factors, and buy Mintex brakes and pads. I've a 107 and the Mintex pads/brakes have been brilliant.
Pros: brilliant brakes, excellent pads
My local dealer has the “value service” pricing on BMW USA’s website, front rotors/pads/sensors on an 18 330 x drive for $419.95 front and $435.95 rear.
Pros: affordable pricing
Vehicle:
BMW
I installed R56 front brakes.
Pros: improved braking
Vehicle:
MINI
I've got a set of Mintex ones, reasonably cheap and work well for the street.
Pros: reasonably cheap, work well
Vehicle:
Mazda 5
As stated, installed new Mintex front pads and I believe I installed correctly. rattle only occurs when not braking, when brakes applied immediately disappears.
Pros: brakes applied, rattle disappears
Cons: rattle when not braking
While I am not overly impressed with the stopping power for the price, I am impressed with how much less they wear after a track day.
Pros: less wear after track
Cons: stopping power not impressive
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I have some noise from the mintex pads as well. Im switching them all out soon.
Pros: none
Cons: noise from pads
the steering lacks the consistent weighting and tactile communication that a Porsche offers. For a car this rapid, it's not as talkative as it should be. We've also got reservations about the brakes. Our test car was fitted with competition-grade brake pads to cope with track use, but they still faded badly after a handful of hard laps.
Cons: brakes faded badly
Vehicle:
BMW
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