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Brake pads Textar or Mintex
Keep it stock. VW went to lotsa trouble to pick out the pads for your car. FWIW I still uses OEM Textar pads on my E46 M3 vert.
Pros: OEM quality, reliable
Vehicle:
BMW
I replaced mine with Textar epad ceramic pads and Zimmerman rotors and I have been satisfied so far. There is slightly less bite with a ceramic pad vs OEM but also has much less dust.
Pros: less dust
Cons: less bite
I am happy with Textar pads, no noticeable squealing, but they do make the wheels dusty fairly quickly. Previous pads were Pagid and they were just horrible, squealing, no brakes when cold, etc.
Pros: no squealing, quiet operation
Cons: dusty wheels
I got Zimmerman rotors and Textar brake pads for my 2013 550i with the M package. Everything is been working great for the last 6 months.
Pros: working great
Vehicle:
BMW
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
At the shop I run, we use textar pads on Zimmerman rotors. For some reason textar on textar always make noise on BMWs ( we elevated our complaints all the way to Textar, and they sent a rep to finally shrug). Pagid pads are ok, but I find they wear out more quickly.
Pros: reliable, rarely complaints
Cons: noise, wear quickly
My factory textar pads would do this after a rain, or whenever it was humid out after about 50000 miles. I replaced them with some hawk hps pads and zimmerman rotors, no more squeak now! Although I am not in love with the Hawk HPS pads, a lot of people recommend them, and while I do agree they bite pretty good when they've got some heat in them, the cold bite is actually pretty bad for a "street" pad.
Pros: no more squeak
Cons: bad cold bite
Mileage: 50000 km
I have good experience with Textar pads, both epad and normal ones. Currently I have ATE rotors, but they had to be resurfaced because of warping, so no recommendation from me
Pros: good experience with Textar pads
Cons: ATE rotors warped
stay away from mintex red box. i have them.. the stop great.. but they are the dustiest and noisest pad I have ever installed.
Pros: stop great
Cons: dusty and noisy
I have some noise from the mintex pads as well. Im switching them all out soon.
Pros: none
Cons: noise from pads
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