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Brake pads TRW or OEM BMW
One of my inner rear pads went at 110k. FCP euro has a full brake kit front and rear rotors with Zimmerman and TRW ceramic pads for around $400. It's OEM style replacement, so no real upgrade performance to speak but it's a daily not a track car and the price was right.
Pros: price was right
Cons: no real upgrade performance
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Tiguan
Mileage: 110000 km
Zimmerman blank rotors + TRW pads. I just did my first brake change and these are silent and cost less than $400 for rotors/pads/bolts/grease.
Pros: silent, cost effective
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Gol
I swapped my stocks for TRW/Zimmerman pad/rotors and so far they feel good.
Pros: good feel
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Gol
I have Akebono on my 330 and TRW Ultra TXC1171 on my 328, I have to say the TRWs have excellent bite and the brake dust is minimal as well.
Pros: excellent bite, minimal dust
Vehicle:
BMW
Part number: TXC1171
The pads on my 2019 Alltrack are wearing nicely as there is plenty of life left at 52,500 miles.
Pros: plenty of life left
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 84489 km
I would recommend getting TRW Ceramics if you're going to change them. Affordable, good stopping power, low dust, quiet
Pros: good stopping power, low dust
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Just did the rear brakes on my 2015 335i
Pros: easy installation
Vehicle:
BMW
I currently have TRW NAO pads and zimmerman rotors all around on my S60, very dusty but bites harder than ceramic, especially when they are cold.
Pros: strong cold braking
Cons: very dusty
Vehicle:
Volvo S60
There is a lot of markup on those parts. A full set of TRW pads for an S60 can be had for a little over $200 inc GST from Repco and Repco ain't cheap.
Pros: pads can be cheap
Cons: parts markup
Vehicle:
Volvo S60
But seriously, having owned several BMW's and Porsche products (equally bad for brake dust) I've just gotten used to cleaning wheels more often and ignoring dirty wheels when I don't have time or energy to clean them that day.
Cons: lots of brake dust
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