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Brake pads WAGNER or OEM BMW
Genuine BMW pads and discs only. Driven 200k miles in my beamers. Even the e46 gets genuine BMW factory brakes. My 640i got new genuine discs and pads about a year or 2 ago. (£550 in parts, £80 labour).
Pros: long lasting, good feel
Vehicle:
BMW
Mileage: 200000 km
Last year on my 2013 I put on Wagner QS pads and Centric rotors, so far so good.
Pros: so far so good
Vehicle:
Subaru
Mileage: 90000 km
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 can't say much towards your brakes since I have a G30. However, I was quoted $1850 for my front M Sport brakes. I ended up doing it myself for $900 in parts only. It's not very complicated.
Pros: easy to do yourself
Cons: expensive quote
Vehicle:
BMW
I got quoted well over a grand to do all 4 brake pads at the dealer. I went to a local garage and they did it for half
Pros: cheaper at local garage
Cons: expensive at dealer
Just for front brakes/rotors at my dealership they wanted $1,100. I found a shop that is highly rated and they got it done, plus an oil change, for $550. So half the dealership and an oil change to boot. I\u2019ll never go to the dealership again unless it\u2019s an electronics issue.
Pros: cheaper at local shop
Cons: expensive at dealership
BMW OEM pads have done that for decades as far as I can tell. Just get aftermarket pads and you'll get the same performance with less mess.
Pros: same performance, less mess
Cons: lots of dust
I did a change on my moms 2011 Malibu last year. She barely drives and we live in northeastern MA so after 9 years and 21k miles later they just rusted out. Pads and rotors especially the rear parts. I used Wagner pads and rotors and been using them for many years with great results.
Pros: great results, long lasting
Cons: rusted out
Vehicle:
Chevrolet Malibu
Mileage: 21000 km
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
Hey there, maybe you can help me out with the embarrassingly loud brakes on my g80 m3 (does not have the $8k carbon brakes package).
I bought it new and since day 1, the brakes have squealed incredibly bad. Not bad like "this is performance brakes so you have to tolerate it because you bought a sports car," which is what BMW has told me 50 times now. But awful, ear piercing, screeching every single time I brake. I took the shop foreman on a ride who agreed it was the worst he's ever heard.
Cons: awful, ear piercing, screeching
Vehicle:
BMW
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