E90/92 M3 brake upgrades??

[I-Mac]

As the title? Has anyone upgraded their brakes? I see EBC and Pagid make uprated pads?

Anyone tried them? Where did you buy them?

Is there an AP kit out yet?

All help appreciated folks

Iain

[taffyracer]

EBC are junk

[ferrisbueller]

Try here:-

http://www.bmsport.com/e-shop4(2008).asp

or here:-

http://www.thorneymotorsport.co.uk/tuning/E92_M3_B...

[I-Mac]

mmmm £4,800 for a brake kit - OUCH!

[waremark]

Would Pagid pads save my disks (I have had two sets of replacement front disks)?

How would braking feel be affected?

[dadofbud]

taffyracer said:

EBC are junk

What he said

[dadofbud]

You can buy AP's for the front, best to contact AP direct they are very approachable and will give you correct part numbers and suggest retailer, about £ 2,400.00 I would recommend Simpsons

Simpsons are selling Performance Friction calipers, discs, pads etc for the front they work out at approx £2,500.00

Alcon from Thorney Motorsport not sure of the price but check their web site.

[Old Seadog]

dadofbud said:

taffyracer said:

EBC are junk

What he said

Care to expand on the above comments?
I'm in the market for a set of track pads for my E92 and was considering the following choices so firsthand experience would be appreciated... The best ratio (performance : cost) will be the deciding factor.
1. OEM sports pads
2. Pagid RS 19
3. Carbotech XP-10
4. Yellow Stuff

[I-Mac]

To be honest I have ignored the above advice and gone with the EBCs....Since I never really got a definitive answer on my brakes I have bought the Yellow stuffs. My reasoning being this:

After reading all over the web, the EBCs are aparently almost as good as the Padgids (I dont know much about the carbon ones?!)for stopping power and stamina under prolonged use, the EBCs have more dust generated than the padgids but at 99 pounds vs 200+, I chose the Yellow Stuffs. I will try them out when I go down to croft in June and will report back.

Edited by I-Mac on Tuesday 11th May 07:59

[MC99]

will be interested to hear what you think having run them for a while.

[I-Mac]

Well a wee update: The Braided lines, RBF660 fluid and yellow stuff (Front only) have now been fitted and run in - the brakes are much better, the initial pedal feels the same, however they last better under heat/repeated braking. The down side is that the Brakes Squeel badly - not that I personally care! The brake dust seems no worse than normal.

Hope this helps

I will post another update after this weekends Croft track weekend and a few more miles

[I-Mac]

Well thats me back from the track weekend at Croft. My E92, Yellow Stuffs (Front Only), Braided lines and RBF660 Fluid performed excellently stopping me even on the 5th and 6th sessions of the day when speeds were at their highest.

Well chuffed and very much recommended.

Yellow Stuffs E92 (Front) £99
3 Bottles RBF660 £52
Braided Lines £59

Money well spent.

I am still amazed that the E92 M3 has singlepot sliders on the front!