advise on breaks

[wolfie1978]

I need to get new stoppers for the front on my e39 530i sport. I've been looking at mintex and pagid and they seem to be about the same price so, what would you guys recommend? Is there any real difference between the two brands?

please excuse my poor spelling in the title

[Frances The Mute]

I found Pagid pads and Brembo discs to be a very good combination. Both can be had from GSF for much cheapness, too.

[Fox-]

BMW OEM are so cheap under Value pricing its hardly worth the bother of looking elsewhere. Think they are about 45 quid.

[mybrainhurts]

wolfie1978 said:

please excuse my poor spelling in the title

One out of three...

Could have been worse...

[wolfie1978]

Well i can get the discs and pads delivered for about £110, either pagid's or mintex.

[Kong]

Fox- said:

BMW OEM are so cheap under Value pricing its hardly worth the bother of looking elsewhere. Think they are about 45 quid.

Do you need ask in order to get value pricing or is it an automatic structure for older cars?

I fitted Pagid discs and pads all-round last year and they have been excellent on my Z4.

[wolfie1978]

From bmw the parts are £165 so i thought the price i can get them for was pretty good

[Fox-]

£146 delivered for genuine BMW discs and pads from bmminiparts.com.

Unless you particularly want to change something about the brakes, I dont see the point in messing about at that money.