Brake discs and pads

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Michaelcallen

Original Poster:

3 posts

71 months

Thursday 19th April 2018
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What are peoples opinion on the below discs and pads and what order would you place them.

I'm looking at this for options on general cars not performance as I know there are better options for performance. 

EBC 
Brembo 
National Auto parts 
Ferodo 
Mintex 
Pagid
Blueprint

Edited by Michaelcallen on Thursday 19th April 18:15

Klippie

3,099 posts

144 months

Thursday 19th April 2018
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Add Blue Print to that list they are very good and produce low brake dust.

Michaelcallen

Original Poster:

3 posts

71 months

Thursday 19th April 2018
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eltax91

9,842 posts

205 months

Thursday 19th April 2018
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My local parts place sells predominantly APEC. They’ve been excellent whenever I’ve bought them

stevieturbo

17,229 posts

246 months

Thursday 19th April 2018
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Pretty much all of them apart from EBC and NAP would claim they are OEM equivalents. And most names mentioned would generally be good.

Apec would not be in that same group, likewise National Auto Parts, but cheap and usually low quality, especially the pads. Some Apec pads fit terribly.

Dave Brand

928 posts

267 months

Friday 20th April 2018
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I'd steer clear of APEC. NAP, as far as I know, is just a distributor, so their own-brand products will very likely be bought in from a number of suppliers, making it something of a lottery as to what you get. I'm not sure whether or not Brembo manufactures pads - they may be bought in from one or more of the major manufacturers.

Of the others, buy their standard pads, conforming to ECE R90, & you won't really notice any great differences.

Phrases like "OE quality" are fairly meaningless; aftermarket parts may even be made to better quality standards & perform better than OE.


Michaelcallen

Original Poster:

3 posts

71 months

Friday 20th April 2018
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APEC and NAP both say they conform to ECE R90 on their websites

E-bmw

9,106 posts

151 months

Friday 20th April 2018
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So do EBC & Eicher & I wouldn't fit either to a pushbike.

ToothbrushMan

1,770 posts

124 months

Saturday 21st April 2018
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i bought a set of pagid discs and pads from ECP. the new set up felt terrible but then it might come down to the individual car......

i think it was disc material tbh. they had very poor feel to the pedal. i changed back my old pads first as a tester and they felt the same (poor) so bought some eicher discs using the new pagid pads and it was a major improvement. you wouldnt expect it but i think there is no much variation these days in pad and disc material quality in the aftermarket market ......

E-bmw

9,106 posts

151 months

Saturday 21st April 2018
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I hope you never have to do a full-on emergency stop at motorway speeds.

I guarantee you will have your prayer mat out by the time you come to a standstill.

I did once & went straight to buy some proper pads.

Before you say it, yes they were well bedded in.