6 series brake pad change?
05-04-2010, 11:48 PM
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EBC is actually a trustful brand. I would go for them. Damn, I cant remember which pads I had, they were also dustless, and worked well. Akebono i think? lol
TexaZ3, I noticed most your posts are anti-modding, do you feel BMW's are perfect out of the box? Just curious...
TexaZ3, I noticed most your posts are anti-modding, do you feel BMW's are perfect out of the box? Just curious...
05-05-2010, 07:16 AM
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No, I'm not anti-mod at all, just look at the list of mods on m M Coupe
I've been modding cars probably before you started driving (no offense). I just tried variety of aftermarket stuff, and VERY RARELY any of it, be it pads, filters, fluids, or what not, perform better than OEM components. Not talking about carefully researched and quality manufactured hardware, such as supercharges, etc, or appearance mods, but small stuff.More often than not, small aftermarket companies lack resources to do research, development, and testing comparable to OEM, and thus very rarely these products actually perform close, I'm not even talking about BETTER than OEM. Not saying all aftermarket is that way, but eBay pads certainly fall into that category.
Brakes is something you don't want to fool around with. I've been around BMWs (and other cars for that matter) for a long time, and yes, their OEM pads are dusty, but they stop great. I've tried Akebono, Pagid, Mintex, and others, and none actually stop better than OEM. Less dust- yes, more wear on rotors, worse brake feel, and longer stopping distance - yes
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No, I'm not anti-mod at all. I've been modding cars probably before you started driving (no offense). I just tried variety of aftermarket stuff, and VERY RARELY any of it, be it pads, filters, fluids, or what not, perform better than OEM components. Not talking about carefully researched and quality manufactured hardware, such as supercharges, etc, or appearance mods, but small stuff.
More often than not, small aftermarket companies lack resources to do research, development, and testing comparable to OEM, and thus very rarely these products actually perform close, I'm not even talking about BETTER than OEM. Not saying all aftermarket is that way, but eBay pads certainly fall into that category.
Brakes is something you don't want to fool around with. I've been around BMWs (and other cars for that matter) for a long time, and yes, their OEM pads are dusty, but they stop great. I've tried Akebono, Pagid, Mintex, and others, and none actually stop better than OEM. Less dust- yes, more wear on rotors, worse brake feel, and longer stopping distance - yes
More often than not, small aftermarket companies lack resources to do research, development, and testing comparable to OEM, and thus very rarely these products actually perform close, I'm not even talking about BETTER than OEM. Not saying all aftermarket is that way, but eBay pads certainly fall into that category.
Brakes is something you don't want to fool around with. I've been around BMWs (and other cars for that matter) for a long time, and yes, their OEM pads are dusty, but they stop great. I've tried Akebono, Pagid, Mintex, and others, and none actually stop better than OEM. Less dust- yes, more wear on rotors, worse brake feel, and longer stopping distance - yes
05-05-2010, 11:14 PM
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No, I'm not anti-mod at all, just look at the list of mods on m M Coupe I've been modding cars probably before you started driving (no offense). I just tried variety of aftermarket stuff, and VERY RARELY any of it, be it pads, filters, fluids, or what not, perform better than OEM components. Not talking about carefully researched and quality manufactured hardware, such as supercharges, etc, or appearance mods, but small stuff.
More often than not, small aftermarket companies lack resources to do research, development, and testing comparable to OEM, and thus very rarely these products actually perform close, I'm not even talking about BETTER than OEM. Not saying all aftermarket is that way, but eBay pads certainly fall into that category.
Brakes is something you don't want to fool around with. I've been around BMWs (and other cars for that matter) for a long time, and yes, their OEM pads are dusty, but they stop great. I've tried Akebono, Pagid, Mintex, and others, and none actually stop better than OEM. Less dust- yes, more wear on rotors, worse brake feel, and longer stopping distance - yes
I've been modding cars probably before you started driving (no offense). I just tried variety of aftermarket stuff, and VERY RARELY any of it, be it pads, filters, fluids, or what not, perform better than OEM components. Not talking about carefully researched and quality manufactured hardware, such as supercharges, etc, or appearance mods, but small stuff.More often than not, small aftermarket companies lack resources to do research, development, and testing comparable to OEM, and thus very rarely these products actually perform close, I'm not even talking about BETTER than OEM. Not saying all aftermarket is that way, but eBay pads certainly fall into that category.
Brakes is something you don't want to fool around with. I've been around BMWs (and other cars for that matter) for a long time, and yes, their OEM pads are dusty, but they stop great. I've tried Akebono, Pagid, Mintex, and others, and none actually stop better than OEM. Less dust- yes, more wear on rotors, worse brake feel, and longer stopping distance - yes
I do agree... The aftermarket dustless pads I had, did NOT stop as well as the OEM pads.
05-16-2010, 02:33 PM
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I put on EBC's as a replacement on one of my other BMW's to give them a go as they get rave reviews but imho.... THEY WERE JUNK.... Now I will only buy OEM break pads!!!
p.s I'm extremely anti modding! lol
p.s I'm extremely anti modding! lol