[mistikempire]

Time has come for me to replace my brake pads, and the following pads are crossing my mind, so wanted to know which you guys are using or have used and your experiances!

Ebc Redstuff, Hawk HPS, Cool carbons, Rotex Gold and Akebono

Ps: I dont do any drift, so its purely for daily driving.

[mistryn]

Ebc yellow tends to get good reviews on here and there is a discount group buy in the for sales

I will be going down that route next time

Have pagid pads on at the moment and can't wat to get rid of them

If you do go down cool carbons I would be interested to see what you think of them or if anyone else has them what they think

[mistikempire]

Im leaning towards the akebonos more tbh

[marknjayne]

these for me, Brembo HP2000

[mistikempire]

Okayyyy well iv went ahead an purchased for both front and rear a set of akebono euros

So will hopefully see how they are when they arrive from the US

[mistryn]

Originally Posted by mistikempire

Okayyyy well iv went ahead an purchased for both front and rear a set of akebono euros

So will hopefully see how they are when they arrive from the US

have you got a link where you brought yours from?

[mistikempire]

From this seller on ebay, will be coming from the states

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E89-E9...item232a13d632

[AlanYoro35i]

stock,ebc yellow and coolcarbons.

i reccommend coolcarbons, infact i just bought another set of rear pads because it lasted 40k miles....

i changed front for ebc yellow to get a good balance.

[mistryn]

Originally Posted by Yoro35i

stock,ebc yellow and coolcarbons.

i reccommend coolcarbons, infact i just bought another set of rear pads because it lasted 40k miles....

i changed front for ebc yellow to get a good balance.

where did you get the cool carbons from? i cant seem to find anyone that stocks it in the UK?

Which type of discs do you use?

[Iyrix]

EBC Yellow Stuff on the front. Lots better than the standard pads.

[Josh1a1h]

I keep hearing the the yellow stuff are GREAT Pads when at operating temps but have terrible bite when cold. Can people confirm please.

The majority of my journeys are no longer than 8-10miles at a time, and more likely to be in traffic so i hardly get the chance to warm my pads... Cold bite is vital

[Icekube]

i dont know why EBC get such rave reviews on here, every single other owners forum I've been on, do not rate EBC products at all, over priced and, from greenstuff's just falling apart, to yellowstuffs having horrendous bite they just don't seem to compete with other options out there?

personally for road use, ill stick with Ferodo Premier, track use ill go with something with a bit more bite, either from the ferodo range (like their DSxxxx pads) or something abit more tasty if required.

[Josh1a1h]

Ferodo are a great pad from what i hear. You are right though Icekube, this is why i have always been reluctant to use EBC.
There discs are shockingly bad

[AzRiz]

Originally Posted by Icekube

i dont know why EBC get such rave reviews on here, every single other owners forum I've been on, do not rate EBC products at all, over priced and, from greenstuff's just falling apart, to yellowstuffs having horrendous bite they just don't seem to compete with other options out there?

personally for road use, ill stick with Ferodo Premier, track use ill go with something with a bit more bite, either from the ferodo range (like their DSxxxx pads) or something abit more tasty if required.

This is exactly what I was thinking - the EBC stuff are very much not recommended on other forums I have been on for various reasons.

I want to get a set of Ferodo DS2500 pads when I need to change mine but have not been able to find the correct PN due to confusion about the brake spec on my LCI. I've been using them on my Golf with Porsche BBK for about 3 years and they are damn good, even when cold.

[AlanYoro35i]

Originally Posted by Josh1a1h

I keep hearing the the yellow stuff are GREAT Pads when at operating temps but have terrible bite when cold. Can people confirm please.

The majority of my journeys are no longer than 8-10miles at a time, and more likely to be in traffic so i hardly get the chance to warm my pads... Cold bite is vital

yes, cold bite is horrible but when warmed up it keeps biting til no tommorow on track.

hence its not reccommeded for daily drive use

[AlanYoro35i]

Originally Posted by mistryn

where did you get the cool carbons from? i cant seem to find anyone that stocks it in the UK?

Which type of discs do you use?

i imported mine and happy to say they are worth every penny.

my old set up was coolcarbons on stock disc

my current set up is stoptech disc with ebc yellow and rear, is stock disc with coolcarbons.

if you never track the car the cool carbons will be perfect!! very strong bite from cold, no squeak and last for ages.

my advice is that you install the pads on new disc at the same time to prevent putting new disc on uneven wear disc.

also it is worth to change the oem brake hoses and brake oil every two years as the rubber hoses tend to loosen up by that time.

[Josh1a1h]

think some cool carbons are on my shopping list

Originally Posted by Yoro35i

i imported mine and happy to say they are worth every penny.

my old set up was coolcarbons on stock disc

my current set up is stoptech disc with ebc yellow and rear, is stock disc with coolcarbons.

if you never track the car the cool carbons will be perfect!! very strong bite from cold, no squeak and last for ages.

my advice is that you install the pads on new disc at the same time to prevent putting new disc on uneven wear disc.

also it is worth to change the oem brake hoses and brake oil every two years as the rubber hoses tend to loosen up by that time.

[AlanYoro35i]

Originally Posted by Josh1a1h

think some cool carbons are on my shopping list

european autosource does good deal and cheap shipping, you need to pm the guy to do u a deal mate

[Len_Beach]

Are Performance Friction or Carbone Lorraine an option?

[mistryn]

i may be interested in the coolcarbons to split/save on postage

[gaza01]

Even in the biking world ebc are not rated at all.

Carbon loraine get good reviews

Coolcarbon will be my choice as they are meant to dust less