Front discs/pads.

Post Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:57 pm

Is it possible to buy ATE power discs for the E30? I need some new pads too, so wondered what people rate. Are OEM BMW pads any good?

Post Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:59 pm

yes it is

think ecp do em

im sure a few people have had them on here in the past

Post Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:01 pm

I used ATE Power discs on my Astra GTE and they were the best discs I ever used. No problems with warping and a nice minimalist groove on them.

What about discs though? I tend to just use pretty normal pads, I've never noticed anything so great about supposedly uprated pads.

Post Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:02 pm

hmmm just looked and cnt see em on ecp

im sure you can get em???

Post Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:10 pm

Uprated pads don't give "better" brakes. They don't neccessarily make you stop any quicker, or reduce pedal presure. What they do do is allow the brakes to operate at a higher temperature, to allow you to use them harder without experiencing fade.
There's probably no such thing as a definitive OEM pad anyway, as BMW tend to buy parts in from a number of suppliers.

Post Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:26 pm

Yes I am aware of that. Hence why std pads seem to suit me on A and B road driving. I have only suffered brake fade once on normal roads and that was not a pleasant experience. But that's more to do with the callipers on that car not being large enough for the use they were getting.

So I'm going to stick with my normal method of just fitting cheap and cheerful pads.

With the Vauxhall parts it was possible to buy "Police Spec" pads, and these were Mintex 5530 (or some other random number) pads.

Post Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:55 pm

I use ATE power discs and Pagid fast road pads on my 2.7, along with dot 5.1 fluid and goodridge hoses.

They proved to be plenty good enough for my trip to the Nurburgring this summer, didn't have any brake fade.

It's a good setup

Cheers,

Iain T

Post Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:53 am

Where did you buy the ATE discs? I'm really pleased that they are available for the E30 because I was very, very impressed with them on my Vauxhall. Cheap too.

Post Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:14 am

they are on eurocarparts site found em
23 each

Post Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:24 am

Yes they are definatly availible for the E30, i got some the other day along with Pagid fast road pads and find them to be very good.

Adam

Post Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:41 am

pagids are no better than standard parts imo

most modded cars on this forum run power disks they are a must, but they are well noisey sqweeky!

mintex/ferrodo pads.

I put brand new from the dealer disks and pads front and rear on boxing day 2003 on that puppie they cannot be done already?! stopped really well on all that

Post Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:46 am

Damn i fancy some of these but not if there gonna squeal all the time

is it down to the discs? or the choice of pads??

Post Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:14 pm

Um , mine squek sometimes, and sometimes they dont

I mean when they do its not defeningly loud, bit it probably depends on how you bed them in and that.

Adam

Post Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:37 pm

I am running power discs with greenstuff pads and Dot 5.1 and they are ok when cold, but as always better will a little heat. No fade with 3x 100-0 stops in quick sucession and then a 140-0

well impressed.

Tried C-tech pads before and they were the biggest load of sh*t going.

Also tried black dimond discs (drilled and groved) and these were about as effective as the Power discs but cost Ãƒ”šÃ‚£130! and cracked after 6 months!

Andy

Post Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:29 pm

I was speaking to www.tuning.co.uk and they explained that some brands of drilled and grooved discs are more for looks than performance. The ATE power discs are brilliant value.
Good stuff, thanks for the info.

Post Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:26 pm

ATE discs and pads purchased from Euro car parts. To be fitted tomorrow.

Post Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:53 pm

Tom, I'm doing the same (have you done yours yet? How did it go?).
Reading around it sounds like a good idea to replace the brake wear sensors at the same time, if you want that pesky warning light to go out! Apparently there's one on the front N/S, and the rear O/S. Couple of quid from Eurocarparts.

Post Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:11 pm

Not done it yet! It's an easy job I'll do soon.
I did replace one sensor (rear one) and that didn't fix my warning light problem. After being lazy and suspecting the slightly damage plug, I finally did the proper thing and inspected the front one and found that the pad had worn down since I'd last inspected it. LOL.

Anyway I bought one pad sensor from BMW for Ãƒ”šÃ‚£7, then found that they are Ãƒ”šÃ‚£3.50 at Euro.