Which brake pads and discs?

[Farbbm]

I see Eurocars parts have 25% off at the moment and thought it would be a good idea if I changed my front discs and pads. Looking at their web site there is a choice of Pagid or Eicher for the discs and the same 2 manufacturers plus Textar and ATE for the pads.

So my question is which ones would be best suited to my car, it's a Tech1 but only does around 3,000 miles a year.

[polsta]

Pagid ! That's what I've gone for, get the price on euro, then try car parts 4 less, same company, and put in the discount they do, to see what's cheapest, only works out at 100 odd for new ones all round

[capnmchl]

For price and quality you can't beat Pagid. If the ATE pads are the same price, I might go for them though.

The Eicher stuff isn't too bad tbh, but its cheap for a reason.

A few years ago I would of said Brembo and Ferodo, but having seen how well the Pagid discs don't rust compared to Brembo and taking into account the price of Ferodo pads, Pagid wins.

[Rtaylor2208]

The have them cheaper on CarParts4Less.co.uk matching paid discs and pads.

Not sure I it will work out cheaper after the 25% off though.

[Grrrmachine]

What's people's opinions on TRW stuff?

[capnmchl]

It's alright. TRW are an OEM manufacturer, and a lot of rear brake calipers with integrated handbrakes are made by them. I think they bought out Lucas or something.

Same as Textar and ATE really. They make the calipers, you'd think they'd have a good idea on how to make the pads and discs.

[Grrrmachine]

That's what I was going with - I knew they bought out Lucas so I went for them for my rear pads recently, and might do the fronts in the near future.

[jmc330i]

Anyone know if ECP still sell the ATE Powerdiscs?

Ive had a quick look but cant find them - I seem to remember they were not listed with the brake discs, but in another section. It was 5+ years ago I bought them and website has changed since then

I had the Powerdiscs on my Sport for a couple years and then used them with the S50 conversion for a short while and had no complaints.

[George]

ATE or Pagid as mentioned above.

[SDM]

The have them cheaper on CarParts4Less.co.uk matching paid discs and pads.

Not sure I it will work out cheaper after the 25% off though.

It will, it just did for me, cp4l have offers too, effectively 15% off if you get near to £100, break up your order to maximise savings!!

[capri_rob]

Ive got Pagid disks and pads on the front of my touring and Brembo disks and pagid pads on the back.

Pagid are OK but a little bit on the cheap side - I think ATE stuff is the proper OEM equivalent.

[trevski]

I'm fitting brembo discs and pads next week end for the first time. I will report back in a couple of weeks.

[Brianmoooore]

Pagid are OK but a little bit on the cheap side - I think ATE stuff is the proper OEM equivalent.

Last pads I bought were for an E34 and an E39, and both were genuine BMW.
All were Pagid pads in a BMW box.