what brake pads?

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:24 pm

yeah lights on, and checked pads yesterday, they are indeed on their way out, good few miles left thouh

anyway any pads people will recommend? for use on vented disks (318is)

set of 4.

how much should i be paying? how much are standard ones plus a bit extra?

is it even worth it?? opinions, advice, recommendations please:)

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:35 pm

pagind blues (fats road) available from GSF

never had issues with them, good for aggressive road driving. occasionaly squeek a bit!!!

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:39 pm

not bad at all, 27quid for a set?

whats in a set? both fronts/both rears?

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:44 pm

No mate i think that will be just fronts

i use mintex 611 never had any probs

Mason

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:44 pm

front pair only, on the back just use standars pads, they only do 20% of the braking !!

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:46 pm

thought it was 25%

lol yeah cool...

mintex where from how much??

are the disks on a IS worth upgrading or they good enough considering the engine is standard?

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:49 pm

dark_sounds wrote:
are the disks on a IS worth upgrading or they good enough considering the engine is standard?

nope, leave disks alone, i have some zimmerman cross drilled wrongness on my car (they came with it) and i will get rid of them pretty soon, as they crack and warp , basically shit imo !!!! grooved ones ar ok, but tend to cause more squeeking with uprated pads at slower speeds.

Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:53 pm

cool man, nice one.

Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:28 pm

Don't bother with Green Stuuf, no better than standard IMO, I'll be going Pagid Fast Road pads next time, they have had very good reviews, and much cheaper than the Green Stuff. Just use GSF Discs, they are usually Brembo which for standard Spec is about as good as you can get, on the road there isn't really much advantage to be had over the vented discs.

Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:12 pm

vented disks standard on IS...

right pagid fast roads it is then.... shame there isnt a GSF near me,,, theres a ecp in catford which is close...
might do mail order..

cheers again

Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:02 pm

Pagid all the way!

I run full set of pagid and also the zimmerman cross drilled discs and altho pretty unforgiving cold, they certainly work when hot.

Not had any issues with the discs myself but the combo can be a bit noisey.

Ãƒ”šÃ‚£200 or so all in from GSF, worth every penny.

HTH, Mark.

Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:07 pm

on a 325i turbo i should think so

though on my standard IS, prob not, ill get some pagids

Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:15 pm

dark_sounds wrote:on a 325i turbo i should think so

though on my standard IS, prob not, ill get some pagids

I'm going for a Wilwood 4 or 6 pot kit soon with the large discs when monies allow, but for cheap upgarde the pagids will be fine on their own.

HTH, Mark.

Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:18 pm

right pagid fast roads it is then.... shame there isnt a GSF near me,,, theres a ecp in catford which is close...
might do mail order..

I thought you lived in croydon? there is a GSF in Brixton man! Thats not far and its always good to go to brixton

Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:03 pm

not some where i would choose to go,,, for traffic reasons tbh,,, traffic leading to brixton via thornton heath or crystal palace is a nightmare during the day. and parking??? security lol i dont want my car "jacked" up dont wanna get "mercked" now do i