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Rabs
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Post Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:49 am

Hi,

Whats the consensus on Eicher Brake Pads? Pretty good price on Car Parts for less.

Feedback appreciated our advise on other manufacturers?

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Post Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:05 am

i tend to use pagid for a little bit more

is it for the front or rear brakes?
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Post Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:13 am

Quaser wrote:i tend to use pagid for a little bit more

is it for the front or rear brakes?
Was planning on doing both just as a refresh.
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Post Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:27 pm

Funny enough, added some eicher pads and disks to my cp4less basket, and chedked out. So I'll wait until I get an email to say "oh noes... don't you want your gadgets? We'll give you another fiver off if you complete your order...."

However, seeing this post I thought I'd do a bit of background research and the general impression according to quick Googling is they are cheap and cheerful... not something you want to hear when you have two kids in the back. Have gone for Pagid at only a smidgen more.

Eicher aren't German either... stereotypes and everything but I'd trust a German to do my braking for me over cheaper eastern goods... yes I know globalisation means you don't always strictly know where things are built these days.

So in summary, I've always gone Pagid and never had any issues for all my cars, so have amended my cp4less order accordingly :)
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Post Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:56 pm

We used to fit eicher pads on real cheap jobs a work once in a blue moon. Tbf, what came out of the box didn't look all that bad, although I can't tell you about performance or longevity.
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Post Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:44 pm

Thanks.....Pagid it is then :)