Hey fellow Beemerphiles: I need to replace the brake pads on my above car.. There a huge price descrepency between buying aftermarket and thru the dealership. I've heard + and minuses on both sides.. what;s the REAL story? Which pads should I get? It's a wagon so I'm not taking it to the track .... and I would like to decrease the brake dust... but CANNOT live with squeeky brakes.. Thanks for your input.
Disc brakes squeal. You can apply shims and some anti-squeal goop to the backing plates I suppose. Don't know how long that will last. Don't know what to use on a 5 touring. On my hatchback I've used Ultimate Axxis with good results. Still some dust but easily cleaned.
I'm pretty sure Axxis ultimates are what I've got on my E34 535i - http://zeckhausen.com/axxis_pads.htm http://www.brakeco.com/Axxis brakes.htm http://www.importrp.com/pbr.html http://www.brakewarehouse.com/axxis1.asp
I've been doing a bit of research on brakes to get ready for my first pad/rotor replacement and came across this page at TMS: http://www.turnermotorsport.com/t-buying-guide-brake-pads.aspx I'm sure there are lots of other resources out there, but I thought this was a nice summary of pros & cons of various pads. (They also have lots of other reading material on all things brake if you're interested.)
Glad to see my favorites - Metal Masters - are still recommended. I've been using them longer than Turner's been selling 'em.
I felt the same way. I always liked them on my 95 325 and looks like they're going to go on the coupe as well.
Thanks that was a useful site. I have already placed an order for the ZImmerman Rotors with Akebono pads.. I'll let you know how they are... in about 2 weeks
Only thing you need to watch out on rotors are to be sure they are balanced. I bought either Balo or Zimmerman and hated them. Doesn't really matter who. Turned out they weren't balanced.
ive used jurid , textar , ate , oem i bieleve is jurid .. so if you bought a bmw brake pad there will be a jurid part number on it below are jurid oem
