Brake Pad Advice

knoxville · 18-01-2013, 05:20 PM

Interested in people's pad choices. I'm running AP's all round and the pad material has kindly welded itself to my freshly refurbed wheels.
They were what came with the kit that I bought almost new. I'm guessing they are probably 2500's.

I've ran many different pads in various cars over the years and have formed my own opinions on what works but was just keen to see what other people were using to good effect with the CSL.

Suggestions of suppliers would be appreciated too.

Cheers, Gav.

**shimmy** · 18-01-2013, 05:23 PM

lots of stuff to search on here about pads, reversing question around I would avoid due to deposits, DS3000 and mayb e PF01 (not quite so bad)

DS2500 ok for road use, RS29 and RS14 ok for road and track use, some guys use Carbon Lorriane, PF01 as good as RS29 but worse deposits

e46m3c · 19-01-2013, 12:40 AM

any recommended for road pads only?

**shimmy** · 19-01-2013, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by e46m3c

any recommended for road pads only?

I never had any problems with ds2500 on the road only, and unlike most race lads, no squealing, and just a medium amount of dust

**cantfind1** · 19-01-2013, 05:14 AM

RS29's all round in winter and summer....awesome pads.....fine on the road and awesome on track.

Never had squealing issues....

GregorJP · 19-01-2013, 05:13 PM

I've been through various pads for my car. I have APs all round, with just the AP calipers (not the discs) at the rear. I have found:

- The pads that came with the APs were no good for the track, but ok for the road.

- If you have standard rear discs with the AP calipers, the discs get hot on the track and ruin the pad. You need to upgrade and I now run DS2500s on the rear.

- I had a sorry experience with Pagid RS5s on the front, which kindly smeared themselves all over the discs on a trip to the Nurburgring.

- I am having a sorry experience with the PF01s that I am running on the front at the moment, which have excellent braking ability, but which have horrendous dust issues and no tang to attach to the anti-rattle clip (so they rattle around). I should have bought RS29's, as everyone on here recommended in the first place

**shimmy** · 19-01-2013, 05:30 PM

Are you sure you have the clip in the right way round (agreePF01 has way too much dust)

**cantfind1** · 20-01-2013, 10:48 AM

RS29......its the best all round pad...hammer them on track and are great for around town....

_Nathan_ · 20-01-2013, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregorJP

I've been through various pads for my car. I have APs all round, with just the AP calipers (not the discs) at the rear. I have found:

- The pads that came with the APs were no good for the track, but ok for the road.

- If you have standard rear discs with the AP calipers, the discs get hot on the track and ruin the pad. You need to upgrade and I now run DS2500s on the rear.

Standard BMW rear disks with AP calipers are fine for endurance racing with RS29 in, if you use proper pads on the front and ds2500 shite on the back the brake bias is moved to the detriment of braking stability IME.

**shimmy** · 20-01-2013, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Nathan_

Standard BMW rear disks with AP calipers are fine for endurance racing with RS29 in, if you use proper pads on the front and ds2500 shite on the back the brake bias is moved to the detriment of braking stability IME.

As I can confirm

18-01-2013, 05:20 PM	#1
knoxville S3 - On the open road Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 81 Casino cash: $8390	Brake Pad Advice Interested in people's pad choices. I'm running AP's all round and the pad material has kindly welded itself to my freshly refurbed wheels. They were what came with the kit that I bought almost new. I'm guessing they are probably 2500's. I've ran many different pads in various cars over the years and have formed my own opinions on what works but was just keen to see what other people were using to good effect with the CSL. Suggestions of suppliers would be appreciated too. Cheers, Gav.

18-01-2013, 05:23 PM	#2
shimmy CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uk Posts: 14,646 Casino cash: $43909	lots of stuff to search on here about pads, reversing question around I would avoid due to deposits, DS3000 and mayb e PF01 (not quite so bad) DS2500 ok for road use, RS29 and RS14 ok for road and track use, some guys use Carbon Lorriane, PF01 as good as RS29 but worse deposits __________________ .

19-01-2013, 12:40 AM	#3
e46m3c S3 - On the open road Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Berkshire Posts: 95 Casino cash: $1359	any recommended for road pads only? __________________ 2004 Carbon Black M3 Coupe Imola /// Eibach Pro Springs, K-Sport 356mm 8-Pot Front & 330mm 4-Pot Rear BBK with Carbone Lorraine RC6 pads, CSL alcantara wheel with tri colour stitching, Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 18/9 et30 with 265 R888 all round. 1997 Estoril Blue M3 Evo Track(R.I.P) /// HSD's, Whiteline Arbs, Bluestuff pads, floating disks, stripped. A048's, weighted knob (RIP)

19-01-2013, 05:30 PM	#7
shimmy CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uk Posts: 14,646 Casino cash: $43909	Are you sure you have the clip in the right way round (agreePF01 has way too much dust) __________________ .

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19-01-2013, 05:14 AM	#5
cantfind1 S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 675 Casino cash: $6490	RS29's all round in winter and summer....awesome pads.....fine on the road and awesome on track. Never had squealing issues....

19-01-2013, 05:13 PM	#6
GregorJP S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 319 Casino cash: $2092	I've been through various pads for my car. I have APs all round, with just the AP calipers (not the discs) at the rear. I have found: - The pads that came with the APs were no good for the track, but ok for the road. - If you have standard rear discs with the AP calipers, the discs get hot on the track and ruin the pad. You need to upgrade and I now run DS2500s on the rear. - I had a sorry experience with Pagid RS5s on the front, which kindly smeared themselves all over the discs on a trip to the Nurburgring. - I am having a sorry experience with the PF01s that I am running on the front at the moment, which have excellent braking ability, but which have horrendous dust issues and no tang to attach to the anti-rattle clip (so they rattle around). I should have bought RS29's, as everyone on here recommended in the first place

20-01-2013, 10:48 AM	#8
cantfind1 S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 675 Casino cash: $6490	RS29......its the best all round pad...hammer them on track and are great for around town....