If they’re readily available? Dixcel is for us the perfect blend of track/street usage. Dixcel S, or Dixcel Z if you can live with the little squeak.
Pros: good track/street blend
Cons: slight squeak
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Tune is pointless for NA in terms of power figures you'll feel the difference a bit but power wise you won't make enough to justify the cost, upgrade the brakes tbh, you get good options from dixcel.
Pros: feel the difference a bit
Cons: power wise not enough
Dixcel M-Type are the least dusty street pad I've ever used. A little pricey and straight from Japan, but they aren't kidding when they advertise "ultra low dust". Have about 1500 miles on them so far and they're great on the street and for the occasional togue/mountain days.
Pros: ultra low dust, great street
Cons: a little pricey
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Mileage: 2414 km
Dump the OEM pads. I went Dixcel in my M3 and the thing stops better and there’s so much less dust. Traded off is squeal at higher brake temps.
Pros: stops better, less dust
Cons: squeal at higher temps
Vehicle:
BMW
I have always ran DIXCEL Z on all my cars. Extremely quiet once you bed them in and has a temp range of 0-850°C with a friction coefficient of 0.67. They're just a bit dusty.
Pros: quiet, wide temp range
Cons: a bit dusty
personally i run dixcel z-type pads and a stock rotor with DOT4 fluid and its one of the best upgrade options IMO
Pros: best upgrade option
These are the best double duty brake pad I have tested so far. I have tried stoptech 309 and EBC blue ndx which will start to fade around 4-5 laps at my local track. The dixcel pads I can not get them to fade at all. Pad life seems okay with mix use but street manners are abit worst than the stoptech and EBC (sometimes squeals and dust alot).
Pros: no fade, good for track
Cons: squeals, dusts a lot
For brakes, you're limited to whatever you can fit with your wheels.. I doubt you'd fit Brembo's with them, so you may be limited to 4pot/2pot or just rebuilding your current calipers with good street pads and rotors.
On my WRX, I use Dixcel ES pads front and rear
Pros: good street pads
Vehicle:
Subaru
Upgraded rotors (paragon 2 piece) and dixcel type z pads.
Pros: good performance
Vehicle:
Mercedes
Dixcel m pads good stopping and ultra low dust.
Pros: good stopping, low dust
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The brand is registered in Japan.
In March 2026, PartReview users have a positive opinion of DIXCEL brake pads.
PR Score — 87 out of 100, based on 13 reviews and 40 votes. 11 positive reviews, 1 neutral review, 1 negative review. Average rating — 4 (out of 5). Vote balance: 35 up, 5 down.
In the ranking of the best brake pads this part is at position 30, behind OEM Mazda and Zimmermann , but ahead of JURID and GALFER.
Users also evaluated the qualities of DIXCEL brake pads:
- Braking - firm, confident deceleration when pressing the pedal - rated positively. 4.1 points out of 5.
- Noise - squeal or screech while braking - rated ambivalently. 2.9 points out of 5.
- Dust - wheels get dirty quickly with dark brake dust - rated positively. 3.7 points out of 5.
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- DIXCEL ranks #9 for: Honda Civic .
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