Owner reviews for brake pads

I have realized that the weight reductions I have done have paid off. A 15 lb battery, the volk rims, alcon brakes , corbeau seats, rear seat delete reference Coilovers, Passat swing arms and muffler delete together all proved to enhance the acceleration and handling.

EBC has been very good to me over many platforms last 20 years or so. Buy a package from whatever brand you choose. Matching pad compound to rotor is underrated .Longer bed in time with EBC but always a quality product.

Im running OEM rotors with EBC red stuff pads and they're working fine.

My go to pad and rotor combo has always been Akebono ASP pads which are GG rated paired with Centric blank rotors. It handles high heat very well.

Note: I've been using Powerstop Z23 disk/pads on front/back for few years.

I've ran EBC RedStuff pads on my GTI and now my R and they are great. Any brake pad creates dust but these are a lot better than stock.

I switched to Centric PosiQuiet Ceramic Pads and not only they brake better, but produces little to no dust.

I replaced my front brakes recently with Textar pads and new Zimmerman rotors (non-PP brakes). Overall I am happy with them; I think they have a little more cold bite than the original pads do but are very similar to the stock pad compound. Original pads left deep grooves/ridges in the rotor around 55k miles. I don't track/autocross the car and I'm pretty easy on brakes. I also prefer and good cold bite which you don't always get with a ceramic pad.

I switched to EBC redstuff ceramic from my OEM pads on my MX-5. They are marketed as slightly higher performance than OEM with much improved wear and dust levels. In my experience they are maybe slightly more grabby initially, otherwise they perform similarly to OEM, but their claims about dust levels were not true at all in my case, they dusted FAR more than OEM. I get noticeable dust after a few days compared to maybe a few weeks before.

Closest were the EBC Yellows, but the fronts crumbled on a hot day at a fast track (VIR.)