Brake discs DBA or OEM BMW

OEM BMW Brake discs

Use either BMWPartsDirect or GetBMWParts website, buy genuine BMW parts and find a good mechanic in your area (maybe even mobile mechanic who would come to you and replace rotors and pads). In LA I paid $180 for the labor to replace front rotors and pads on my X5, for example.

Vehicle: BMW X5
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DBA Brake discs
blawry
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Rating 5.0

I just upgraded mine to DBA T2 rotors and Hawk HPS pads. So far I've been very happy with them.

Pros: very happy
Vehicle: Subaru
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OEM BMW Brake discs

One of those checks will be a minimum thickness on discs and pads. Given you've only done just over 1000 miles in the vehicle since purchase, it would seem to me that the minimum thickness on the discs when the vehicle was sold to you was at or below that required as part of the pre-sale check.

Pros: minimum thickness on discs
Cons: discs below required thickness
Vehicle: BMW X5
Mileage: 1609 km
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DBA Brake discs

I'm running DBA T3 Rotors with Powerstop Z26 Street Warrior Pads. I love the DBA rotors and had them on my previous Genesis Coupe. The Rotors aren't cheap with but worth it IMO.

Pros: worth it
Cons: rotors aren't cheap
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DBA Brake discs

Got DBA T3 4000 rotors on sale from tire rack a couple weeks ago for cheaper than the T2s. Hawk HP 5.0 pads and I'm very happy with the results.

Pros: very happy with results
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OEM BMW Brake discs
Carjunkeee
  • Braking:
Rating 3.0

I’m seeing some very small cracks on the cross-drilled holes. At what point does this become concerning? These are the front rotors on a new G82 M4 comp after about 6 track days using Pagid R29 Yellow pads which I’ve used before with no issues. My preference is to keep the stock rotors rather than switching to non cross drilled rotors

Pros: no issues with previous pads
Cons: small cracks on rotors
Vehicle: BMW M4
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gdl_E46
  • Braking:
Rating 2.0

If that's a factory BMW floating rotor keep a very close eye on that. Have seen more than one of those come apart (crack gets to edge, ring breaks away from hat), locks a wheel and full sends you in that direction towards the barriers.... Good buddy totaled his z4m and did like 6-7k of armco damage when that happened

Pros: close eye on factory rotors
Cons: rotors can break apart
Vehicle: BMW Z4
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OEM BMW Brake discs

You need the Msport brakes unless you want new rotors every 5,000 miles. Have a 540i that didn’t come with them and was a nightmare until I upgraded.

Cons: new rotors every 5000
Vehicle: BMW
Mileage: 5000 km
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