Brake pads Bosch or OEM BMW

After replacing the brakes with Bosch and tires with Michelin CrossClimate, over 30k miles later and brakes have at least another 50-60k life left, and tires too, since they have 80k miles warranty.

I got mine in November 2024 brand new. M Sport Pro in Carbon Black.

For starters, it is a pretty reliable car. I have done 13,000 kms in one year, plenty of road trips along with some being on steep mountains.

So far, it has given me 0 major issues.

You’ll be good either way. Bosch is great

Bosch, Powerstop, Dynamic Friction, Brembo blanks, and Akebono are awesome alternatives.

I've used Bosch brakes, they are very good.

I’ve got a 2019 with 110k km, have only had to change the brake pads outside of normal maintenance and that’s cause I drive it hard. Most reliable vehicle I’ve owned

I got Bosch pads for my '15 off of Amazon. They've been fine on the street, but I've not really pushed the brakes hard

OEM BMW Performance. Can’t recommend the brake pads though, dusty as hell. I had Hawk HPS5.0 pads before, those performed better than the OE pads with the added bonus of being very low dust.

I have had a different experience; total junk. 15K miles and they squeal like nobody's business.

The steering was the worst of all the cars I tried. Engine was fabulous but transmission not very responsive. Handling and suspension usability range were solid but the killer for this car was the really soft, weak brakes.