Brake pads DBA or Project Mu

PartReview Score

Rank #39 in ranking

3.7

Braking

4.3

Dust

3.3

Noise

1.0

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Car

PartReview Score

Rank #21 in ranking

4.2

Braking

4.3

Dust

3.6

Noise

3.6

Owners' choice:

Renault Megane

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DBA

Project Mu

Project Mu › Brake pads

Shift9303 28 Jan 2026, 10:32

Braking:
Noise:

Rating 4.0

Consider Project Mu Club Racers. They’re not the most aggressive pads but hold up decently well on track depending on your pace and are surprisingly streetable.

Pros: decent on track, surprisingly streetable

Cons: not most aggressive

Project Mu › Brake pads

TheOneRandomLamp 21 Nov 2025, 00:06

Braking:

Rating 4.0

Pretty happy with my PMU 999s. They’re a step down from csgs but so much cheaper even with tariffs on imports.

Pros: happy with performance

Cons: step down from csgs

Project Mu › Brake pads

MattH665 3 Nov 2025, 10:55

Braking:
Dust:

Rating 4.0

IMO the best are Project MU-HC+. in my Megane RS I could treat the HC+ as a track pad and go all-out for a full session, they'd just wear pretty fast at high temps

Pros: treat as track pad, full session

Cons: wear pretty fast

Vehicle: Renault Megane

Project Mu › Brake pads

SirAlfredOfHorsIII 29 Oct 2025, 06:33

Braking:

Rating 4.5

The pads seem to last forever on the street, and work really well on the track/ when warm

Pros: long lasting, good on track/warm

Vehicle: Honda Civic

Project Mu › Brake pads

SirAlfredOfHorsIII 24 Jun 2025, 00:53

Braking:

Rating 4.0

Depends what you're after. If just street with some spirited driving, smething like pmu hc+ or ns400 works. I do track work and used to run hc800s, but got hc+ thinking they are the same. Only 600c rated instead. But, good cold performance, and extra good performance hot. So, they don't wear out super quickly while daily driving. Got quite a lot of track days and driving out of my original hc800s with t3 rotors. But, they are harder to find. Need to get the shape from pmus website, and then find somebody that stocks them. Rhd japan may do

Pros: good cold performance, good hot performance

Cons: harder to find

Vehicle: Honda Civic

Project Mu › Brake pads

Shift9303 27 May 2025, 04:46

Braking:
Noise:

Rating 4.0

I really liked Project Mu Club Racers as a "streetable-ish" track pad. They were fairly tolerable on the street as long as they were bedded in. They occasionally squeal when coming to a stop once below 15mph.

Pros: tolerable on street

Cons: occasional squeal

DBA › Brake pads

Intelligent_Tip_8457 7 May 2025, 09:16

Braking:

Rating 5.0

I have these exact pads. HUGE improvement.

Pros: huge improvement

Project Mu › Brake pads

Shift9303 12 Aug 2024, 06:22

Braking:
Noise:

Rating 3.5

I found Project Mu Club Racers to be decently streetable for a track pad. They do squeal a bit at less than 25 but are tolerable as long as they’re bedded in and you’re giving a decent amount of threshold pressure.

Pros: decently streetable

Cons: squeal a bit

Vehicle: Honda S2000

DBA › Brake pads

beltonz 19 Oct 2025, 10:55

Noise:

Rating 2.0

DBA pads love to squeal too.

Cons: squealing noise

DBA › Brake pads

Homewrecker04 16 Oct 2025, 03:13

Dust:

Rating 2.0

Used to use the DBA XP pads but they were far too dusty.

Cons: far too dusty

Part number: XP

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Which brake pads to choose — DBA or Project Mu?

If choosing brake pads across many manufacturers, check the part ranking. If your choice is down to two brands, the PartReview part comparisons help.

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Comparison of brake pads DBA and Project Mu

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Car owners’ choice.

Which brake pads are better — Project Mu or DBA?

In March 2026 on PartReview, brake pads Project Mu were overall better than DBA.

DBA received a PR Score of 66 out of 100, and Project Mu scored 94 points.
DBA ranked 39 in the overall ranking, and Project Mu ranked 21.
The average rating is higher for Project Mu (4.2) than for DBA (3.7).
Brake pads Project Mu have better feature ratings than DBA:
- Noise - owners believe, that this property for Project Mu is better than DBA.
- Dust - drivers claim, that this property for Project Mu is outperforms DBA.
- Braking - reviews suggest, that by this property DBA does not differ from Project Mu.

Which brake pads are more popular — DBA or Project Mu?

In March 2026 on PartReview, brake pads Project Mu were overall more popular than DBA.

By vote balance, brake pads Project Mu surpassed DBA:

For DBA, the ratio of positive (24) to negative (12) votes is 12 votes.
For Project Mu, the ratio of positive (64) to negative (4) votes is 60 votes.

By number of reviews, brake pads Project Mu surpassed DBA:

For brake pads DBA there are 12 reviews: 8 positive, 0 neutral, 4 negative.
For brake pads Project Mu there are 22 reviews: 20 positive, 2 neutral, 0 negative.

Which brake pads do car owners prefer — DBA or Project Mu?

In March 2026, according to PartReview, brake pads Project Mu led more car-specific ratings than DBA:

Project Mu are chosen by owners of cars such as: Renault Megane, and others.

Brake pads DBA have not yet taken leading positions in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding a review and specifying your car.

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