Brake pads Ferodo or OEM Volvo

I like the Ferodo DS2500 for street/canyons, tho I find they’re pretty dusty.

If you have 312 mm front rotors I'd suggest to upgrade to FER-FCP4433G

DS3.12 pads https://www.brakes-shop.com/fer-fcp4433g-ferodo-ds3-12-brake-pads-front.html and Motul 600 / 660 brake fluid (or Castrol React SRF).

With this setup you will be limited by your tyres and suspension.

Don't buy DBA rotors and pads or EBC pads. You will destroy them (like crack in pieces).

Don't run with OEM fluid or pads \u2014 you will definitely lose stopping power relatively early on.

XC90 T8, total 135k km on the clock and have done 85k km ourselves:

- previous owner did the brake pads at about 40k km

- we have now done front and rear brake pads recently (so after about 90k km use), both front and rear still had about 3mm to go.

Back in May I swapped OEM pads for Ferodo DS2500 for my first track day in my GR86. Otherwise the car is bone stock. I noticed some slight pulsing of the steering wheel but only during hard braking (100 to 30mph). No brake fade that I noticed.

I’ve got a ‘21 XC60 T5 Inscription now with about 33k miles and absolutely love it. I’ve had a couple problems with the front, passenger side interior handle but they’ve been covered under the CPO ten year warranty. Wish it had full screen and wireless CarPlay but there are ways around it and replace the OEM brakes with better ones when it’s time as the Volvo ones suck as they wear quickly and unevenly. VERY happy with it.

DS2500’s were the best hybrid pads I’ve used. But I only did 1-2 a year.

Gt4 brake pads ran me about 1000-1100 for ferodo ds3.12.

At the moment i drive a 2014 volvo v60 it brakes for me when going under 30 mph and something comes in front of me and I brake (too) late has lots of dings and dongs imho as I used to mainly drive pre 2006 and pre 2000 cars.

Since we know Volvo has undersized the brake pistons for their SPA vehicles, leading to issues with pulsation. Instead of upsizing the brakes, they have released several pad revisions, have the latest pads slowed the occurance of brake pulsations?

I used ferodo's once... Lasted me 2months daily and a single trackday. I'm only in a Z4.