Brake pads POWER STOP or OEM BMW

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4.3

Braking

4.2

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3.9

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3.9

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3.5

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POWER STOP

OEM BMW

POWER STOP › Brake pads

ashtheblunt 13 Oct 2016, 21:16

Braking:

Rating 5.0

I have personally used centric rotors and powers top ceramic brakes for years with no complaints.

Pros: no complaints, long lasting

OEM BMW › Brake pads

Rakshas 2 Jun 2016, 22:05

Braking:
Dust:

Rating 5.0

Have yet to find a better street pad than BMW's OE compound. Ceramics dust less but feel terrible.

Pros: better than ceramics

Cons: Ceramics feel terrible

Vehicle: BMW

OEM BMW › Brake pads

TheDeckMan 8 Mar 2015, 15:04

Braking:

Rating 4.0

Great cars. They like to eat brakes in regular intervals. With 70k make sure there is no front end shimmy that is the result in worn control arm bushings/warped brake rotors.

Cons: eats brakes regularly

Vehicle: BMW

Mileage: 70000 km

OEM BMW › Brake pads

Live-Wire 14 Oct 2012, 23:21

Braking:

Rating 5.0

Brakes are excellent

Pros: brakes are excellent

Vehicle: BMW

OEM BMW › Brake pads

vasillalov 14 Oct 2012, 20:48

Braking:

Rating 4.0

The OEM brake pads were painfully inadequate for anything more than street driving. Interestingly enough, the rest of the brake components were designed very good and they have a lot of capacity. A simple pad upgrade and brake fluid flush proved sufficient for more serious track days.

Pros: simple pad upgrade sufficient

Cons: pads painfully inadequate

Vehicle: BMW

OEM BMW › Brake pads

Dutchmastr9 13 Feb 2012, 17:05

Braking:

Rating 5.0

I vastly prefer my R to the BMW. I think the R drives better, its more tossable, i feel like the steering is better weighted and the brakes are much better.

Pros: brakes are much better