Brake pads R1 Concepts or OEM KIA

OEM KIA Brake pads

I changed my wife's KIA Soul pads at 60k miles. Used OEM pads. Checked a month or two ago and they were still halfway through. She is at 200k miles.

Pros: long lasting
Vehicle: Kia Soul
Mileage: 60000 km
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R1 Concepts Brake pads

R1 concepts were an upgrade on my 2nd gen and got me through 4 years of abuse because the OEM ones would brake fade terribly. On my Camry they only lasted a year.

Pros: 4 years of abuse, no brake fade
Cons: only lasted a year on Camry
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R1 Concepts Brake pads

I put a set of r1 concepts pads and rotors on my wrx that I daily got them off Amazon for like $250 and came in like 2 days had them on for around 7500 miles and haven't had any issues.

Pros: no issues, fast shipping
Vehicle: Subaru
Mileage: 7500 km
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OEM KIA Brake pads
BriGuyCali
  • Braking:
Rating 3.0

Lastly, I had the well-known brake pad deposit problem on the rotors, which over time (about 5-6k miles for me) would cause the steering wheel and car to shake a bit when breaking, similar to the feeling you get when the rotors are warped. I had the rotors cut once, then all four rotors and pads replaced, and then the front rotors were replaced again. As many other Stinger owners online have said, once they replaced the stock rotors and pads with a good set of aftermarket rotors and pads, or some even just machining their stock rotors and getting new aftermarket pads, that seems to have solved the issue for them.

Pros: aftermarket pads solved issue
Cons: brake pad deposit problem
Vehicle: Kia
Mileage: 20700 km
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OEM KIA Brake pads
clownchkn
  • Braking:
Rating 2.0

Factory tires are garbage, but good all seasons and it gets around in the snow fairly well. My rear brake pad that had little wear, fell apart while driving in the mountains around the same time ( not covered ), I have never seen or heard of this happening before here or on other vehicles.

Pros: good all seasons
Cons: factory tires garbage
Vehicle: Kia Soul
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