Brake pads Textar or OEM Volkswagen

Textar

The textar pads are great for normal and slightly aggressive driving. The initial bite is great compared to ceramic pads, although they do dust a lot. To me the trade off is worth it for great pedal feel.

I always use Textar - a boggo (albeit OE) brand, and never, ever have a problem.

well done vw for letting me get 77k out of the factory pads/rotors

I just daily my 17 GTI. The stock pads and rotors finally gave up at 103k miles. I was perfectly happy with the oem brakes, but not spending $700. I went Zimmerman and Texstar pads. So far no complaints, they feel like the stock brakes when they were new.

The rear brakes did fail earlier than I would've hoped at 26,000 miles, but this is a known issue.

That said, I have a '22 SE that has 53,000 miles. The rear brake pads failed at 23,000 miles.

Rear brake pads are terrible. Lots of brake dust and already at 4 mm at 8k miles. I rarely brake hard and have never need to replace rear brake pads before 100k on any other car.

New Beetles are definitely underrated. They do have some weak points though. The Turbo S brakes are barely adequate for touge.

I’ve clocked 14k, and yes, I’ve already finished off my brake pads. Truth be told, I don’t really expect them to last longer since I drive quite aggressively. Now, the OEM pads cost roughly around 6k with labor. Honestly, I don’t think they’re worthwhile, as the braking feels noisy and lacks bite.