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Brake pads TRW or DBA

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TRW › Brake pads
exceptional_cabbage
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  • Dust:
Rating 4.0

If you want comfort, use an OE supplier (TRW, Textar, pagid), if you want more performance at the cost of some added noise/dust, Ferodo/hawk/EBC

Pros: comfort with OE supplier
Cons: noise/dust with performance brands
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TRW › Brake pads
Royal_Cranberry_8419
  • Braking:
Rating 5.0

When I bought one of my cars used I immediately noticee the brakes felt horrible. As in they didnt feel like they wanted to stop. Its almost like when your slowing down and coming up on the car infront you expect your car to slow down faster than it is right now. So you oush down harder and harder and you get maybe 10% more braking.  Yeah. Swapped those pads out for some street performance pads. Night and day difference. The brakes actually work now. Good initial bite and good modulation.

Pros: Good initial bite
Cons: brakes felt horrible
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TRW › Brake pads
dinvictus1
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Rating 4.0

I use to buy trw ATEC, after use found out its leave alot of break dust. After doing some research, I found out the TREW ATEC made for metalic that why it have alot of dust. I change to TRW DTEC which made form ceramic it not dusty and more silent.

Pros: more silent, not dusty
Cons: alot of break dust
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TRW › Brake pads
whatsyouremergencyy
  • Braking:
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Rating 5.0

Am placute și discuri trw de vreo 4 ani și aproape 100.000 km. Nu au scârțâit niciodată și la cum conduc eu sunt sigur că mai țin încă pe atât.

Pros: Nu au scârțâit niciodată
Mileage: 100000 km
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TRW › Brake pads
Olizzker
  • Braking:
Rating 4.0

"TRW LUCAS MCB54" organics are great. I am currently riding the "EBC FA29V Semi Sintered" but the bite point isn't as good as the TRW.

Pros: organics are great
Cons: bite point isn't good
Part number: MCB54
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TRW › Brake pads
SizeableFowl
  • Noise:
Rating 3.0

I’ve used trw and jurid pads with Zimmerman rotors and an R1 concepts kit, with their most aggressive pad compound. The TRW ceramic pads are fine, a bit noisy when cold in my experience. Jurid was the same. Zimmerman rotors warped on me in about 20k miles and the car was really only driven in the city so I, personally, wouldn’t pay the slight premium to get them.

Pros: good bite
Cons: noisy when cold, rotors warped
Vehicle: BMW
Mileage: 20000 km
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TRW › Brake pads
Dieseldog12
  • Braking:
Rating 3.5

remember there are 5-7 different brake pad manufacture's that VW uses and slaps their logo on it. Buying from dealer or third party with a VW logo on it doesn't mean they are exactly perfect. its a shame that VW charges those prices and still have this issue, yet you could buy jane plane TRW/ATE pads and be fine.

Pros: TRW/ATE pads are fine
Cons: VW branded pads not perfect
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Which brake pads to choose — TRW or DBA?

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

We compare brake pads across these categories:

Comparison of brake pads TRW and DBA
  1. PR Score.
  2. Overall ranking.
  3. Vote balance.
  4. Average rating.
  5. Number of reviews.
  6. Feature ratings.
  7. Car owners’ choice.

Which brake pads are better — DBA or TRW?

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

  1. TRW received a PR Score of 86 out of 100, and DBA scored 66 points.
  2. TRW ranked 15 in the overall ranking, and DBA ranked 39.
  3. The average rating is higher for TRW (4.1) than for DBA (3.7).
  4. Brake pads TRW have better feature ratings than DBA:
    • Braking - owners believe, that this property for DBA is better than TRW.
    • Dust - drivers claim, that this property for TRW is outperforms DBA.
    • Noise - reviews suggest, that this property for TRW is preferred to DBA.

Which brake pads are more popular — TRW or DBA?

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

By vote balance, brake pads TRW surpassed DBA:

  • For TRW, the ratio of positive (121) to negative (19) votes is 102 votes.
  • For DBA, the ratio of positive (24) to negative (12) votes is 12 votes.

By number of reviews, brake pads TRW surpassed DBA:

  • For brake pads TRW there are 44 reviews: 35 positive, 8 neutral, 1 negative.
  • For brake pads DBA there are 12 reviews: 8 positive, 0 neutral, 4 negative.

Which brake pads do car owners prefer — TRW or DBA?

In March 2026, according to PartReview, brake pads TRW and DBA have not taken top places in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding your review about these manufacturers.

Other comparisons of brake pads

If this comparison didn’t fully answer your question, there are many others on PartReview.

For example, comparisons of brake pads TRW with: EBC, POWER STOP, Akebono, Hawk Performance, Brembo, Ferodo, OEM Volkswagen, Bosch, STOPTECH, Carbotech.

Also available: comparisons of brake pads DBA with: EBC, POWER STOP, Akebono, Hawk Performance, Brembo, Ferodo, OEM Volkswagen, Bosch, STOPTECH, Carbotech.

You can also see who is better among other brake pads manufacturers: EBC or POWER STOP, EBC or Akebono, EBC or Hawk Performance, Brembo or EBC, Akebono or POWER STOP.

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