Brake pads TRW or OEM FORD

TRW Brake pads

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

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
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  • Dust:
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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OEM FORD Brake pads
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Rating 5.0

I had a 2008 Ford Fusion and drove by large long distance (commuted for a while between SFO and LA).

Eventually I moved to the East Coast and needed to do mandatory car checks (started in DC). When we finally moved to NYC I was at the garage and needed to do the inspection. The guy said he cannot let me pass, because the brake pads where at the limit. I ask him to change them and mentioned that this is the first replacement of my brake pads and he was shaking his head in disbelief because I had almost exactly 100k miles on my odometer. I explained to him that almost 90% of the mileage was long distance ( minimum of 200 miles on way trips) and he still was saying “He never saw anybody having their first brake pads replaced at 100k miles”

Pros: brake pads lasted 100k miles
Cons: brake pads at the limit
Vehicle: Ford Fusion
Mileage: 100000 km
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OEM FORD Brake pads

Braking is mostly regenerative, instead of using the brake pads. Your brake pads will probably last between 100k - 200k miles.

Pros: regenerative braking
Vehicle: Ford Maverick
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OEM FORD Brake pads

I bought a bike off a coworker and took it in to be serviced. Turns out the bike I bought was the equivalent of a model T Ford. They didn't make the brake pads for my model any more kinda old.

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TRW Brake pads

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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OEM FORD Brake pads

When we bought our Ford lightening... the sales person told me with a strait face "people think that evs go through less brakes, but really its actually rhe opposite" when trying to sell me a maintenance package...

Vehicle: Ford
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Which brake pads to choose — TRW or OEM FORD?

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 OEM FORD
  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 — OEM FORD or TRW?

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

  1. TRW received a PR Score of 86 out of 100, and OEM FORD scored 62 points.
  2. TRW ranked 15 in the overall ranking, and OEM FORD ranked 36.
  3. The average rating is higher for TRW (4.1) than for OEM FORD (3.2).
  4. Brake pads TRW have better feature ratings than OEM FORD:
    • Braking - owners believe, that this property for TRW is better than OEM FORD.
    • Dust - drivers claim, that this property for TRW is outperforms OEM FORD.
    • Noise - reviews suggest, that this property for TRW is preferred to OEM FORD.

Which brake pads are more popular — TRW or OEM FORD?

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

By vote balance, brake pads TRW surpassed OEM FORD:

  • For TRW, the ratio of positive (121) to negative (19) votes is 102 votes.
  • For OEM FORD, the ratio of positive (59) to negative (35) votes is 24 votes.

By number of reviews, brake pads TRW surpassed OEM FORD:

Which brake pads do car owners prefer — TRW or OEM FORD?

In March 2026, according to PartReview, brake pads OEM FORD led more car-specific ratings than TRW:

OEM FORD are chosen by owners of cars such as: Ford Focus, and others.

Brake pads TRW have not yet taken leading positions in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding a review and specifying your car.

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 OEM FORD 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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