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Brake pads TRW or OEM Mercedes

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TRW › Brake pads
exceptional_cabbage
  • Noise:
  • 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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OEM Mercedes › Brake pads
Heaven7
  • Braking:
Rating 4.0

Yeah the W204 C63’s performance is still very relevant to this day. It was able to hang with the CT4V and beat the Golf R. The handling may not be as good as the M3’s but the straight line performance and brakes are awesome.

Pros: straight line performance, awesome brakes
Cons: handling not as good
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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
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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OEM Mercedes › Brake pads
JohnnyPegorino
  • Noise:
Rating 2.0

My mechanic replaces them with OE Mercedes everytime my car needs new brakes. I ask him to use aftermarket and he keeps saying aftermarket pads squeak a lot. And guess what, my OE MB pads squeak like hell when I hit the brakes while reversing lol

Cons: squeak when reversing
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Which brake pads to choose — TRW or OEM Mercedes?

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 Mercedes
  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 Mercedes or TRW?

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

  1. TRW received a PR Score of 86 out of 100, and OEM Mercedes scored 59 points.
  2. TRW ranked 15 in the overall ranking, and OEM Mercedes ranked 43.
  3. The average rating is higher for TRW (4.1) than for OEM Mercedes (3.3).
  4. Brake pads TRW have better feature ratings than OEM Mercedes:
    • Braking - owners believe, that this property for OEM Mercedes is better than TRW.
    • Dust - drivers claim, that this property for OEM Mercedes is outperforms TRW.
    • Noise - reviews suggest, that this property for TRW is preferred to OEM Mercedes.

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

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

By vote balance, brake pads TRW surpassed OEM Mercedes:

  • For TRW, the ratio of positive (121) to negative (19) votes is 102 votes.
  • For OEM Mercedes, the ratio of positive (28) to negative (19) votes is 9 votes.

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

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

In March 2026, according to PartReview, brake pads TRW and OEM Mercedes 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 OEM Mercedes 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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