Brake pads TRW or Project Mu

Project Mu Brake pads
Shift9303
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Rating 4.0

Consider Project Mu Club Racers. They’re not the most aggressive pads but hold up decently well on track depending on your pace and are surprisingly streetable.

Pros: decent on track, surprisingly streetable
Cons: not most aggressive
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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
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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Project Mu Brake pads
MattH665
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Rating 4.0

IMO the best are Project MU-HC+. in my Megane RS I could treat the HC+ as a track pad and go all-out for a full session, they'd just wear pretty fast at high temps

Pros: treat as track pad, full session
Cons: wear pretty fast
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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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TRW Brake pads

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 Project Mu?

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 Project Mu
  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 — Project Mu or TRW?

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

  1. TRW received a PR Score of 86 out of 100, and Project Mu scored 94 points.
  2. TRW ranked 15 in the overall ranking, and Project Mu ranked 21.
  3. The average rating is higher for Project Mu (4.2) than for TRW (4.1).
  4. Brake pads Project Mu have better feature ratings than TRW:
    • Braking - owners believe, that this property for Project Mu is better than TRW.
    • Dust - drivers claim, that this property for TRW is outperforms Project Mu.
    • Noise - reviews suggest, that this property for TRW is preferred to Project Mu.

Which brake pads are more popular — TRW or Project Mu?

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

By vote balance, brake pads TRW surpassed Project Mu:

  • For TRW, the ratio of positive (121) to negative (19) votes is 102 votes.
  • For Project Mu, the ratio of positive (64) to negative (4) votes is 60 votes.

By number of reviews, brake pads TRW surpassed Project Mu:

Which brake pads do car owners prefer — TRW or Project Mu?

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

Project Mu are chosen by owners of cars such as: Renault Megane, 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 Project Mu 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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