Brake Pad Choices BMW E90

Yangorang · 10-17-2018, 07:56 PM

Has anyone tried the new StopTech Street Select or the R1Concepts Optimum OEp series brake pads? I've got a brake job coming due soon and am curious about both of these two options.

https://www.carid.com/stoptech/stree...305-12600.html
https://www.r1concepts.com/brake_pads

I've tried the Akebono brake pads before but they tend to make a little clunk as you go forward to reverse and vice versa, plus I just don't think they have very good brake bite/feel. The dust on them was amazingly low though.

The Cool Carbons I currently have installed offer great braking feel but are noisier than OEM even when installed with brake disc quiet and they are really quite expensive. They give off a bit more dust than I'd like but the pedal feel I think is perfect - a bit more control rather than the on/off feeling of the OE pads.

TGTIW · 10-17-2018, 09:10 PM

I was going to suggest Cool Carbons. I just switched to them from Hawk HPS 5.0 and the difference is amazing. For me the Hawks dusted like crazy and I felt they had a bit of a dead feeling.

Yangorang · 10-18-2018, 02:20 AM

I think I'm going to just go with Beck Arnley sourced Zimmermann and Textar OE pads for everything. The pricing on Amazon is pretty good for these parts.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1

M4_GTS · 10-28-2018, 01:57 AM

Zimmerman z coated rotors and akebono ceramic pads.

david in germany · 10-28-2018, 04:47 AM

Best is simply oem rotors and pads for the daily driver.

Julian2485 · 10-28-2018, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Yangorang

I think I'm going to just go with Beck Arnley sourced Zimmermann and Textar OE pads for everything. The pricing on Amazon is pretty good for these parts.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0DER&psc=1

I tried the textar pads they bite pretty good but dust like crazy. I love the cool carbons and i didn't have any noises with them. I made sure to bed them in correctly though. My brother had them on his e46 m3 and they squealed. When he took them off he found out the reason for the squealing was the the back plate somehow came loose from the pad

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Yangorang Second Lieutenant 72 Rep 231 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 328xi Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	Brake Pad Choices BMW E90 Has anyone tried the new StopTech Street Select or the R1Concepts Optimum OEp series brake pads? I've got a brake job coming due soon and am curious about both of these two options. https://www.carid.com/stoptech/stree...305-12600.html https://www.r1concepts.com/brake_pads I've tried the Akebono brake pads before but they tend to make a little clunk as you go forward to reverse and vice versa, plus I just don't think they have very good brake bite/feel. The dust on them was amazingly low though. The Cool Carbons I currently have installed offer great braking feel but are noisier than OEM even when installed with brake disc quiet and they are really quite expensive. They give off a bit more dust than I'd like but the pedal feel I think is perfect - a bit more control rather than the on/off feeling of the OE pads.
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TGTIW Second Lieutenant 143 Rep 258 Posts Drives: 2010 328i Join Date: May 2013 Location: Knoxville iTrader: (2)	I was going to suggest Cool Carbons. I just switched to them from Hawk HPS 5.0 and the difference is amazing. For me the Hawks dusted like crazy and I felt they had a bit of a dead feeling.
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Yangorang Second Lieutenant 72 Rep 231 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 328xi Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	I think I'm going to just go with Beck Arnley sourced Zimmermann and Textar OE pads for everything. The pricing on Amazon is pretty good for these parts. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...KIKX0DER&psc=1
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david in germany Lieutenant Colonel 732 Rep 1,819 Posts Drives: 118i, 335i and 328i Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Mannheim Germany iTrader: (2)	Best is simply oem rotors and pads for the daily driver. __________________ 2009 118i Monaco Blue "Maximillion" 2009 335i Saphire Black M Sport "Leopold" Cobb stage 2 aggressive tune, Mishimoto FMIC, Cobb charge pipe, Cobb catted down pipes, Forge diverter valves, BMS inlets and DCI, Cyba scoops and M Individual Audio retrofit and M3 gauge cluster retrofit. 2011 328i Titan Silver M Sport "Franzel" <--Wife's car
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