Front brake pads recommendations please

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Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by sulli » Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:35 am

Need to do my front pads, don't need anything major, no track days, but decent OE spec at reasonable price. Any recommendations and where from for good deal?
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by chunky79 » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:14 am

You asking cause of the other thread??? :lol:
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by sulli » Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:29 am

Haha nah, advisory on MOT which it flew through a couple of weeks ago (well CV joint, that's all), so will get them done next free weekend I have :wink:
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

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Next up: What petrol should I use? :sekret:
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by sulli » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:18 am

SuprSi wrote:Next up: What petrol should I use? :sekret:
Wtf? :assflash:
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by Shoppinit » Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:51 am

Stoke Audi for OE pads.

ECP for cardboard pads.
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by sulli » Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:26 am

Shoppinit wrote:Stoke Audi for OE pads.

ECP for cardboard pads.
Thanks mate, ECP do Pagid OE spec (specifies OE supplier for Rs6) for £60, wonder if these are the same as Audi would supply??
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by Shoppinit » Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:42 am

They are definitely not.

They will work, but are made of cardboard and little girls' wishes.
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by Shoppinit » Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:49 am

Here you go:

http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/brake-p ... B1507.html

£40 plus 15% off with BRAKE15 code. 5% quidco, too. They're practically free.

And they won't be any worse than the ECP pagid ones.

You could put these on and tell the new owner to put whatever pads he wants on. Depends on how he'll use the car.

Mmm, that's not very enthusiast-oriented of me is it?

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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by sulli » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:05 am

I'm not selling it....
May try to find ds2500s for a decent price, what's everyone else using?
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by Shoppinit » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:16 am

Dunno why I thought you were selling it. Must have confused you with someone else.

DS2500 are OK. I suspect that OE pads from Stoke Audi or TPS will be your cheapest option for quality pads.
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by seaneb » Sun Jun 21, 2015 6:49 pm

For what it's worth, After quite a lot of looking around a couple of months ago I found Stoke Audi to be the cheapest for the quality pads.
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by SuprSi » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:12 pm

Ds2500's for me, but they are race pads and can squeal at certain temperatures I've found. That said they are outstanding if you ever get on a track!

I've heard good things about the propper OEM pads though so if you have no interest in going nuts then that's probably the best option.
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by sulli » Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:19 am

GSF do Brembo, is this not what Audi supply?
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Re: Front brake pads recommendations please

Post by sulli » Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:24 am

£160 for DS2500s here: http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/ ... uct=279703
I assume this is full set for the front...
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