Brake discs

Phil325i · 11-24-2014, 12:20 PM

I'm shortly replacing my front discs (and pads of course). OEM is good enough for my DD driving style. Carparts4less prices vary between £35 and £55. Makes include Bosch, Textar, Pagid and Eicher.

I think most of these brands are OEM suppliers. Anyone know whether they all are?

Thanks.

ade146 · 11-27-2014, 02:28 PM

the only stuff Ive seen on BMW as OEM is Teeves. Ive seen lots on forums about this sort of thing but I dont believe it. I think I have seen textar in the past but that and ATE is about it. Pagid are weird as their top level stuff is OK and I have used it on the rally car but it appears to be a league different to the Pagid ECP stuff and I dont believe it to be the same company. Cheap Pagid maybe made under licence or something like that. Just a guess but there appears to be some tie up between ECP and Pagid and when that happened the quality dropped.
Teeves stuff is available from France cheaply even though its made in Wales. Mister Auto I think.
Im not a fan of the people who do red and yellow stuff etc, competition cars use ATE, Brembo and CL even F1.

Jase 320d · 11-28-2014, 11:33 AM

Bosch textar and pagid will do the job

Eicher are cheap

qa15ar · 12-01-2014, 05:42 AM

+1 on the poor quality of pagid from ECP

old grey steve · 12-01-2014, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by qa15ar

+1 on the poor quality of pagid from ECP

YEp PAgid give us so much grief that we've stopped using them for BMW's and Merc's back in 2012 as we were replacing discs and pads under warranty for customers who complained of squealing, noisy and god knows what else. Eventually we just said sod it OEM replace pattern parts with OEM parts and the issues disappeared thuis saving us time/money and our customers the pure inconvience of having to return to replace yet another set of brakes.

Quality wise for everyday motoring Pagid stuff is very hit'n'miss to hit'n'miss for my liking hence they don't get used on BM's and Merc's with me. Bosch stuff is a lot better but BMW and indeed noa Mercedes prices now are a lot more afforadable so much so that they can be just as cheap as Pagid, Textar stuff and just seem to work beeter overal IMO. Look at the 2 pictures below

then you'll see the sort of thing we see on fairly new components(these were Textar discs from a 5 series)

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11-27-2014, 02:28 PM	#2
ade146 Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 242 Posts Drives: E90 330d sport auto Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: S.Wales or Cheshire iTrader: (0)	the only stuff Ive seen on BMW as OEM is Teeves. Ive seen lots on forums about this sort of thing but I dont believe it. I think I have seen textar in the past but that and ATE is about it. Pagid are weird as their top level stuff is OK and I have used it on the rally car but it appears to be a league different to the Pagid ECP stuff and I dont believe it to be the same company. Cheap Pagid maybe made under licence or something like that. Just a guess but there appears to be some tie up between ECP and Pagid and when that happened the quality dropped. Teeves stuff is available from France cheaply even though its made in Wales. Mister Auto I think. Im not a fan of the people who do red and yellow stuff etc, competition cars use ATE, Brembo and CL even F1.
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11-28-2014, 11:33 AM	#3
Jase 320d Wheelbarrow Edition 60 Rep 1,608 Posts Drives: Arctic 320d Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Dumfries and Galloway iTrader: (1)	Bosch textar and pagid will do the job Eicher are cheap
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12-01-2014, 05:42 AM	#4
qa15ar Private First Class 10 Rep 141 Posts Drives: F30 330d M-Sport Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: London iTrader: (0)	+1 on the poor quality of pagid from ECP
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