RE: Best All Around Brake Pads?

["David Guido" <guido_david@hotmail.com>]

>From what I've learned about BMW owners and their rotors is this is a common 
problem for some reason. I just sold a set of Zimmerman x-drilled rotors for 
a customer driving a 1988 M3 (E-30 series) and will get some feedback on 
their ability to combat this problem in the next several months. But after 
reading the archives on this, it happens way to frequently...

David
"Wassersport"


>From: "Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>
>Reply-To: <aaron@makuta.com>
>To: "'Robert'" <Tpiwonka@austin.rr.com>,        "'Ewan Hopkins'" 
><ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>,        "'scirocco list'" 
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Best All Around Brake Pads?
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:39:26 -0500
>
>The rotors are new, but are they true?  I bought a rotor for my Jeep from
>Autozone and I had to have it turned because it wasn't true.  I've heard
>this is a common problem with cheap rotors, and can happen with "higher
>quality" rotors as well.  A friend who had an '88 BMW 528e replaced his
>rotors with some aftermarket rotors that were only $80 each.  (Contrary to
>popular belief, not all BMW parts are expensive.  Otherwise I wouldn't have
>bought one.)  They would warp when they heated up and straighten out when
>they cooled.  He bought new rotors from the dealer ($100 each) and the
>problem was solved.
>
>Aaron
>'87 528e
>'82 Scirocco
>'70 Beetle
>'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Robert
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 5:42 PM
> > To: Ewan Hopkins; scirocco list
> > Subject: Re: Best All Around Brake Pads?
> >
> >
> > I just went with mintex pads and ate power disks.  Over stock
> > they do have
> > better bite but they still fade after two 80 to 40 stops
> > fairly quickly.
> >
> > Question:
> > 1.
> >     I had just purchased my car and was doing the brakes.
> > The pads that
> > were on the car were pagids.  Are these a high performance
> > pad, better than
> > mintex or not?
> >
> > 2.
> >     At low speeds my car wobbles like I am running over large
> > rocks, but at
> > high speeds the car does not do this.  could this be because
> > the tires are
> > not balanced?
> > Also when stopping the car surges at low speeds.  I just
> > replaced the front
> > rotors and it is still there.  The actual brake pedal does
> > not have surges
> > just the car.  Are the rotors on the back warped or what?
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> > Robert
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ewan Hopkins <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
> > To: <guido_david@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 7:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: Best All Around Brake Pads?
> >
> >
> > > Pagids certainly work well with Black Diamonds - they have
> > good initial
> > > 'bite' compared with stock. I've just replaced mine with
> > ATE power disks /
> > > Jurid pads and although they don't perform quite as well as
> > the black
> > > diamond/pagids did when new they are still pretty good and
> > the disks are
> > one
> > > third of the price of the black diamonds. Unfortunately,
> > I'm not sure what
> > > made the biggest difference, the pads or the disks.
> > >
> > > Ewan Hopkins.
> > >
> > > >From: "David Guido" <guido_david@hotmail.com>
> > > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > >Subject: Best All Around Brake Pads?
> > > >Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 09:05:26 -0800
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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