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Pad and rotor brands

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I'm setting up for a poll on pad/rotor combinations. Please add any brands to this list that I missed. Thanks!

PADS
OEM Blue Box
PBR
Akebono
Mintex
Padig
Textar
Jurid

ROTORS
OEM Blue Box
Brembo
ATE
Zimmerman
Raybestos
Centric

Balo
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Centric pads 104 105 and 106 series
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Post by S60T5SE »

To pads, I would add Wagner, to rotors I would add Bosch.
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Post by Ben850 »

I did Brembo rotors with Akebono on the sedan.
They seem very nice. The Brembo rotors were cheap because I bought them from old stock. They are four lug pattern on the '93 850s.
I eventually also replaced these calipers and used Centric, stainless steel braided lines.
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I have Centric, drilled/slotted rotors, and the same Akebono ceramic pads ready to go on the Turbo wagon.
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matthew1 wrote:I'm setting up for a poll on pad/rotor combinations. Please add any brands to this list that I missed. Thanks!

PADS
OEM Blue Box
PBR
Akebono
Mintex
Padig
Textar
Jurid

Bendix
Top Stop
Pagid

ROTORS
OEM Blue Box
Brembo
ATE
Zimmerman
Raybestos
Centric

Beck Arnley
Balo
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EBC from either partsgeek.com or ebcrotors.com

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Textar rotors are worth a mention.

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Post by mecheng »

Add: TRW pads, I have them on my 850 and they grab amazingly well.

I have the Jurid pads on my S70 and I'm not impressed, not much bite or grab.
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I've got an idea for a set of poll topics for this :-).
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