[sinbad4]

Originally Posted by 383vett

As long as the rotors are within spec and there is no vibration, there is no reason to replace them.

Agreed. Newer (post 2000) quality rotors don't wear like the thin tired poor steal rotors from the 80's and 90's.

Also.. Get good quality ceramic pads and save yourself a ton of time cleaning your wheels. I Plan to replace my pads with ceramic this month.. just for the clean aspect. BMW tends to use very dirty pads.

Lastly; if you let it go too long; you may need to replace brake sensors. Small wear sensors that wear when brakes get too low. The are meant to wear and be replaced. I learned this late on my '08 and had to leave up on blocks for 3 days until new sensors arrived.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by M40iG01

well you know what your looking at haha. which EBC pads do you suggest I order? thanks !

Yellowstuff are a pretty decent uprated road pad. Although not really suitable as a track pad even though they say they are, guys on the F30 forum have used them on track and say you maybe get half a lap extra compared to OEM pads before they fade.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by sinbad4

Agreed. Newer (post 2000) quality rotors don't wear like the thin tired poor steal rotors from the 80's and 90's.

Also.. Get good quality ceramic pads and save yourself a ton of time cleaning your wheels. I Plan to replace my pads with ceramic this month.. just for the clean aspect. BMW tends to use very dirty pads.

Lastly; if you let it go too long; you may need to replace brake sensors. Small wear sensors that wear when brakes get too low. The are meant to wear and be replaced. I learned this late on my '08 and had to leave up on blocks for 3 days until new sensors arrived.

Cars never had steel rotors, some go karts do iirc, but car rotors have always been cast iron. The quality of the iron matters though, you should always look for rotors with a high-carbon content.

BMW use dusty pads because they have very good initial bite even when very cold, and because the pads are less abrasive on the rotors, so the rotors last longer.

Why did you leave the car up on blocks? Either ignore the warning message, or split open the old sensor cable and twist the two wires together!

[admranger]

I've had good luck with Akebono ceramic pads. I have used them on my E53X5 and my F34 330i xdrive GT.

[TheusBimmer]

Originally Posted by admranger

I've had good luck with Akebono ceramic pads. I have used them on my E53X5 and my F34 330i xdrive GT.

Problem with Akebono is that they are not yet available for X3 G01 variants as of yet - I have checked their website. Perhaps another forum member who reached out to them will have better luck.

[Bilbofraggins]

I’ve done my own brakes for years on my BMW’s... I’m currently on my second set of pads on my X6M...and will replace the lot when those pads are worn.
I used after market pads for the second set... in this case a free set of Bosch. Last brake job I did was an F25 were the OEM rotors disintegrated at the two year point. Replaced with Brembo and no problems since.

I would never discard perfectly good rotors and don’t bother with turning them. And have never had problems...

[Alias1431]

Originally Posted by TheusBimmer

Problem with Akebono is that they are not yet available for X3 G01 variants as of yet - I have checked their website. Perhaps another forum member who reached out to them will have better luck.

An Akebono Product Development Manager was nice enough to give me some detail on this:

"Sorry for your application we do not make pads currently.

Front is a D1867 shape. This shape is too wide for us to manufacture in our tooling.
Rear is a D1850 shape. This is on our list, but will not get it done this year."

[TheusBimmer]

Originally Posted by Alias1431

An Akebono Product Development Manager was nice enough to give me some detail on this:

"Sorry for your application we do not make pads currently.

Front is a D1867 shape. This shape is too wide for us to manufacture in our tooling.
Rear is a D1850 shape. This is on our list, but will not get it done this year."

Aaaah that's too bad - thx for checking in with the forum.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Alias1431

An Akebono Product Development Manager was nice enough to give me some detail on this:

"Sorry for your application we do not make pads currently.

Front is a D1867 shape. This shape is too wide for us to manufacture in our tooling.
Rear is a D1850 shape. This is on our list, but will not get it done this year."

I guess it's just not worth their while on such a new model. The vast majority of owners of cars under warranty just pay BMW to change the pads.

[Alias1431]

Makes me wonder who the OEM manufacturer of the RockAuto pads is.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Alias1431

Makes me wonder who the OEM manufacturer of the RockAuto pads is.

Maybe China, those buggers can make anything!

[MikeG12]

I don't know if they make them for this car, but on my 228iMSport, I installed Hawk HPS5.0, and they had excellent performance and way less dust than the BMW pads. Highly recommend if they make for this car. Looks like Tirerack has a listing for the rear brakes but can't find front brakes so probably have to call.

[admranger]

Originally Posted by Alias1431

An Akebono Product Development Manager was nice enough to give me some detail on this:

"Sorry for your application we do not make pads currently.

Front is a D1867 shape. This shape is too wide for us to manufacture in our tooling.
Rear is a D1850 shape. This is on our list, but will not get it done this year."

Unfortunate. Thanks for checking for everyone!

[spangle1980]

Originally Posted by teaston

Maybe China, those buggers can make anything!

<Controversy mode=ON>

Indeed they can ... cough cough cough

:-|

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[HollyM]

Gang,

Akebono still does not make a pad for the M40i. Checked again today...been dying waiting for them to do so! Arrrgh!