LCR Front brake pads

b1nuzz · Apr 21, 2009

Hi Guys,

I know that front brake pads have been talked about loads and loads, and that you read the title and all started searching for the funny 'try searching' graphics, but hold tight a minute.

After doing a fair bit of looking around, and looking through here, i have established that the pads that seat provide are made by Textar and another company. Is this correct?

Based at that info, http://www.vwspares.co.uk/leon_brakes.php the Textar pads on here for £35 are the ones to get? Is that correct.

What leads me to ask the question, is that if these are this price, why is everyone spending a ton on the Ferodo's?

Maybe i am missing something. Please tell me if i am.

Thanks
Ben

lc_allan · Apr 21, 2009

Are you sure they are not a cheaper alternative?. I'm sure my OE ones I taken out had Brembo stamped on them.
I swapped the for the Ferodo's also.

b1nuzz · Apr 21, 2009

If the brembo pads are actually brembo pads, where can i buy them from?
I cant find them online to buy anywhere!

So the brembo pads that the stealer fits are better performance than the 'cheaper' version which other garages may fit?

If i buy cheaper pads, am i going to kill myself by not having brembos or ferodos? i really need to save the £'s at the moment, but im not prepared to compromise safety. Surely they cant sell them if they are no good.

Ben

ibizacupra · Apr 21, 2009

b1nuzz said:
Hi Guys,

I know that front brake pads have been talked about loads and loads, and that you read the title and all started searching for the funny 'try searching' graphics, but hold tight a minute.

After doing a fair bit of looking around, and looking through here, i have established that the pads that seat provide are made by Textar and another company. Is this correct?

Based at that info, http://www.vwspares.co.uk/leon_brakes.php the Textar pads on here for £35 are the ones to get? Is that correct.

What leads me to ask the question, is that if these are this price, why is everyone spending a ton on the Ferodo's?

Maybe i am missing something. Please tell me if i am.

Thanks
Ben

Textars for el-cheapo are el-cheapo for a reason..
pop round you rlocal motor factors and textars will be one of their offerings, for those who dont care about the quality of their brakes but just want something on there. Textar make an assortment of qualities vs price. how do you know what these are?

DS2500 ferodo's are upgrade pads, way better than std..

Those looking for better than OE are well pleased with what they do.

regards
bill

JamJay · Apr 21, 2009

I too need brake pads at some point soon but I hear that with the DS2500, I have to cut the brake pad indictator wiring or something so I avoid getting a light on the instrument cluster? Is that true?

I am not completely comfortable with permanently altering things like that on my car so if I was to buy Brembo pads, would I still retain the brake wear indictor feature?

b1nuzz · Apr 21, 2009

Yeah, if you go for the ferodos you do have to connect the indicator cable together as the ferodos cant have the sensor in them.

I was a little weary about doing this, although the flip side of that, is the light has never come on before and i am close to the metal, so they dont work anyway.

So if textar are cheap, ferodos are good, where can i buy brembos?

although ferodos are cheaper than brembos right?

This is difficult.

JamJay · Apr 21, 2009

TBH, I can't see Brembo's being much worse than the Ferodo's, even if they aren't fast road pads.

b1nuzz · Apr 21, 2009

True but the Ferodos are cheaper i believe. so might as well go for those.

JamJay · Apr 21, 2009

May as well if you have already chopped the wiring.

JamJay · Apr 21, 2009

So could you cut the wires off of the old pads and leave them connected to the car wiring to prevent the warning light?

b1nuzz · Apr 21, 2009

OK, so to summarise here

What price is a front set of ferodo ds-2500 ? and where can i get them?

What price is a front set of OE Brembo pads? and where can i get them?

Thanks

b1nuzz · Apr 21, 2009

JamJay said:
So could you cut the wires off of the old pads and leave them connected to the car wiring to prevent the warning light?

Yes, you just have to join the in and the out basically.

LEE69 · Apr 21, 2009

JamJay said:
So could you cut the wires off of the old pads and leave them connected to the car wiring to prevent the warning light?

The wires need to be joined to complete the circuit any turm the light off, or do this http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=213717&highlight=warning+light

JamJay · Apr 21, 2009

Thanks

jwfcms · Apr 21, 2009

ive heard the ds2500 are good, but are still expensive. TEXTAR are a decent make and OE on BMW, MERCEDES ETC, they are in the same range as mintex and pagid i have even had textar pads and in the box the pad has been stamped pagid. so arnt cheap crap like some out there such as aut x, vetech. if you arnt so bothered about stoping from 80mph in 30mph streets anyway they will be fine, if you are planning track days or police chases around the city then the ds2500 look like the best option. (jokes)

ibizacupra · Apr 22, 2009

JamJay said:
I too need brake pads at some point soon but I hear that with the DS2500, I have to cut the brake pad indictator wiring or something so I avoid getting a light on the instrument cluster? Is that true?

I am not completely comfortable with permanently altering things like that on my car so if I was to buy Brembo pads, would I still retain the brake wear indictor feature?

you are "pemanently altering" NOTHING by cutting the sensor wire off the old worn out pads and linking the wire ends together and plugging it back into the car to keep the dash happy.

The wear sensors are notoriuously unreliable anyway.

ibizacupra · Apr 22, 2009

b1nuzz said:
OK, so to summarise here

What price is a front set of ferodo ds-2500 ? and where can i get them?

What price is a front set of OE Brembo pads? and where can i get them?

Thanks

DS2500's for brembos are £96+vat

JamJay · Apr 22, 2009

Thanks IC! I was worried that I had to cut the car wiring and loop that together, totally forgot about the wiring on the current pads

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