Brake Pad Purchase

[JillsPorsche]

Originally Posted by tcoradeschi

If you are driving 3k miles a year, a new set of factory pads will likely last you the rest of your life. Keeping it simple…

Point well taken, however, I am also wondering, given the light use, whether pads costing considerably less than factory will also be suitable. I could change the pads 3 or 4 times at the price.

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by JillsPorsche

Point well taken, however, I am also wondering, given the light use, whether pads costing considerably less than factory will also be suitable. I could change the pads 3 or 4 times at the price.

When I bought my car in 17 I purchased some pads off eBay. I then decided, after reading upon these pages, to go aa different route spending ~$150 front aand rear... forget the brand.

I neded to replave the pads, six years later, and was going to purchase some $$$ [then remembering the Chinese pads I had from the 17 purchase.)

Installed them and they are workng fine. Street use... some sspeeding and cornering... hard braking. They work fine.

$$$ or $. You;re not racing... I'd just get some regular old pads. Good luck.

Not checking post for sp/gr errors.

[husker boxster]

Brakes are a very important component of your car.

All pads probably have to meet a minimum set of stds for stopping ability. The question becomes, do they meet quality stds? Without knowing the brand, because of the price chances are we know where they came from. Quality is not always the priority of a loss leader. Do you want to chance your life and others for the savings of a few bucks?

I'm all for saving some bucks when it makes sense. This is not one of those times. Let someone else prove me wrong.

And good for you on pinpointing how you drive your car and buying components to that driving style. There are a myriad of pads available depending on how you plan to drive. And if you plan to do the change yourself, you'll find it takes longer to get the car up on stands and the tires off than it takes to change the pads - that's after doing it a few times. It's a very simple process. Good luck and have fun.