Just about to order my pads. Eicher is the budget option from ECP. Im note sure about quality, a lot of people seem to avoid as it is the "budget" option. However these are made by TMD Friction (who also produce Pagid, Mintex, Textar - so I am not sure how these 4 differ!)

 

I can get a decent price on Textar on the rears, but fronts are relatively expensive so considering Jurid, or (more likely) TRW. All brand seem to be OE producers for certain manufacturers.

 

Anyone used any of these brand? Reasonable mid range choice or avoid?

 

 

I’ve used pagid on my b5.5 Passat years ago and were fine. 

 

Does ECP not have any brembos? I know when I get my rear discs changed at some point i’ll be getting the brembos as they look decent especially with the painted hub area.

 

Whilst all brakes should be good, I’d never scrimp on them, get the best and if you can’t quite afford it wait until you can

Edited 2 September, 20214 yr by Danoid

I have bought discs and pads as a set a few times from the various EU companies under the Autodoc umbrella, they are all the same outfit with various different trading names in each EU country.

 

The discs I have been pleased with but not so the budget pads, whilst they all carry very convincing German branding and lettering closer inspection reveals that they are all made in China which is probably also the case of a lot of the name brands, all one can hope for is that their reputation is important enough for them to continue to supply quality parts but once they are bought out for their name & reputation the new owners may capitalise by selling the cheapest rubbish at the premiumprice that the brand name still commands.

 

Back to the pads, the first rubbish set had some obscure but German sounding name, the second set which I only removed a week ago were allegedly Delphi but quite possibly it was mispelt to trick people, again made in China.

 

All of them failed to inspire in braking performance and feel and the discs started scoring very quickly, both sets, they were all replaced with genuine Ferodo Eco Friction pads which not only performed well but removed the scoring from the discs and made them look like new again with a finely machined finish.

 

I only swopped the front ones on the Octavia, on the Yeti I used the Ferodo pads on the front and kept the Delphi ones as spares, I fitted the Delphi on the rears and doing little work the braking was OK but they got really scored quickly whereas the fronts looked like they had just been surface ground, I am currently towing very heavy trailers for my removal journeys so changed the rears to Ferodo Eco Friction last week, the braking is better although I try to avoid it while towing and the discs are cleaning up.

 

A long posting but I will only use decent branded pads from now on, the cheap ones even if they come free with the discs are a false economy because the disc life will be significantly reduced and the braking performance on the last few sets has been very poor.

39 minutes ago, Jase_31 said:

 Eicher is the budget option from ECP.However these are made by TMD Friction (who also produce Pagid, Mintex, Textar.

 

Another convincing sounding made up Germanic name, I bet you they are not actually made by TMD friction if indeed they actually make the pads for the other companise that you quote, but are a budget line bought from China with their branding, good business sense on their part, if the customer cannot be convinced to pay the premium for their product then by offering a budget option no better than any of the other crap but carrying their name then they dont lose the sale.

I've also heard about ATE Ceramic ones. Same braking performance as OEM ones, but no dark dust and wheels look clean longer.

Gone for Textar on the Rears, and TRW on the fronts as these were cheaper than TRW or Textar all round. 

 

Closer examination of the front show they are VAG pads (made by TRW) so kept with the same. Textar on rear as cheaper than TRW.

 

Cost £53.50 for front and back for "branded" pads and will fit myself as usual. Quote for replacement (unknown pads) between £150 and £250.