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      03-19-2021, 04:02 AM   #1
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Hi guys!
Anyone using Sport Brake Pads from BMW?
I was just searching for retrofit parts and found 030107 Brake pad, sport pad, which states "Sport brake pad - derived from motorsport - with increased performance compared with the standard/competition brake pad."
I checked the part numbers and differ from the regular one.
Are they better or just more expensive?
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      05-22-2021, 06:00 AM   #2
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Depending upon your market BMW has different braking options.

I would assume full M5s would have this option by default with Carbons options.

I know the lesser models in the States have the option to pay additional for Sport Brakes.

Not sure if that helps.

I will say the sport brakes we get here are pretty good and long-lasting, minus the dust and brake noise.
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These are pads that BMW makes only available in Europe. They use them at the 'ring on the M5 ring taxi.

The stock ones from the dealer are inadequate especially in the rear for track use. They will WORK, but the rears wear out incredibly quickly because they are so small.

BMW made this pad in response. They won't ship it to us stupid americans. It's made by Pagid, just like the stock ones.

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I'm not sure which ones are on my car but they're the dustiest pads I've ever seen. My wheels are orange more often than black. I just ordered a full set of Porterfield R4s pads to hopefully mitigate this problem and improve performance in the process...
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I'm not sure which ones are on my car but they're the dustiest pads I've ever seen. My wheels are orange more often than black. I just ordered a full set of Porterfield R4s pads to hopefully mitigate this problem and improve performance in the process...
It is VERY unlikely that the porterfields will outperform the BMW M-sport pads on the car in braking performance. Low dust for the most part implies that the performance will be less than the high dust pads. They may be still very good, but in a repeated head to head I'll bet pretty hard on the BMW stock pad.

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It is VERY unlikely that the porterfields will outperform the BMW M-sport pads on the car in braking performance. Low dust for the most part implies that the performance will be less than the high dust pads. They may be still very good, but in a repeated head to head I'll bet pretty hard on the BMW stock pad.

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You may be right. I'm just going by what others have stated who have made the change. Most of the people I've asked about them say that the performance is about the same as the stockers, but I will soon find out for myself. At this point I would even be will to sacrifice a smidgen of performance to fix the dust problem.
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