I'm looking for people's thoughts on different brands and types of brake pads.
In the past I've normally used Napa Adaptive One pads, which is a ceramic with different compounds on the inner and outer pads, and they've been pretty good, but I'd like to be a bit more meticulous in choosing pads for the M. My dad owns a shop and has a Napa business account, so I have a tendency to lean towards buying stuff at Napa (10-50% discount).
I'm wondering about materials (semi-metallic vs metallic vs organic vs ceramic) and brands (Textar, PBR, Akebono, ???). Looking for pads that would be useable for a beginner track day and some SCCA solo, but would also prefer lower dust than OEM.
Finally, anyone tried these out yet?
http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-Z4-M_Ro...006_2007_2008/
I can get OEMs for about $400 a pair, think they're work an extra $100?
Thanks in advance.