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      02-04-2023, 03:30 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by abcfgh View Post
I bought them from FCP Euro. Happy to provide a screenshot as proof. They were significantly worse than the stock pads that came in the M235i. I swapped them along with 2-piece Zimmermann rotors. Everything done correctly, they just suck.
Did you bed the pads to the Ferodo instructions, otherwise both rotor and pad wear will be excessive, together with sub-optimal braking?

The DS2500 pads I have for a non-BMW have the following warning on the bedding-in instructions:

"IMPORTANT: to optimize the performance and life of both brake pads and discs, during the bedding-in period heat in the braking system should be built up progressively"

I have found the DS2500s to be good for mixed road and moderate track day use. For hard track day use and minimal road use the DS1.11 are a better choice. The DS2500s don't brake as well as the stock BMW pads until they are warm in my experience, but are then significantly better, assuming they have been bedded in properly.
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