[Lyfe.In.A.M2]

I see a lot of options on FCPEuro for brake pads but I'm wondering what's the best option for price? I'm in need of front brake pads, I'll change only the fronts of I don't have to do both front and rears at the same time. Rears are pretty good on durability left.

[MooMooM2]

probably ferodo ds 2500

[jefe2000]

I’ve also read a lot of good things about Akebono pads (for the non-comp M2) and Carbotech pads for the big 2NH brakes on the M2C/CS. Though, I don’t think either of them are rated for track use. So the answer to your question highly depends on how you use your M2.

[flybigjet]

Originally Posted by Lyfe.In.A.M2

I see a lot of options on FCPEuro for brake pads but I'm wondering what's the best option for price? I'm in need of front brake pads, I'll change only the fronts of I don't have to do both front and rears at the same time. Rears are pretty good on durability left.

Changing the front pads once before having to change the rears is pretty common-- it has to do with weight distribution whilst braking; the rears just get used more as the car shifts weight forward.

That being said, WHAT you replace them with matters. I'm a fan of staying with the same compound for front and rear, but there is a case to be made where a dedicated front track pad (e.g. Ferodo 1.1/3.1) could be paired with a rear (e.g. Ferodo DS2500)-- but they're still running the same compounds, just different formulations of such. And even then, I'd only do this for the track.

As for track-- the DS2500 is recommended for *light* track duty. I've used them and burned them up doing HPDE's, but I had a tune and was running a fair bit more power than stock. After detune, the DS2500's were acceptable for HPDE, but I'd still consider them more of an "aggressive street" pad.

R.

[3t3p]

For road use really recommend ebc yellow stuff