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Originally Posted by Balistaff
Related question. I get that it may come down to personal choice and pocket depth, but the Main Volvo Dealer is quoting IRO £117 for a set of front XC90 pads.
Euro Car Part offers a set of Brembo pads for £70 with another two choices (Pagid & Eicher) for an additional three and six pounds. I've previously used Brembo Pads on a (now dead) Alfa 159 Ti (with Brembo calipers) as well as my previous Volvo V70.
I also get that there is a question of "Should you Skimp on Safety", but aftermarket parts are IMHO a viable option.
I remember having problems with non-Volvo brake shoes on my previous V70, for it's parking brake (e-brake), and then reverting to Volvo parts to solve. But this may have just been curvature issues rather than material composition.
Thoughts from the community?
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It depends. Some aftermarket parts are decent, some are junk.
Brembo for example are decent. I've used them multiple times with no issues.
Pagid are junk... the discs warped within 3 months on my car. I will never use them again for discs or pads.
Eicher - I wouldn't use them either. The material that they're made with is too hard and it makes the brakes noisy.
I still think the best ones are genuine. If there's a huge difference in price, then I go aftermarket and get something like Brembo. If there's not much in it, then I go with genuine.