I remember fitting non Volvo Pads in my 1987 740 Turbo many years ago a few weeks before going on holiday to Scotland, (£22 v £50 for genuine at the time) all was ok until I was driving down a long mountain pass and using the brakes quite a lots and they started to fade away until there was hardly any braking at all. I drove straight to Oban and to the Volvo dealers and bought a set of Volvo pads and fitted them at the cottage we were staying in. They were far better. I did that same run a few more times and the brakes were perfect with genuine pads. So instead of saving £28 it cost me a total of £72. But could have been worse if I had not made one of those bends on that road.
Last edited by nu11eaf; Feb 25th, 2018 at 16:29.
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