Brake pad life

Steve Gill · 08-06-2021, 02:29 PM

A new record for me, killed brake pads in only one week

Steve Gill · 08-06-2021, 02:32 PM

This might have been a contributing factor

dimab0 · 08-06-2021, 03:12 PM

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This might have been a contributing factor

Awesome photo. Those are the steel brakes, ya? After my first track day with G82, guy comes up at the end (last session was like 8pm) and tells me that my front brakes were glowing cherry-red at the end of the straight. I was concerned at first before I researched it more. Very sad I didn't get a photo like yours! I have the carbon ones and the pad wear was very mild though.

Motorat · 08-06-2021, 03:21 PM

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This might have been a contributing factor

Beautiful

kjx · 08-06-2021, 03:22 PM

Do they offer the package where brakes are covered for 3 years (or whatever higher package)? And did you get it?

solstice · 08-06-2021, 03:26 PM

At least you have almost identical rear and front wear, get them all done at one “pit stop”

Did you have time to get a Knockhill hot lap to compare with your GTS before the brakes melted?

Ximian · 08-06-2021, 03:33 PM

Did you remove the front brake duct covers?

Gfit · 08-06-2021, 03:37 PM

Oh boy. At this rate this car is going to cost you a ton to keep driving like that. Has to be some sort of record at least

solstice · 08-06-2021, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gfit

Oh boy. At this rate this car is going to cost you a ton to keep driving like that. Has to be some sort of record at least

Yep, 1w tracking is the record for longest lasting pads it seems…

https://g80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1844751

chicagofan00 · 08-06-2021, 06:34 PM

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This might have been a contributing factor

Frame and wall hanging worthy photo right there! 👍🏻

pikcachu · 08-07-2021, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kjx

Do they offer the package where brakes are covered for 3 years (or whatever higher package)? And did you get it?

There is BMW Ultimate Care + but not sure if it's available for the M3/4

kjx · 08-07-2021, 02:33 PM

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There is BMW Ultimate Care + but not sure if it's available for the M3/4

It appears it is available, but the pricing on the BMW site seems suspect.
https://bmwusaservice.com/ultimatecare

It says $700 to get UltimateCare+ coverage for brakes, etc. for the 3 years. And then $700 per every additional year after that.

This seems like great value since I wore out my rear brakes on my 435i in about 20k miles and the front ones at 28k miles. The second set appears to be lasting me much longer with a good amount of life left in both.

pikcachu · 08-08-2021, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by kjx

It appears it is available, but the pricing on the BMW site seems suspect.
https://bmwusaservice.com/ultimatecare

It says $700 to get UltimateCare+ coverage for brakes, etc. for the 3 years. And then $700 per every additional year after that.

This seems like great value since I wore out my rear brakes on my 435i in about 20k miles and the front ones at 28k miles. The second set appears to be lasting me much longer with a good amount of life left in both.

yeah but when i selected M3 on the model it showed not available

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