BMW M2 Gets New Brakes - Akebono & Zimmermann (Review)

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@BertskiZPolski 7 ай бұрын

For those watching later on, the brakes are still great and I still have no complaints about them. The brake dust is much lower, and I don't seem to lose any stopping power when driving hard. You definitely need to push the brakes harder to get more stopping power compared to the OEM pads. Overall happy with them!

@kellyanderson7115 Ай бұрын

I just did Zimmerman+Akebono and full brake bleed with Bosch 3/4/5.1 fluid on my 2001 BMW 330xi. I've got about 350 miles on them now. I've taken it easy on them so far and the rotors look great. The pedal feel is awesome! They are very smooth and progressive based on the pressure applied to the pedal. If you run your car on the track you may prefer something with more of an initial bite to load the front-end on corner entry. These are more like luxury car brakes, smooth and progressive on initial application. G

@BertskiZPolski Ай бұрын

That is a good point, they definitely have that luxury car smoothness. I still find them great after all this time, but sometimes I underestimate how much force I need to give them for real hard braking

@hawkinsjd11 8 ай бұрын

I was already going to switch to the Akebono on the next brake job. Thanks for the review.

@pkr619 6 ай бұрын

those imprints are normal for these brakes, nothing to worry about. Got them in Audi too

@veloonbruts9707 4 ай бұрын

The characteristics you describing is that they are Ceramic and the OEMs were Semi-Metallic

@BertskiZPolski 4 ай бұрын

You’re right, the OEM pads are semi metallic on the M2.

@Nakka117 7 ай бұрын

how are the new breaks holding up

@BertskiZPolski 7 ай бұрын

So far great after maybe 1500 miles on them. Still no complaints and the brake dust is much less on the front compared to the rear that still has OEM pads. No issues with vibrations, fading, or anything.

@gary56 8 ай бұрын

I don’t have a BMW. Akebono is the only brake pad I will use. Akebono need no brake in period and that comes from Akebono. I have never embedded them and never had a problem.

@BertskiZPolski 8 ай бұрын

That is true for the pads but the Zimmerman rotors do ask for a 300km break in period, so it was still needed in my case. But the Akebonos are great, I’ll definitely use them again.