Bolk pads

waidz

Are these Bolk brake discs and pads any good?

biko

Moved out from someone's old thread.

There are mentions of Bolk if you search before http://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?query=bolk
but to be honest, go with a name brand like Mintex or similar.

corks finest

waidz wrote: »

Are these Bolk brake discs and pads any good?

Had them via Mr auto,on a 1.3 fabia,yeah,did ok

SpannerMonkey

bolk are the cheapest of the cheap common brands personally id stick with the oem brands like

ATE
Pagid
Textar

not much more and names you can trust

The Sidewards Man

Are Bolk the same as other brands that the little man in China is producing?

corks finest

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

bolk are the cheapest of the cheap common brands personally id stick with the oem brands like

ATE
Pagid
Textar

not much more and names you can trust

May be, but obviously there's a strict safety code ref brake part's brought into Europe

CJhaughey

corks finest wrote: »

May be, but obviously there's a strict safety code ref brake part's brought into Europe

I think its ECE R90 spec for brake pads. It lays down the spec for wet/dry braking performance.
Obviously there will be differences with different pads but for an average driver that isn't asking track performance they should be fine.
Its not just as simple as saying that Chinese stuff is poor quality, many big manufacturers are making stuff in India and China to their specs.
I don't hear a lot of people complaining about Chinese made iphones, so why would it be any different for anything else?

corks finest

CJhaughey wrote: »

I think its ECE R90 spec for brake pads. It lays down the spec for wet/dry braking performance.
Obviously there will be differences with different pads but for an average driver that isn't asking track performance they should be fine.
Its not just as simple as saying that Chinese stuff is poor quality, many big manufacturers are making stuff in India and China to their specs.
I don't hear a lot of people complaining about Chinese made iphones, so why would it be any different for anything else?

Correct

SpannerMonkey

corks finest wrote: »

May be, but obviously there's a strict safety code ref brake part's brought into Europe

there is but there is still good and bad performers . and for the sake of 20 quid on brakes of all things id stick with the ones i know perform better