Pad review /// STREET COMFORT

Brembo Prime

Low-metallicStreet comfort

Brembo's OE-replacement pad, built on a low-metallic compound with 10 to 50 percent metal content, an anti-noise shim and a metal backplate. The whole Prime line is ECE R-90 homologated.

Spec sheet

Compound familyLow-metallic
Duty classStreet comfort
Operating window0–380 °C (class default)
Street useYes
Typical price$$$$ · $82–122 / axle
Operating window
0°C300600900°C
Works from 0°C to 380°C (class default)

Character ratings

Bite / stopping power5
Fade resistance3
Cold performance7
Quietness7
Low dust6
Pad life7
Rotor friendliness7

The verdict

Best for: Replacing worn OE pads on a car that left the factory with low-metallic friction.

The trade-off: Low-metallic friction dusts and talks more than any ceramic, and Brembo publishes no temperature range for it.

Reading the numbers

A deliberately balanced compound with no single extreme trait.

Weak spots: fade resistance (3/10).

Ratings here follow this library's rubric: every axis is set by something the maker publishes, or by the duty-class default named below. Character guidance, not lab data.

Where these numbers come from. Class defaults, because Brembo publishes no figure: operating window, bite, cold performance, pad life, rotor friendliness. Noise and dust follow the low-metallic family this library already rates, plus Brembo's published shim and low-dust claims.

Built from brembo.com/en/solutions/for-your-car/prime-pads ↗ and brembo.com/en/solutions/news/guide-choice-car-pads ↗, read 12 September 2026.

Six pads to compare this with

Two share its low-metallic compound and four are other street comfort pads. Inside each group the pad whose heat ceiling sits closest to this one's 380°C comes first.

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