Gremlin500 wrote:

Most of what you hear on the internet really is pure conjecture, as to the differences in quality between OEM and aftermarket alternatives, -you literally have no other way to compare the differences between suppliers than by experimentation, this goes for both discs and friction materials

Mines a L322 but, just bought Brembo discs for both ends purely because they have a nice thick anti rust coating.
Boxes were sealed with a Brembo hologram and they were made in Poland!!
Pairing them with EBC Greenstuff pads so I'm keeping my fingers crossed they work out OK.

Bit of idle googling….From memory there was no indication on the Lr front discs who makes them, but LR016176 is made in Poland and a statement sheet I found from Brembo it lists the clients of its Dabrowa Gornicza plant, with LR among them…..

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I’ve gone down a rabbit hole……

One interesting brake disc company is Zimmerman. They make their discs in germany and have good waffle on their site about how they match materials to the original discs etc and their products perform to exactly the same standards as OE.

https://www.otto-zimmermann.de/en/products/sport-brake-discs/

🤷‍♂️ i suppose at the end of the day you pays the money and takes the choice…… I might give them a bash and see what theyre like… they aren’t a budget option at about the same price as Brembo, but they aren’t shipped 1/2 way round the world….. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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My Zimmerman discs showed up yesterday from Autodoc. Well packaged, plenty of info on the labels.

Nice coating of anti corrosion material on them, stamped round the hub Made in Germany, with all the were data. Good weighty feel to them, they seem to be quality items. I’ve had cheap discs before which I use on the work D4, and these feel much better pieces of kit.

The proof will be in the fitting and use but that will have to wait for a spare day as the rest of Jan seems to have filled up with weekend activities. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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2021 Discovery 5 D300 MHEV commercial

I've got Borg&Beck (Advanced factors) allround on mine pretty much dust and noise free and no complaints about the stopping power. Previous Brembo (JLR marked) front disks warped and the Delphi pads were both noisy and dusty. B&B are not expensive either. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)