Hi mate

I agree with Mike - the point made about the holes is really important - the only thing I would say is that Alcons have a good rep but they are for performance, and are quite expensive for discs I believe.

So far I have only ever used OEM, but not needed to change for a while.

Whilst it is true that Textar make the oem pads, I am not sure that it follows that the compound is identical for teh pattern parts - I may be wrong, but when I used pattern on my M5 I noted that they lasted nothing like as long as the OEM BMW items (also made by textar). So dont take it as read that the same make means same compound.

I would say again - I could be wrong!

JJ