Quijote
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Up to 85k miles and I think my 4th or 5th set of pads and rotors on my 2011 LR4 (have always just changed all pads and rotors when needed, to avoid noises and other potential issues I've been warned about - not a risk-taker with brakes and tires). I typically purchase the full brake kit on Atlantic British (currently $859) and bring to a local shop. It looks like Atlantic British now has an EBC kit for the LR4, which is about $90 more than the OEM kit. Wondering if anyone has good/bad experience with those EBC pads/rotors? Primarily concerned with performance, and not brake dust (although less brake dust would be welcome, if performance was equal to or better than OEM brakes). Link to the kit is below.
https://www.roverparts.com/Parts/8843EBC
I bought the full OEM set (rotors/pads/sensors) because I knew my pads were very worn at ~24k miles or so. Replaced the pads, but I checked the disks and I had only used up about a third of the rotors (about 3 years in). Kept the rotors and sensors for the next change of pads. No issues at all. Brakes work perfectly. That was almost two years ago. It should be another two years before I need new pads since I now put only about 5 miles per year. I'm at under 31.5k miles now.
I could maybe even get a third set of pads out of the rotors, but that's definitely pushing it, IMO, and I'd also risk potentially ruining a good (and expensive) set of OEM pads prematurely.