ATE and Girling brake pads

[mark247]

Simple question: Do ATE and Girling have the same brake pads on a 325i?

The reason i ask this is because i just bought both front and rear pads for my car in the United States ( im here on holiday ) and my car is a German made right hand drive in New Zealand and i have no idea what brake set up i have. My car is a 1986 ( actually made in september 85 ) and i asked for pads for a 1987 ( earliest 325i's to come to the USA ) at Pep Boys, they said they would fit my car but from what i have read this evening there are two makes of calipers. I dont want to go home with the wrong pads so your help would be much appreciated!

Mark

[AndrewBird]

Why not just wait until you get home to buy them? Price or availability issue?

[Disaster Inc]

http://www.fcpgroton.com/bmw-e30_brakes.htm

According to FCP Groton, all E30's use the same pads except for the M3.

[mark247]

Why not just wait until you get home to buy them? Price or availability issue?

Both, they are about 40% cheaper here, and you have a better range. I talked to my mate and he got given the wrong pads first time around with his 325i, and he had to return them, that was in NZ. So i have decided to not risk getting the wrong ones and get one in NZ. Maybe it's just some NZ new BMWs have different pads? Who knows.