[Ehloo]

several recent post about the 1500’s. recently installed mine and yes brake dust is significantly better. night and day.

but my experience is they feel completely different than stock pads which i would say had great brake feel and performance.

my brake pressure is significantly harder to get the same stopping power on the street compared to stocks. i havent had any hard stops yet and probably worried as i am not confident yet how they react and pressure needed

i am not impressed with their performance and weighing the benefits of the reduced brake dust.

it’s interesting that many say they feel compiler to stock. i am having a completely different experience. i believe there are a couple other forum members feeling the same as me but majority think they are fine.

i will probably switch out the 2000’s

[IanH]

Originally Posted by Ehloo

several recent post about the 1500’s. recently installed mine and yes brake dust is significantly better. night and day.

but my experience is they feel completely different than stock pads which i would say had great brake feel and performance.

my brake pressure is significantly harder to get the same stopping power on the street compared to stocks. i havent had any hard stops yet and probably worried as i am not confident yet how they react and pressure needed

i am not impressed with their performance and weighing the benefits of the reduced brake dust.

it’s interesting that many say they feel compiler to stock. i am having a completely different experience. i believe there are a couple other forum members feeling the same as me but majority think they are fine.

i will probably switch out the 2000’s

By reading this post it sounds like you didn't bed the pads?

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by IanH

By reading this post it sounds like you didn't bed the pads?

I agree. I took mine out and did several easy stops from various speeds, then harder stops, then hard stops just to the point before engaging abs.

[Ronin76]

Originally Posted by IanH

By reading this post it sounds like you didn't bed the pads?

Sorry, new to brake pads. What is the proper way to bed iSweep 1500 brake pads? I am thinking of purchasing them for my car (whenever I take delivery) and would like to know this.

[IanH]

Originally Posted by Ronin76

Sorry, new to brake pads. What is the proper way to bed iSweep 1500 brake pads? I am thinking of purchasing them for my car (whenever I take delivery) and would like to know this.

Its somehow not as well known as it should be.

Brake pads need to deposit the material they are made of onto the surface of the brake rotor. For some pads bedding is more important than others. Whenever you are switching pad compounds its pretty important.

First you should see if there is a manufacturer suggested process. Best done at night when you can get some space with nobody around, and should all be done in quick succession as the goal is to get everything nice and hot.

Get the car to 35-40mph, medium-hard stop to 5mph, never to zero. Repeat 4x
Get the car to 50-55mph, full pedal down to 5mph, repeat 4x

Drive for at least 15 minutes after to cool things down.

Done. Does not need to be repeated if retaining the same compond.

[aerobod]

Bedding procedure is somewhat dependent on manufacturer and pads. In some cases I’ve had to do 10x 130km/h to 10km/h (80mph to 5mph) stops in a 5 minute period to get proper pad transfer with a particularly aggressive pad, on the other hand for some street pads the manufacturers specifically state only gentle braking for the first 500 km / 300 miles.

[Angmar]

Originally Posted by IanH

By reading this post it sounds like you didn't bed the pads?

The stock pads are metallic and metallic always has better bite and stopping power and overheat/brake fade resistance. Doesn’t surprise me at all that a low dust pad doesn’t stop as good as the oem pads. Will get even worse if you start pushing the brakes hard. It’s the only thing that has stopped me from switching to low dust pads I can’t stand brake dust . As long as brake dust is more important than performance and you don’t push your car hard or mind swapping pads when you go to the track it’s not too big of a deal.

[IanH]

More comments from the peanut gallery who haven't actually tried isweep 1500 pads... so bizarre.

They don't bite quite as hard as oem metallics, but there is no lack of stopping power or a significant feeling of difference in braking performance.

[BIGW0RM]

I find this thread to be rather interesting. I got the is2000 or 2500, don’t remember. The ones above the 1500’s on my g80 m3. And they felt identical to stock to me.

Maybe the 1500’s are different but the ones above those are exactly like OEM.

ISweeps are probably the most popular brake pad on the m3 forum. Many of the otherwise well know brands rattled, squeeled, moved around, etc. And or did not help dust that much.

Go read the m3 forums for real reviews from people who actually tried them. They are literally all over the m3 forum.

I’ll be putting the 2000’s on mine ASAP.

Those feel 100% identical to me. With 75% less dust too.

They have been in the vw/audi world for 25+yrs. You’ll see them all over those forums too.

https://isweep-tuning.com/aboutus/index.html

[BroDoze]

is2000s have the same or better cold bite than stock. This is reported heavily. There is ZERO downsides to the is2000s for street driving. The is1500s have slightly less initial cold bite than stock. Some people can’t tell a difference.
I have the is2000s and they’re awesome and I’m super anal about braking performance over dust. I run EBC Yellows on 2 other vehicles and they dust like crazy, but their performance is worth it. I wish I could find iSweeps for them, dammit.

[Angmar]

Originally Posted by BIGW0RM

I find this thread to be rather interesting. I got the is2000 or 2500, don’t remember. The ones above the 1500’s on my g80 m3. And they felt identical to stock to me.

Maybe the 1500’s are different but the ones above those are exactly like OEM.

ISweeps are probably the most popular brake pad on the m3 forum. Many of the otherwise well know brands rattled, squeeled, moved around, etc. And or did not help dust that much.

Go read the m3 forums for real reviews from people who actually tried them. They are literally all over the m3 forum.

I’ll be putting the 2000’s on mine ASAP.

Those feel 100% identical to me. With 75% less dust too.

They have been in the vw/audi world for 25+yrs. You’ll see them all over those forums too.

https://isweep-tuning.com/aboutus/index.html

The 1500s are definetely different then the 2000 and 2500. The 1500s will get brake fade after just a couple hard decelerations where the oem pads will not. When I say hard decelerations I don’t mean farting around on the highway doing moderate braking up to a red light or an exit I’m talking going from 100+ to 30 in just a few moments. They are unable to transfer heat as efficiently as metal. This is why all heavy duty pads for trucks and all track pads are metallic. The downside of that better heat transfer and grab is way more brake dust. I’ll say again…if you don’t track your car ever or do consecutive hard decelerations on the street you probably won’t have any issue with them. I don’t think it’s a bad product or anything just pointing out ymmv depending on your driving style and what you want out of your car. I would get the 2000s though not the 1500s.

[Bret]

I appreciate all of the information in this discussion. I lover silver wheels but hate brake dust. I cleaned the silver wheels on my 2025 M2 this weekend. They're the most time-consuming wheels to clean that I've ever encountered. I'm perfectly willing to trade off some performance for not having to clean wheels as often. I installed low dusting pads on my 2014 435i and 2017 F-Type S and honestly didn't notice a difference. Perhaps there was a difference, but I guess my driving aggressive enough to notice. All this to say that I'm sold on replacing the brake pads. I do have a question about the iSWEEP 2000's. Are they as low dust as the 1500's? If not, how does the amount of dust they produce compare to the 1500's and stock pads? Finally, where's the best place to buy them?

[Ronin76]

Originally Posted by Bret

I appreciate all of the information in this discussion. I lover silver wheels but hate brake dust. I cleaned the silver wheels on my 2025 M2 this weekend. They're the most time-consuming wheels to clean that I've ever encountered. I'm perfectly willing to trade off some performance for not having to clean wheels as often. I installed low dusting pads on my 2014 435i and 2017 F-Type S and honestly didn't notice a difference. Perhaps there was a difference, but I guess my driving aggressive enough to notice. All this to say that I'm sold on replacing the brake pads. I do have a question about the iSWEEP 2000's. Are they as low dust as the 1500's? If not, how does the amount of dust they produce compare to the 1500's and stock pads?

Yeah want to know this as well. If OEM pads produce a 10 out of 10 in brake dust and 1500s produce say 3 out of 10. Where do the 2000s sit on that scale?

[DarkNight707]

Originally Posted by Ronin76

Yeah want to know this as well. If OEM pads produce a 10 out of 10 in brake dust and 1500s produce say 3 out of 10. Where do the 2000s sit on that scale?

I would say, for my driving, the 2000 would be a 6.89 out of 10. My reasons: they do dust less than OEM but my wheels are dirty at 200 miles. Good thing, the dust is black and easier to power wash.

If you want to see them, I loaded some pictures of my wheels at over 1,200 mi and around 200-250mi (cannot remember the exact numbers) in the isweep thread that mention something about their lunch break.

Edit: here are the links to the posts.

https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=31326011

https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=31330260

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by Bret

I appreciate all of the information in this discussion. I lover silver wheels but hate brake dust. I cleaned the silver wheels on my 2025 M2 this weekend. They're the most time-consuming wheels to clean that I've ever encountered. Finally, where's the best place to buy them?

Just be thankful you don't have an X3MC with the 21" stock wheels. Take the time it takes to clean our M2 wheels and add another 20 min or so. They suck even with the iSweep 1500s, but my wife loves them (because she doesn't have to clean them).

I purchased the iSweep pads for both vehicles from RG Sport.

[BIGW0RM]

If oem is 10 out of 10 on dust level.

I say the 2000’s are a 4.

They easily go three times the distance vs OEM before the wheels look dirty. At least based on how I drive around suburbia.

I’m getting them asap! ASAP!