Brake pads

Rigorous and comprehensive

Apec pads are subjected to tough tests to make sure they meet our exacting criteria for outstanding performance, comfort and safety. Testing takes place in laboratories, on test tracks and mountain roads.

Laboratory and track testing
Pads undergo extended dynamometer tests, to simulate continual everyday and extreme driving. On the test track, the pads are installed in a variety of cars and repeatedly subjected to high speed braking, and aggressive stop-start city driving.

Mountain road testing
Again using different types of car, the pads are tested during average speed and high speed descents of the demanding Glossglockner Alpine pass, which falls with an average 12% gradient from 2571m, over 16km.

Despite minimal time allowed for the descent, the pads must not exceed strict limits for their final temperatures and must still demonstrate safe stopping ability at the end of the Pass.

Beyond required standards
Apec brake pads are subjected to, and pass, tests which are often considerably more demanding than the R90 and R13 standards set by the international motor industry.