Hella Pagid 355025401 Rear Brake Pad Set | Low-Metallic

The Hella Pagid 355025401 is a low-metallic rear disc brake pad set built for Land Rover's Range Rover Evoque and closely related Land Rover applications. It's a straight replacement for the factory rear pads, and it ships as a set with the mounting hardware you need to do the job right. If your Evoque is starting to squeal, pulse, or just isn't stopping the way it used to, this is the part that gets it back to feeling like new.

Hella Pagid is Hella's braking division, and Pagid has been making friction material for the original-equipment and motorsport world for a long time. That heritage matters on a heavy vehicle like the Evoque. The rear brakes on these do more work than people expect, especially with the electronic stability and hill-descent systems leaning on them constantly. A cheap pad glazes, fades, and chews through rotors. A properly formulated low-metallic pad holds its bite through repeated stops and treats your rotors kindly.

So what does low-metallic actually mean for you? It's a friction compound with a small percentage of steel and iron mixed into an organic base. The trade-off is simple. You get stronger cold bite and better heat handling than a plain organic pad, which is exactly what you want on an SUV that carries weight and tows now and then. The give-back is a little more brake dust and a touch more noise than a pure ceramic pad. For most Evoque owners that's a fair deal, because the stopping performance is the priority and the dust wipes off the wheels easily enough.

Fitment is the thing to nail down before you order. This set is engineered for the rear axle of the Range Rover Evoque and the Land Rover applications that share the same caliper. Land Rover ran a few brake variants across model years and trims, so do yourself a favor and confirm the part against your VIN or measure your current pad before you buy. Getting the right pad the first time saves you a second trip under the truck.

The install itself is straightforward for anyone comfortable with a rear caliper. You'll pull the wheel, retract the caliper piston, swap the pads, and fit the new hardware that comes in the box. On vehicles with an electric parking brake, and the Evoque is one of them, you'll need to put the rear calipers into service mode with a scan tool before you can wind the piston back. That's the one step that trips people up. Plan for it. If you don't have a capable scan tool, a shop can drop the calipers into service mode in a couple of minutes.

Don't skip the bed-in. New pads and rotors need a proper break-in to transfer an even layer of friction material onto the disc. Once everything's bolted up, find a safe stretch of road and make a series of moderate stops from around 35 mph down to 10, maybe eight or ten of them, without coming to a full stop or riding the brakes. Then give them a few minutes of easy driving to cool. Do this right and you'll get quiet, even braking and long pad life. Skip it and you risk uneven deposits, which show up as a pulse through the pedal that people often mistake for warped rotors.

Speaking of rotors, take a look at yours while you're in there. If they're grooved, lipped, or below the minimum thickness stamped on the hat, replace them with the pads. Fresh pads on tired rotors never seat properly and you'll be back in there sooner than you'd like. Hella Pagid offers a matched rotor kit for these applications if you want everything to wear in together.

Who's this for? The Evoque owner who wants a quality rear pad without guessing at no-name parts. It's OE-grade friction from a maker that supplies the original-equipment world, at a price that beats the dealer counter. You get the pads, you get the hardware, and you get a part that fits and performs the way the factory intended. That's the whole point.