Technical Dodgy Brake Pads

[Shuggie]

My Panda MJ has had to have new front discs and pads. Nothing unusual in that, for a car with over 118k miles on the clock, but the pads were literally falling apart. There was a good amount of material left on them, but all 4 pad blocks had very nearly come away from their backplates,. I can't tell what brand they were (they were on the car when I bought it), but how common is this? I presume that they were cheap, poor quality parts, but maybe I'm wrong. Can anyone shed light on this?

The car's braking has been transformed with new, quality parts.

 

[Gavv8]

I've seen brake shoe material separate from the shoe but I've never seen brake pads separate like that as they are usually one piece..

 

[s and b]

if you are alight braker then pads may have been in years?
pads like shoes do delaminate and not just cheap ones either

 

[Goudrons]

I've noticed on three different Panda the genuine pads from the factory are fairly poor, the mother in laws looked like they were made of fecal matter!

 

[Wee Smurf]

Lol. I'd say you're right there. My factory fitted ones were pretty much rubbish.