Fake vs Original Brembo: How to Check Genuine Brembo, EBC, Pagid & DBA Brakes in India (2026)

To check genuine Brembo, scan the QR code on the box with the free Brembo Check app. On brake pads the code is on the tamper-evident seal, and on discs it sits on the label next to a Brembo hologram. For EBC, Pagid, DBA, HEL and the motorcycle pad brands there is no public scan-to-verify system. With those you check the packaging, that the part number matches the brand's catalogue, that the markings on the part itself are right, and that the price makes sense. Then buy from a seller who gives you a GST invoice and can tell you where the stock came from. This guide covers every check, brand by brand.

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Fake brake parts are a bigger problem in India than most buyers realise. In July 2025, Delhi Police seized more than one lakh duplicate spare parts, brake pads among them, along with the printing equipment used to make convincing boxes. Raids like this keep happening because a fake pad costs very little to make and sells for close to the price of a real one.

We sell Brembo, Brembo Sport, EBC, Pagid Racing, DBA, HEL, BrakeKraft, DP Brakes, Vesrah, NGage, CRANK1, 66BHP and Icer, so we see these parts every day. This is the checklist we use ourselves, and you can use it on any order, whoever you buy from.

Genuine check by brand: the quick answer

Why a fake brake part is worse than a fake anything else

A fake T-shirt fades and a fake phone charger stops charging. A fake brake pad fails at the moment you need it most, which is during a hard stop from speed.

• The friction material is the product. Genuine pads use compounds that are tested so the brakes keep gripping when hot. Counterfeits often use cheap fillers that grip well enough when cold, then fade badly after a couple of hard stops on a ghat road or an expressway.
• The backing plate and shims matter. If the pad material is badly bonded it can separate from the plate. Shims that are missing or badly made cause noise and vibration.
• Discs have to handle heat. A disc cast from poor-quality iron can warp, crack or wear below its safe thickness long before it should.
• Any warranty is gone. No brand will honour a claim on a part it never made.

A fake part also isn't always obvious when you first fit it. A counterfeit pad can feel normal for the first week of city driving. The problem shows up later, when the brakes get hot.

The 8-point check that works for every brake brand

Run these checks before any brake part goes on your car or bike, whatever the brand.

1. Check that the price makes sense. If one seller has Brembo or EBC pads at 40 to 60 percent below everyone else, the stock is either counterfeit, old grey stock or misdescribed. Genuine stock carries the same duty and freight costs for every seller, so real prices can only drop so far.
2. Check that the box is sealed. Premium brands such as Brembo ship pads in a sealed box. If a brand normally seals its box, a torn, re-taped or resealed one is a reason to stop and ask questions.
3. Match the part number three ways. The number on the box label should match the number on the product page and the number in the brand's own catalogue for your vehicle. For example, a Brembo disc number looks like 08.4750.34, a Brembo Sport pad like 07.B314.52 and a Pagid Racing pad like T8113SP2001.
4. Read the barcode. Genuine boxes carry a proper EAN barcode. Every genuine Brembo aftermarket disc we have listed starts with 8020584, Brembo's barcode prefix. A barcode that won't scan, or that brings up a different product, is a red flag.
5. Read the markings on the part, not only the box. Fakers spend money on boxes and save it on the part. European-brand replacement pads and discs normally carry an ECE R90 approval mark (an "E" in a circle with a number, followed by 90R). Discs should have the minimum thickness ("MIN TH") cast or stamped on them.
6. Check the print and finish. Look for blurry logos, spelling mistakes, rough edges on the friction material, uneven chamfers and paint that rubs off with a thumbnail. Genuine parts are made on industrial production lines and look like it.
7. Compare it with the part you're replacing. The new pad's shape, thickness, wear-indicator slots and clip positions should match your old one exactly. If something has to be forced to fit, stop.
8. Get a GST invoice from a seller you can trace. You want a proper tax invoice with a GSTIN, a real business address and a phone number that someone answers. An invoice is no guarantee on its own, but anonymous sellers who can't give you one are where most fakes come from.

How to check genuine Brembo brake pads and discs

Brembo is the most copied brake brand in the world, and it also gives buyers the best tools to check what they've bought. Brembo explains the system on its own "Recognize original products" page. The steps below follow it.

Illustration: a genuine Brembo Prime box (left) and the kind of near-identical copy sold online (right). The giveaways are a more orange red, softer printing and blurred artwork, and you need to look closely to see them.

Brembo brake pads

• Tamper-evident "void" seal: Current Brembo pad boxes are closed with a clear security seal with a red Brembo strip, running over the edge of the lid. If someone peels it off, the word "VOID" stays printed on the box, so you can't remove the seal and put it back without it showing.
• A unique QR code on the seal: Each seal has its own QR code. Scan it with the free Brembo Check app (Android and iOS), or enter the code on Brembo's website, and Brembo confirms whether it's original.
• Markings on the pad: The pad itself should carry the Brembo logo, the Brembo part code and its approval markings.

Scan the QR code on the clear security seal, not the printed "fitting instructions" QR on the bottom of the box.

Brembo brake discs

• A hologram plus a QR code: The label on a disc box has a Brembo hologram, which Brembo says can't be forged, along with a QR code you can scan in Brembo Check.
• Markings on the disc: Look for the Brembo logo, the part code, the ECE R90 approval and the "MIN TH" minimum thickness value.
• The coating: Brembo's road discs have a grey anti-corrosion coating on the hat, edges and cooling vents. The braking surface itself is bare machined iron, so a light film of surface rust on it is completely normal, especially in humid weather or after storage, and it wipes off within the first few stops. What isn't normal is a disc with no coating at all on the hat and vents.

Genuine discs carry the minimum thickness ("MIN TH") on the disc itself, not just on the box. Once the disc wears to this figure, it must be replaced.

Brembo Sport (HP2000 / HP2 pads) and High Performance parts

Brembo's performance range, sold here as Brembo Sport HP2 pads and discs, has also used a scratch card in a sealed wallet. You scratch off the silver strip, and the code underneath is checked on Brembo's original-product site. Older stock that was already in the distribution chain before the app launched may have a scratch card rather than a QR code. That stock is still genuine.

Two Brembo warnings worth knowing

• If the app warns that the code has been scanned many times, take it seriously. Counterfeiters copy one real QR code onto thousands of fake boxes. If Brembo Check says the code is valid but has already been scanned many times in different places, treat the part as suspect.
• Not every Brembo product has a QR code. Pure racing products and some motorcycle ranges are made differently. If the box has no code, fall back on the 8-point check above and ask your seller where the stock came from.

What about "Brembo" calipers?

Search for "Brembo calipers price in India" and you'll find red 4-piston and 6-piston kits for ₹15,000 to ₹40,000. Those are replicas. A genuine Brembo GT big-brake kit is an engineered system of calipers, discs, brackets and lines, and in India it costs lakhs of rupees, not thousands. The usual giveaways on a fake are a logo applied as a sticker that peels (on the real thing it is printed and baked under the lacquer), rough casting, no part numbers or serial numbers on the caliper body, and "universal fit" brackets. Brembo has itself flagged fake car calipers, mostly made in China and Taiwan, as a known problem.

Illustration of a replica “Brembo” caliper. Look for a stick-on logo with a visible edge, orange-tinted paint with runs, overspray on the bolts and bleed nipple, no cast part numbers and a slotted “universal” bracket. Genuine Brembo calipers have the logo printed and sealed under the lacquer.

One thing confuses a lot of Indian bike owners. ByBre is Brembo's own brand for smaller motorcycles and is made in India. A ByBre caliper on your bike is a genuine Brembo-group part, not a fake.

Shop genuine: Brembo brake pads and discs (600+ fitments) · Brembo Sport HP2

How to check genuine EBC brake pads and discs

EBC Brakes is a UK brand, and its pads are copied heavily, especially Greenstuff, Redstuff and the motorcycle HH sintered pads. As far as we know, EBC doesn't run a public QR-code verification system like Brembo's, so the physical checks matter more.

• Each compound has its own colour. EBC car pads are named after the colour of the friction material: Greenstuff is green, Redstuff red, Yellowstuff yellow and Bluestuff blue. If the box says Yellowstuff and the pad is grey or black, it's wrong.
• The part number has to match EBC's catalogue. Car pad codes start with DP, and discs use codes such as BSD1201. Put the number into EBC's fitment lookup and confirm it lists your exact car. Fakes often have a real-looking number on a pad of the wrong shape.
• Discs should look precisely made. On genuine EBC BSD Blade Sport discs, the blade slots are cut evenly and the finish is consistent. Shallow, uneven or painted-on "slots" mean a fake.
• The printing should be sharp. EBC boxes are properly printed and labelled. If the barcode label is blurry, crooked or printed on plain paper, walk away.

Performance pad compounds are often colour-coded. If the colour on the pad doesn't match the compound named on the box, stop.

Shop genuine: EBC brake pads and discs · e.g. EBC BSD1201 Blade Sport discs for Audi, Skoda and VW

How to check genuine Pagid Racing brake pads

Pagid Racing pads are top-end products. Street+ pads for a BMW 3 Series cost close to ₹29,000 a set, which is exactly why people copy them.

• The part number and compound code should match. Pagid numbers include the compound, so a T8113SP2001 is a Street+ pad. The box label, the listing and Pagid's catalogue entry for your car should all match.
• The friction material should be even. Counterfeit Pagids often show uneven friction material, poor printing and packaging that doesn't quite match the real thing.
• Look hard at a cheap price. A genuine Street+ or RS-compound pad costs a lot to import. "Pagid" at a third of the market price isn't a lucky find.

Shop genuine: Pagid Racing brake pads and fluid

How to check genuine DBA rotors and pads

DBA (Disc Brakes Australia) is known for its slotted and vented rotors.

• The vane design: DBA's 4000 and 5000 series rotors use the brand's "Kangaroo Paw" ventilation pattern between the friction faces. If a "DBA 4000" rotor has plain straight vanes, it isn't one.
• Branding and part numbers: Genuine DBA rotors and pads carry DBA branding and a DBA part number, such as DB2223SS for Street Series pads. That number should match the catalogue entry for your vehicle.
• T-slots and finish: DBA's T2/T3 slots are cut cleanly and to a consistent depth, and the rotors have a protective coating.

Shop genuine: DBA brake rotors and pads

How to check genuine HEL braided brake lines

Braided lines are a popular upgrade, and a fake line is dangerous because a hose failure means you lose braking on that circuit.

• Vehicle-specific kits: Genuine HEL lines come as kits made for a specific model, for example HEL kits for the VW Virtus and Taigun. The lengths and fittings should match your car exactly, without adapters.
• The fittings and hose: Look for good-quality fittings and HEL branding on the hose or packaging. Cheap "universal" braided hose with crimped fittings and no markings is not the same product.
• Who fits them: Even genuine lines have to be fitted, torqued and bled properly. Have a workshop you trust do the job.

Shop genuine: HEL braided brake lines · All braided brake lines

Motorcycle brake pads: NGage, Vesrah, CRANK1, 66BHP, Icer and DP Brakes

Bike pads are small, cheap to ship and in demand everywhere, so they are the parts counterfeiters target most in India. Fakes of popular Royal Enfield, KTM and Dominar fitments turn up all the time on marketplaces.

• The pad code should match your model. Every brand uses its own codes, such as Vesrah SD-953 or NGage HB 164 / HBS 164. Check that the code is correct for your bike and for the front or rear position.
• Make sure you have the compound you paid for. Ceramic pads (often marked HB) and sintered pads (often HBS) look and behave differently. A sintered pad has a metallic, granular surface. If you paid sintered prices, you should get a sintered pad. Our ceramic vs sintered guide explains the difference.
• Be wary of heavily discounted DP Brakes. Genuine DP Brakes sell at the official MRP in the brand's own packaging, so deep discounts on DP pads are a warning sign.
• Check the backing plate and wear indicators. Genuine pads have properly painted or coated backing plates, firmly bonded friction material and the right wear-indicator slots. A touch of surface rust on the plate edges after storage in humid weather is normal. Bare, unpainted plates or friction material lifting away from the plate are not.

Shop genuine: NGage · 66BHP · Icer · DP Brakes · All performance brake pads

Red flags at a glance

How Rawtorque makes sure what you get is genuine

The question we get asked most, on WhatsApp and in our inbox, is "Is this original?" Here is how we answer it.

• Original brand packaging. Your parts ship in the manufacturer's own packaging. Where the brand uses seals, holograms or QR codes, as Brembo does, they arrive intact so you can check them yourself with the Brembo Check app or the brand's catalogue.
• The real part number on every listing. Our product pages show the manufacturer's part number and, where the brand publishes it, the EAN barcode and specifications such as disc diameter and minimum thickness. You can compare the box with the listing as soon as it arrives.
• A GST tax invoice on every order. Pricing includes GST, and every order comes with a proper invoice from a registered Indian business.
• We check fitment before you pay. Brake parts vary by variant, engine, year and the braking system fitted. Send us your registration number and we'll confirm the correct part number before you order.
• We deal directly with Brembo. Our Brembo and Brembo Sport range comes from Brembo with no middlemen in between, so each box reaches you exactly as Brembo sealed it, with its seals, holograms and QR codes intact. Every other brand we sell is just as genuine, in the manufacturer's own packaging and covered by the manufacturer's standard warranty.
• Check before you fit, and we've got you covered. Open the box, scan the code and compare the part with your old one before the workshop installs it. If a part is defective, or doesn't fit a vehicle we said it fits, tell us within 7 days of delivery and once we've verified it, we'll replace or refund it at no cost to you. Report transit damage, a missing item or a wrong item within 24 hours of delivery, with an unboxing video. Brake parts can't be returned for a change of mind, so send us your vehicle details first and we'll confirm the right part. Full details are in our return, refund and warranty policy.

If you're still unsure where to buy, our guide on buying performance parts online in India without getting burnt covers the rest.

Suspect you've already bought a fake? Do this

1. Don't fit it. If it's already fitted, have the brakes inspected before you drive hard.
2. Photograph everything, including the box, seal, label, barcode, the part from both sides and the invoice.
3. Scan or look up the code. For Brembo, save a screenshot of what Brembo Check shows.
4. Contact the seller in writing, and if they can't explain where the part came from, contact the brand directly with your photos.
5. Report it. Marketplaces act on counterfeit complaints, and fake auto-parts rackets are an offence that police in India are actively going after.

Before fitting, compare the new pad with the old one: the shape, thickness and wear-indicator slots should match exactly.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check if Brembo brake pads are original?

Check that the box is closed with Brembo's tamper-evident seal, then scan the QR code on the seal with the free Brembo Check app or enter the code on Brembo's website. Then confirm the pad carries the Brembo logo, part code and approval markings, and that the part number matches Brembo's catalogue for your vehicle.

Do all genuine Brembo products have a QR code?

No. Current aftermarket pads and discs have one, but older stock may have a scratch card instead, and some racing and motorcycle ranges are made differently. If there's no code, check the seal, the markings, the part number, the barcode and where the seller got the stock.

Is Brembo Check free and does it work in India?

Yes. Brembo Check is a free app on Android and iOS, and it reads the QR code printed on the box, so it works wherever you are.

Are cheap red Brembo calipers sold online genuine?

Almost never. A genuine Brembo big-brake kit costs lakhs of rupees in India. Red calipers for ₹15,000 to ₹40,000 are replicas or repainted stock calipers, and they have nothing to do with Brembo.

Is ByBre the same as Brembo?

ByBre is Brembo's own brand for smaller-capacity motorcycles, made in India. It isn't the same product line as Brembo-branded parts, but it isn't a fake. It's a genuine Brembo-group part.

How can I tell if EBC brake pads are genuine?

Check that the pad colour matches the compound (Greenstuff green, Redstuff red, Yellowstuff yellow, Bluestuff blue), that the part number is listed in EBC's fitment catalogue for your car or bike, and that the box is intact and properly printed. Buy from a seller who gives you a GST invoice.

Is a GST invoice proof that a brake part is genuine?

Not on its own, but it means a registered business is accountable for the sale. Combine it with intact original packaging, matching part numbers and correct markings on the part.

Are Rawtorque's Brembo, EBC and Pagid parts genuine?

Yes. We deal directly with Brembo, and every branded part we sell is genuine and carries the manufacturer's standard warranty. Each one ships in the manufacturer's own packaging, with the brand's seals and codes intact where it uses them, along with a GST invoice. You can check a Brembo part yourself with the Brembo Check app before it's fitted. If anything doesn't check out, contact us within 7 days of delivery, before installation.

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Written by the Rawtorque Editorial Team. Rawtorque supplies genuine performance brake pads, discs and braided lines from Brembo, Brembo Sport, EBC, Pagid Racing, DBA, HEL, NGage, Vesrah, CRANK1, 66BHP, Icer and DP Brakes to riders and drivers across India. Last updated 2 November 2026.

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