Wilwood Engineering has released its new BP-22 compound brake pads, a ceramic-based formulation designed for street-driven vehicles that double as autocross and track-day machines. The BP-22 replaces the outgoing BP-Q compound and starts at $150.45 MSRP.
Highlights
- BP-Q replacement: The BP-22 is Wilwood’s new ceramic-based street compound, succeeding the BP-Q in the company’s pad lineup.
- Dual-sport positioning: The compound targets daily drivers that also see autocross, HPDE events, and light-duty towing.
- Reduced NVH and dust: The ceramic formulation is engineered to lower noise, brake dust, and rotor wear during normal street driving.
- Temperature-responsive: Wilwood says the pad is designed to deliver increased performance at the elevated temperatures generated during competition and sustained towing.
What the BP-22 Replaces
The BP-22 takes over for Wilwood’s BP-Q compound, which served as the company’s primary street-oriented pad. According to Wilwood, the new formulation offers a broader operating range, bridging daily-driving comfort with the thermal demands of track and towing use.
Compound Details and Target Applications
Wilwood describes the BP-22 as a ceramic-based compound engineered to minimize common street-driving complaints — noise, dust accumulation, and accelerated rotor wear — while maintaining stopping power and thermal stability. The company says the compound is tuned for refined pedal feel at normal operating temperatures.
At elevated temperatures, such as those reached during autocross runs or sustained downhill towing, the BP-22 is designed to ramp up friction output. That dual-range behavior positions the pad for owners who want a single compound for mixed-use driving rather than swapping pads between street and track duty.
Pricing and Availability
BP-22 pads start at $150.45 MSRP. Size and fitment details are available through Wilwood’s website. The Camarillo, California–based company, founded by Bill Wood in 1977, manufactures its brake components domestically.
Subscribe Today!
Sign up for our weekly eNewsletter and get a free copy of our quarterly digital magazine.
