Brake Pad change intervals on D4

**Graeme** · 21st December 2011, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by d3viate

..everybody will be different....try not to touch the brake pedal where possible and use the gears to reduce some speed.

I'm different too - I can easily replace discs and pads so prefer to extend the life of the engine, gbox and diffs as much as possible and never use gears to slow in normal driving.

**Weird Al** · 21st December 2011, 09:44 PM

Wow, this is going to come as a big shock to my wallet.

My previous car was a 3.0L CRD Grand Cherokee which went much harder and stopped a lot better than my D4 (2.7)...although it is a fair few kg lighter.

I traded it with 92,000ks and it still had the original pads and rotors, and before that sold a GU Patrol with about the same ks and the original brakes.

How much shall I expect to pay for new pads for a Disco?

**400HPONGAS** · 21st December 2011, 09:57 PM

$50 to $75 a set , or about half of what you pay for a Jeep or Toyota !!!!

**Robocop** · 22nd December 2011, 07:01 PM

New pads & rotors.. I've got 10,000km on my D4 & you guys are makings nervous. After spending $92k on a 4x4 I somewhat expected the service intervals to be spanned little wider..

**outbacktourer** · 22nd December 2011, 07:23 PM

MY10 D4 at 26K I was told my pads were 90%. Suburban Sydney mainly or highway medium towing (2000KG). Last 4WD a Patrol, 80K out of fronts 120K rears. Sold the Jackaroo before that at 120K with 50% on original pads!

OBT

**Graeme** · 22nd December 2011, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Robocop

New pads & rotors.. I've got 10,000km on my D4 & you guys are makings nervous. After spending $92k on a 4x4 I somewhat expected the service intervals to be spanned little wider..

I suspect your driving conditons would be quite different to driving in the city. At 30K kms my 3.0 pads and rotors were barely marked.

**scarry** · 22nd December 2011, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Weird Al

Wow, this is going to come as a big shock to my wallet.

My previous car was a 3.0L CRD Grand Cherokee which went much harder and stopped a lot better than my D4 (2.7)...although it is a fair few kg lighter.

I traded it with 92,000ks and it still had the original pads and rotors, and before that sold a GU Patrol with about the same ks and the original brakes.

How much shall I expect to pay for new pads for a Disco?

And my D2 has just clicked over 94k,original pads & rotors,heaps left on them.Sold my last work van at 175k,never touched the brakes,was loaded max gross all the time.

**Robocop** · 22nd December 2011, 10:01 PM

Yep I'm all highway driving here, well country highway anyway.

**Graeme** · 23rd December 2011, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by scarry

And my D2 has just clicked over 94k,original pads & rotors,heaps left on them.

Although my D2 was a manual so much easier on brakes, I sold it at 220K with original rotors and front pads, having changed the rear pads prior to a desert trip because sand can cause excessive wear on the rears.

**Blknight.aus** · 23rd December 2011, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Graeme

I'm different too - I can easily replace discs and pads so prefer to extend the life of the engine, gbox and diffs as much as possible and never use gears to slow in normal driving.

yeah, Ive had big arguments about that with "steering" instructors....

great when its just a single vehicle driven by someone who will never drive anything heavier or at its full load capability. not something you want people who are potentially going to be learning to drive trucks to pick up.

also not so great to find out that yep the brakes are cooked, your not slowing down and you're now carrying too much speed to pull off a downshift.

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