Thread: Brake pads

Hi WhiteD3,
This is about normal for time & cost. Ours is marginally cheaper.
Dont forget i would presume this includes Disc Rotors, Brake Pads & may even include the sensor. Not sure if it is required yet, but may in 5k km's.
But would verify with dealer first.
At a guess i would say Australs?

Originally Posted by sniegy

Hi WhiteD3,
This is about normal for time & cost. Ours is marginally cheaper.
Dont forget i would presume this includes Disc Rotors, Brake Pads & may even include the sensor. Not sure if it is required yet, but may in 5k km's.
But would verify with dealer first.
At a guess i would say Australs?

Thanks Mate. S/Side LR which is Austral.

I keep asking the service manager "How are the brake pads?"
Each time the reply is "Fine."
He told Me at last service that on average the D3's He was seeing were getting 60k before pad replacement.

Originally Posted by DJBD3

I keep asking the service manager "How are the brake pads?"
Each time the reply is "Fine."
He told Me at last service that on average the D3's He was seeing were getting 60k before pad replacement.

Interesting. My colleague at work has a TDV6SE with 38k on it and the brakes are fine. I'll have to check it out.

Just clocked 76k still on the same pads but I think they will need changing this service

Not exactly helping your problem, but one of the UK mags did an article last month about replacing the D3 front and rear brakes with the Supercharged RRS versions. All up cost (including huge Brembo front dics and calipers) was £800ish, and it was all a straight bolt-on. Only downside was the need for 19" rims to fit over the front discs!

Very cheap upgrade for those towing large weight or with seriously chipped motors....

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Just getting my 24,000k/12m service done today. Dealer tells me that the disk pads need replacing within say 5,000k. He says normal life is 30,000k and the car's done 24,300k.

Cost is $615.

Is the timing and price reasonable?

Cheers.

do they really need to be done.......pull a wheel off and have a look, there could be more left on the pad then they are saying..

24K?? Thats good. I have a RRS TdV6 ATM that needs pads, sensors AND rotors at 22K.

I have even seen these require replacement at 19K.

The up side is that all the pads, discs and sensors, genuine are only $800. A lot cheaper than some other makes of vehicle...then again, do others need all these replaced at this interval???

(Question for Scouse: Scott, I have a D3 customer that has had all his brakes last 55K. Why are the RRS harder on brakes?? Aren't they basically the same??)

JC