Thread: Brake pad replacement cost

I looked at the "tread depth when new" threads some time ago :
MOST road tyres have 8-9mm ( 6-7mm usable ) OEM or famous
brands , whilst MOST mixed use replacements ( ie Cooper ATR )
have 11mm ( 9mm usable ) . It's just that road tyres are being
fitted to LR cars , whilst eg . 'cruiser etc have mixed use as OEM.
The makes used by LR for D3 over the years have all been road
tyres ; GY , Conti ....... They know the market they want to
target prefers road tyres . They're comparing with German , not
Jap competition.

G'day,

If you are not sure how to go about changing your brake pads there are detailed instructions on the UK forum.

DISCO3.CO.UK Photo Gallery - Bodsy's Brake Bible

Lou...

As Elsey said "Bodsy's Brake Bible" has all the info that you need including the list of tools needed to do the job.

In February I replaced all my rotors and pads. I used drilled and slotted rotors costing $120 each and each set of pads cost $65 total cost of $610. A mate paid $75 a set from a different shop for the same "RDA Extreme Heavy Duty" pads.

Ryall

If it helps, my other half has a Mini with 44k on the clock and the main BMW Mini dealers in Brissy wanted a cool $1k for front discs and pads ONLY. Wot???

I assumed they meant it also included a service as well so I thought it was just about acceptable but nope, it was just for pads and discs. Yeah lads!!!!

I really wanted to do it myself but time pressures etc and the continuous flashing lights bells and whistles means you can't ignore it so I found the next BMW dealer who somehow managed to do it for $800, which I still thought was taking the p"ss, but the other half wasn't happy driving around with flashing lights demanding her to get a service immediately. Oh the joys of electronics. What ever happened to waiting till you heard the scraping sound of metal against metal? Then you knew you needed new pads. And you know what? We didn't kill ourselves or run into a tree.