Sensibly priced disks and pads for LC?

[Mr OCD]

Did a service at the weekend and checked the brakes... the disks are looking pretty worn so I want to replace the whole lot once the pads are dead (not long)... now my LC does around 18k miles PA so I dont want to go mad with expensive brakes as it spends most of its time on the motorway...

So can anyone recommend a fast road option that doesnt break the bank?

Worth noting Ive never found the brakes lacking at all on this car... and thats coming from a 1200kg car with uprated disks, 4pot calipers and Ferrodo DS2500's on it that I used to track with...

 

[RikH]

look up on brakes international





your welcome

 

[D.K]

Have a look at Seremotor's brake price's
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=191966
Ds2500 are good and i would highly recomend them.

 

[james walker]

Did a service at the weekend and checked the brakes... the disks are looking pretty worn so I want to replace the whole lot once the pads are dead (not long)... now my LC does around 18k miles PA so I dont want to go mad with expensive brakes as it spends most of its time on the motorway...

So can anyone recommend a fast road option that doesnt break the bank?

Worth noting Ive never found the brakes lacking at all on this car... and thats coming from a 1200kg car with uprated disks, 4pot calipers and Ferrodo DS2500's on it that I used to track with...

standard discs are good enough for road use, just uprate the pads, ds2500 will come up a million times.

black diamond predator are also good pads for road use, only £40 aswell.

cheaper than the oem jjurids.

stay away from anything ebc.

pagid fast road are good but hard to get hold of
mintex 1144 also a good pad.

 

[Squintstream]

Ask the Badger or David at Sere Motors.

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=199990

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=191966

Haven't been here for too long, but they seem to be the best providers of standard or uprated brake parts!

One thing I've learnt with brakes... never scrimp! Go for standard as a minimum!

Hope this helps

 

[Cupra Ross]

Recommended these in your other thread but here are the links:

£21.53 for the rears: http://www.jabbasport.com/store/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=MDB1377

£63.62 for the fronts: http://www.jabbasport.com/store/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=2604

Stick with the standard discs, they are actually very good quality. You may find the above pads cheaper elsewhere, just wanted to point them out to you as I have them fitted and I couldn't believe the difference between these and the OEM pads on my last Leon, they are first class.

 

[james walker]

mintex extreme are quite a harsh pad and dusty.. the 1144s are more suited to the road imo.

them mintex rears are a good pad and cheap.

 

[Cupra Ross]

mintex extreme are quite a harsh pad and dusty.. the 1144s are more suited to the road imo.

them mintex rears are a good pad and cheap.

They do have a certain "bite", I'll grant you that, I don't find them dusty at all though, they're probably the cleanest wearing pads I've had.

 

[james walker]

dusty if used hard. fast road use go for the ds2500 and normal road the mintex.

the mintex may kill your standard discs quickly if used hard.

or you could go the whole hog and buy a porsche setup instead

 

[CupraUK]

I just paid £137.66 including vat and delivery for discs and pads all round from www.vwspares.co.uk

They are much much better than the green stuff pads I had before and perfectly good for fast road use

 

[james walker]

were they standard jjurid jobbies?

green stuff are pants.

 

[Cupra Ross]

were they standard jjurid jobbies?

green stuff are pants.

Its generally Febi Bilstein stuff that they deal in. Usually very reasonably priced too.

 

[Mr OCD]

standard discs are good enough for road use, just uprate the pads, ds2500 will come up a million times.

black diamond predator are also good pads for road use, only £40 aswell.

cheaper than the oem jjurids.

stay away from anything ebc.

pagid fast road are good but hard to get hold of
mintex 1144 also a good pad.

DS2500 are too pricey imho ... they were about £120 the set on my old car so expect the same on the Leon?

I wouldnt put EBC pads on a push bike...

 

[Mr OCD]

Good info lads... cheers

Anyone tried the TAROX stuff from Awesome? - seem to be reasonably priced?

Would people agree to spend the money on the front pads as the rear doesnt do an awful lot with OE disks?

 

[james walker]

yeah spend cash on fronts and get oem rears mate.

not sure on tarox pads, there big brake kit is ok.

try the black diamonds mate, you wont be dissapointed

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