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 Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:24 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 3666
Trade Rating: +59
Location: Scotland
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Or do it yourself, probably the quickest and cheapest option. It aint hard!
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'04 Obsidian Black 206 GTi 138 | |
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:36 am |
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Joined: Aug 25, 2010
Posts: 786
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Location: East london
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WARNING: This User Has Had Bad Trade Feedback In The Past
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:13 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 742
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Location: Cardiff
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Yea I spotted the guide 
Going to give these guys a call on monday instead.
www.europeanautoservices.co.uk/
Also going to get under the car and actually look at my brakes... maybe even visit a few motor factors if I need to.
What is the minimum thickness of pads for a 206?
Whats the best way to check what type of pads I need?
Looking on eurocarparts there are 2 different rear pads and 1 set of fronts.
Looking at the fitment guide, both of the rears are the same fitment.
Fronts listed are Bosch, both rears are Bendix.
Does that sound correct?
BTW, many many thanks for all the help guys I really should start making more appearances on here!
EDIT: Also, I believe I should check the condition of my disks at the same time, is there an easy way to check the disk thickness?
Thanks,
Ben
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:36 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England
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You need pads to suit 266x22mm discs on the front, they are also fitted to later GTi's, HDi's and 1.6 16v. Also to suit Bosch callipers.
The minimum thickness of discs is 20mm. Just use a ruler to measure them.
The rear discs have a minimum thickness of 6mm. They should be 247x8mm
Front pads are:-
131mm long
47.5mm high
18 mm thick
Rear pads are:-
105mm long
54.8mm high
11mm thick
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:48 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 742
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Cardiff
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Lee you're a legend.
I've put my car reg into euro car parts and its come up with the correct rear brakes that match your dimensions but not the front.
Done a manual search and can't find the fronts either 
Can the pad size vary slightly depending on the make?
EBC I have found:
Front-
130x50x17
Rear-
106x56x11
Thats seems fairly close lol. Does that sound about right?
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:59 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 13077
Trade Rating: +65
Location: England
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:10 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 742
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Cardiff
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Thanks again Lee.
Thats probably the quality of pads/disk that is on there now so until i have funds to upgrade then they should do fine
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:49 am |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
Posts: 742
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Cardiff
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Well... just been halfords...
Bought a trolley jack, some copper grease and I'm now buying some EBC Ultimax pads for front and rear
So next weekend i'll be changing the pads myself.
Disks are perfectly fine, almost no wear on the rear and about 1mm on the fronts.
think i'm going to continue the trend of doing stuff myself and finally get the air filter changed too lol. Found the K+N standard replacement fairly cheap so i'll give that a go
Oh and I even took the car for a quick clean 
Thanks again everyone!
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