Brake disc life

[jimmy156]

Had to change the pads on my R56 MCS today, was told it needed new discs too, which I was a little surprised about. The car has done 37,000mi, would you expect it to need new discs at this point? The car is mostly used on a/B roads and I do like to drive "progressively".

Still, used a specialist Indy and the cost of pads+rotors was only £30 more than just the pads from a main dealer.

Cheers guys

[jimmy156]

Bump: Any R56 MCS got experience of how long the discs last?

[mike9009]

Strangely my rear disks and pads needed replacing at about 37k miles, not sure why they wore first? My front disks and pads need replacing now at 52k miles. I have a Clubman S which is mainly used on A and B road blasts/ commuting - not much stop start though...

When I had my R53 MCS, all pads and disks needed replacing at about 44k miles. It seems common, IME, to replace disks and pads at the same time on MINIs.

Mike

[jimmy156]

Thanks Mike, i have heard that [pads and discs at the same time] from a few other sources too, so it would seem a fairly common thing.

It looks as though the rears will need doing soon too, which is a little annoying! At least it should be a while until they come around again.

I am thinking of doing a few track days with the car, it will be interesting to see how the OEM replacement ( ATE / Pagid ) pads and discs fair up to track work. I may replace next time with some EBC green stuff pads and their dimpled / grooved discs. The discs are black too, which will be an added bonus as i reckon they will look good on my dark car!