Best place for pads n discs

[wacattack]

Eyup peeps, where is the best (i.e. cheapest) place to get new pads and discs for my S1.

I only use if for occasional blitzes on the weekend so not after anything fancy. Prob just go for the standard discs and maybe mintex pads?

Anyway, where is the best place to get them from. Il prob be fitting them myself so I just need the bits, no labour needed

Cheers

Wayne

[S Works]

Have a search, Toxic got some EBC's disks and 1144's quite cheaply from somewhere I think.

[lotustuart]

I got some from the same guy, just trying to remember the name! Originally advertised on fleabay from memory(worth a look).

[Gooby]

I would be a little more concerned with putting the best on. This kind of thing saves lives and when the other life in the car is the missus......

[S Works]

...I know what you're saying mate, but frankly, on a car that's used on road, and not utterly ragged, EBC's plus a decent fast road pad (like the 1144's) will be fine. Don't forget also to change the fluid and bleed regularly.

[toxic frog]

i'll second the chap from fleabay... bought my ebc turbos and mintex pads from him... he was the cheapest and the service was spot on... can't bloody remember the name of his company though!

[S Works]

You could always check your ebay account?

[onkey]

Apologies for jumping onto this thread but I am at a similar place.

After reading through some of the previous postings regarding brakes, I was just about to purchase a full set of Mintex 1144's from eliseparts, unless anyone knows of a better place to go. Think the discs are ok for the time being.

After two years of ownership and only just having discovered the SELOC WIKI pages, I was thinking of having a go at replacing the pads and bleeding the brakes myself. I'll have a junior mechanic to hand. Just wandering if I am being a little too optimistic, (by optimistic I actually mean tight fisted), and should just take it to the dealer?

Thanks in advance for your help and for the info on the other threads.

[21TonyK]

onkey said:

Apologies for jumping onto this thread but I am at a similar place.

After reading through some of the previous postings regarding brakes, I was just about to purchase a full set of Mintex 1144's from eliseparts, unless anyone knows of a better place to go. Think the discs are ok for the time being.

After two years of ownership and only just having discovered the SELOC WIKI pages, I was thinking of having a go at replacing the pads and bleeding the brakes myself. I'll have a junior mechanic to hand. Just wandering if I am being a little too optimistic, (by optimistic I actually mean tight fisted), and should just take it to the dealer?

Thanks in advance for your help and for the info on the other threads.

Brakes have got to be one of the simplest jobs. Just read the wiki carefully and go slowly, step by step. Can't go wrong really (famous last words!)

[rfoster]

www.eliseparts.com

[onkey]

Job done.
Mintex pads fitted -what a difference.
Although I'm not sure how much of that is down to the pads and how much is due to bleeding the brakes and removing a stupid amount of air!

Thanks for all the help.

Should anyone else locally be changing pads, feel free to shout, I'm happy to lend a helping hand.

Cheer.