Rear brake pads

[Jabbah]

Need to replace these as they are getting rather low. A few questions though:

What are the currently recommended brake pads?

What else needs changing for the rears? Do I need new split pins and springs (2x each side?)?

Should I change the front too? Not sure what type of brake pads I have currently. If so what is involved in changing the front pads?

[gruffalo]

If you don't know what you have fitted currently I would change all 4.

Rear pads get new split pins and buy the anti rattle sprung plates from Race tech Henley.

Fronts are one Allen bolt, push the Pistons in and fit new pads the replace the Allen bolt.

What use does your car get?

[Twinkam]

Don't push the old fluid back through the system when you depress the pistons, open a bleed screw and expel it. ...always worth taking the opportunity to completely change the fluid while you're at it.
The front pads sit on little steel abutments, two per pad; worth checking their retaining screws are tight... I was missing one and about to lose another...

[Jabbah]

gruffalo said:

What use does your car get?

Weekend road and motorway, one or two track days a year.

[Jabbah]

gruffalo said:

Rear pads get new split pins and buy the anti rattle sprung plates from Race tech Henley.

Is it one anti-rattle plate per caliper, ie two needed in total?

[gruffalo]

Jabbah said:

gruffalo said:

Rear pads get new split pins and buy the anti rattle sprung plates from Race tech Henley.

Is it one anti-rattle plate per caliper, ie two needed in total?

Yep, two needed in total.