- You are currently viewing DISCO3.CO.UK as a guest - Register to take part or Log In
SpiderBaby
D3 Decade
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1407
  
|
Come on Dave - do them yourself - you've been turned before with this gag !!
If you need to borrow any tools just let me know.
Otherwise does that price include the KY???  I see no ships........
|
 2nd Sep 2015 1:52 pm |
|
|
NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10679
  
|
In the alternative go to a good local indy.
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 2:29 pm |
|
|
110CSW
Member Since: 19 Oct 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 796
|
Bill Wright wrote:Have a look at one of our sponsors:
http://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/brake-par...4-97-c.asp
The whole kit and caboodle seems mighty inexpensive there. 
Good one. Shows how you can more than half parts costs by going none oem. 2014MY Discovery
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 2:57 pm |
|
|
Kilovolt
Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
Posts: 1050
|
Bill Wright wrote:Have a look at one of our sponsors:
http://www.advancedfactors.co.uk/brake-par...4-97-c.asp
The whole kit and caboodle seems mighty inexpensive there.
Just fitted Brembo front discs and TRW pads from AF this morning
Kit £145 plus VAT and fitting at Indy £60 plus VAT.
Simples  "Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything 
Track Days: BMW E36 M3 Evolution MY 1996 (3.2 Litre 377 BHP sat in 1,250 Kgs of car, with a pro safety cage and some serious braking power)
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 3:41 pm |
|
|
Smudger
Member Since: 16 Aug 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 74
|
Just tell them you have had a quote from an independent and with genuine parts it was £XXX then see. If they can price match
If you cannot be arsed to do them or don't know how Never argue with an idiot! They will bring you down to their level, Then win with experience!!
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 6:05 pm |
|
|
derryfrombury
Member Since: 01 Sep 2014
Location: Bury St Edmunds
Posts: 212
|
With a copy of Bodsy's brake bible to hand, anyone with the slightest mechanical knowledge should be able to do all 4 corners including the EPB shoes in a day comfortably. All parts OEM including discs no more than £350. Go on, you wont know how easy it is until you try. and you'll be safe in the knowledge that its been done properly. Joined Aug 2014. Disco 3 SE 54plate, Buckingham Blue, Cream leather.
Defender 90 200Tdi (weekend toy)
TinTent - Coachman Pastiche 535/4
Supercharged Autobiography Grille
Tera-Firma black silicone intercooler/turbo hoses fitted Sep2014
Forum stickers, silver on rear, Orange in place of RFL disc
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 8:16 pm |
|
|
frenchy
Member Since: 05 Dec 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1037
|
anyone know what a 'slight lip' could possibly mean.
I had a MASSIVE LIP when I got their email  2000 D2 TD5 - big red tractor no longer with us
2006 D3 - no longer with us and sadly missed
2010 D4 alas no more, but a lovely colour (Nara)
2016 D4 about to depart
2022 DS nearly...........
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 10:05 pm |
|
|
110CSW
Member Since: 19 Oct 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 796
|
It means that the discs do not need replacing yet. The real question, though, is will the discs last another set of pads? The relevance of this is how long you intend to keep the car as if you change just the pads, you may need to bin everything and start again part way through the pad life. 2014MY Discovery
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 10:15 pm |
|
|
gensetsteve
Member Since: 01 Jan 2014
Location: hampshire
Posts: 340
|
My second set of pads never lasted long before the disc were finished. D4
|
| 2nd Sep 2015 10:27 pm |
|
|
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10340
|
@kilovolt - the genuine LR D4 front disc are Brembo's as standard
Al Volvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
|
| 3rd Sep 2015 8:50 am |
|
|
SpiderBaby
D3 Decade
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1407
|
Dave - there will be a minimum thickness marked on the disc itself (or you can probably Google it) - just grab yourself a set of Verniers or digital micrometer and measure away.
If you haven't got a set or can't borrow one for work let me know and you can borrow mine.
I know my driving style is a la Miss Daisy now but I normally get two sets of pads to one disc. I see no ships........
|
| 3rd Sep 2015 8:57 am |
|
|
F355GTS
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: North Hampshire
Posts: 849
|
Sounds like usual dealer rip off, front pads with 5mm are only a little more than half worn!, slight lip on disc, well they'll all get a lip as they wear, it's the dealers way of trying to scare you.
I'd ask them to leave it as is, and when you get the pad warning then replace the pads and disc thickness can be checked then
FWIW I'd be happy to change the pads and check the disc thickness for you it's convenient for you to come to Newbury area or use one of the recognised (and brilliant) specialists on here, i.e. Geoff., Bodsy, Disco mikey etc etc Mark
|
| 3rd Sep 2015 9:26 am |
|
|
NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
Posts: 10679
|
About 3 years ago I had a similar report from a local LR dealer which said that I needed new disks & pads all round, and numerous front suspension bushes.
I thought that the disks & pads had lots of life in them, and said so. The response was that with 12 months or 15k miles between services they had to recommend replacement of items which might need attention within 12 months or 15k miles.
I decided to buy the parts, through Advanced Factors, and carried them until they needed to be fitted. Overkill I accept, but in this time I did a 4k mid-winter round trip to Greece etc..
IIRC I did another c. 18 months & 20k miles before getting an indy (West 4x4) to replace the disks & pad, and even then there was some life left in them.
I have yet to change the suspension bushes, most recent MoT April this year, most recent service August this year!
Find & rely on the advice from a good Indy.
NJSS[/i] Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
|
| 3rd Sep 2015 9:37 am |
|
|
Jlrjim
Member Since: 05 Mar 2014
Location: In the Land of Rover
Posts: 108
|
How much life are people getting from a set of pads and discs? I understand it's somewhat variable depending on type of use, but dealer is telling me 20,000 is "good" for a full set of pads and discs....really?
|
| 3rd Sep 2015 11:27 am |
|
|
Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 6906
|
I have just changed mine at 37K miles, no way would the discs last two sets of pads. For the D3 owners, D4 discs and pads are way more than D3 for OEM ones, certainly not £350 as quoted above for OEM. Joined the BMWX5 45e group
1994 Defender 90
2015 RRS Corris Grey/Black roof
2016 D4 Graphite Santorini Black
2012 D4 XS Orkney Grey
2005 D3 S Maya Gold
Convoy for Heroes 2011
|
| 3rd Sep 2015 12:49 pm |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
DISCO3.CO.UK Copyright © 2004-2024 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
|
|
