Brakes

[daviemck2006]

My car is in need of front brakes. The pads are nearly done, Jim says the discs would probably be ok. However I think I will replace discs also as the brakes feel funny as if the discs are slightly warped. So here are the options. Unbranded £58. Mintex £75. EBC greenstuff £98. That's for discs and pads. I'm tempted to go for the greenstuff, supposed to be good, but thinking really Mintex should be fine, stuff the cheapos. I put cheapos on the 107, but it only has 68bhp and rarely over 30 mph. What do you guys think?

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[Hell Razor5543]

I believe (but I am NOT certain) that somebody said Mintex were an OEM for Citroen, but I will NOT swear to that.

[superloopy]

Mintex MDC869 - £42.64 on Ebay.

Free p&p ... if that's what you choose to go with.

[daviemck2006]

Mintex MDC869 - £42.64 on Ebay.

Free p&p ... if that's what you choose to go with.

Is that for the pads and discs? I couldn't see the right ones at that price. I saw the smaller ones for 1.8 1.9td at that but they are no use for the activa.

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[superloopy]

Mintex MDC869 - £42.64 on Ebay.

Free p&p ... if that's what you choose to go with.

Is that for the pads and discs? I couldn't see the right ones at that price. I saw the smaller ones for 1.8 1.9td at that but they are no use for the activa.

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Thats for disks ... £12.85 for a set of Mintex MDB1854 pads.

<update ... there's MDC869s on there for £36.07 which is way better than £42.64 that i found originally sp £36.07 + £12.85 = £48.92, not bad! >

BOLD=Ebay search term.

[chinkostu]

Can't go wrong with mintex ones. It'll be worth searching by part names instead incase anyone sticks v6/activa premium on!

[CitroJim]

Get 'em shipped to me Davie and I'll fit 'em. That area of the car is already in bits anyway so it's the perfect time

[lexi]

Did you price Mr Auto for Ferodo discs and pads? They may get to Jims in time. ACE Parts on Ebay have Mintex I think.
What do ECP have at 20% off? There is also searching the Citroen agents on Ebay for specials. Hard to beat original Cit parts.

[superloopy]

Doubt you'll get mintex set cheaper than £48.92 delivered to Jims ...

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[RichardW]

You need to get Jim to confirm what brakes are on it before buying anything - there are several options for late mk1 Activas...!

[chinkostu]

A vin will bring it up on servicebox

[RichardW]

It might, but the parts bin approach sometimes means even service.citroen doesn't know! I think the MK1s were fitted with the middle brakes rather than the largest (and best!) Bosch brakes.

[Citroenmad]

I've been using Brembo pads for the last few changes on my cars, they're very good and available for reasonable money from here: http://www.nextdaybrakes.com/

[daviemck2006]

It's the 283 mm discs on it. I have asked him. There's also 288mm discs on v6 and 264mm I think on the lower power ones. Mintex or ferrodo are usually what I go for. Spending extra on the EBC greenstuff pads won't be worth the extra then. Right, off on a trawl of eBay I go, see what I can get bought from my address and delivered to Jim's.

[chinkostu]

266 on hdi90 and most early smaller engined cars (and the td suprisingly) pretty much everything else got 283 after that! 288 on v6 and hdi110 i think, then obviously certain others.

Servicebox is usually spot on if you use a vin, mine by year should be just nipping on the heels of 15" wheels and bigger brakes but had 14" and 266mm!