new pads

[geordieclio]

renault just tried to charge me £86 for front and £106 for rear pads

 

[TheCake]

PMSL.

What a f**king joke.

 

[geordieclio]

bought both sets from gdi for £51 + p&p

 

[TheCake]

Fitted yourself?

 

[geordieclio]

not yet gonna get my mate round to gis a hand coz i not done before, if not i'm friendly with a local garage and get them to do it?

 

[sh33n]

How are the rear more expensive? I'm sure it's the other way around!

 

[TheCake]

Yeah should be a piece of piss to change mate.

 

[geordieclio]

dunno but even gdi's rear ones are more than the fronts

 

[Gary G]

http://www.greydevilindustries.com/Products/default.asp?type=dept&DepartmentID=13941&MID=

just a bit cheaper lol

 

[geordieclio]

oops should have double checked before i said anything, thats reno for you though

 

[wide]

if you've got the reciept i would take them back!!! for that money you could easily have had some ferodo ds2500 for the front and £20ish will get you some standards for the back from GDI or Yozzasport.

 

[geordieclio]

nah wide i think you misunderstood i didn't buy from reno i bought from GDI i was saying oops because isa id gdi charged more for back ones than front ones

 

[Fred@BTM]

eh?

 

[M1TCH]

I've just had new front discs and pads for £79

 

[GarethM]

the pads are really easy to change should be able to do them yourself no problem

 

[chris'172]

I was at renault Newcastle today, they quoted me £45 for new 172 front pads, then they wanted another £55ish for fitting them. So altogether about £100ish.

 

[Fred@BTM]

fit them yourself and go to the pub with the change!

 

[BRUN]

if i can fit brake pads, anyone can !

 

[Fred@BTM]

ah!!! just remembered chris = christine from newcastle?? bought the car from covkid in coventry??

females and mechanical work = nope

 

[chris'172]

I may buy the pads off them, but certainly aint paying that for them to fit them on. Thats a joke £55 for a 10 minute job.

 

[chris'172]

Lmao, yep fred it's me, how you doing? I would like to fit them myself, but im sure something will go wrong, lol.

 

[Fred@BTM]

take it to a local garage or something, just to fit pads is EASY

remove wheel
13mm and 17mm spanners
a large bar to push piston back into caliper

maybe try a mobile mechanic?

 

[The Hoff]

Or give a small child £5 to fit them for you, honestly its an absolute cinch!