172 Rear Brakes Needed

[DaveDreads]

I was gonna buy some brakes from ebay
Mintex rear discs with Bearings, abs rings and mintex pads
£95 plus £12 postage, Bargin I thought.

"THE MOTORIST CAR PARTS WAREHOUSE" (company Name)
I rang them up to confirm the price and a guy answered the phone
with a "yeah", this diddn't fill me with confidence, they confirmed the
price so I hung up and got back to the computer, there now
£99 with £14.75 postage!
P1ss Take!

Not sure if this link will work but this is them.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....Category=10410&_trkparms=algo=LVI&its=I&otn=2

Where does everyone elses get there rear brakes from?
I need them with bearings and ABS rings.

Any help would be cool.

 

[Blarno]

www.buypartsby.co.uk.

Not sure if you get the ABS ring or not, but they were cheap enough for my front brakes.

 

[DaveDreads]

www.buypartsby.co.uk.

Not sure if you get the ABS ring or not, but they were cheap enough for my front brakes.

Cheers mate.

Ive checked that site and it says 2.0 16v rear discs are £8.97+VAT!

That cant be right,
I'll ring them in the morning.

 

[Blarno]

I was a bit skeptical when I saw the full front set of discs and pads was 62 quid delivered.

I expect at 9 quid a piece it's just the disc and nothing else.

 

[W111ALG]

You buy cheap you get cheap!

 

[DaveDreads]

I was a bit skeptical when I saw the full front set of discs and pads was 62 quid delivered.

I expect at 9 quid a piece it's just the disc and nothing else.

It does appear that it would be cheaper to buy those discs
and get separate bearings and ABS rings.

Ive dona a bit of a search and it does seem that people buy generic
discs from anywhere as the back only do 25% of the brakeing.

 

[DaveDreads]

You buy cheap you get cheap!

I know what you mean, but some places' take the p1ss with there prices!

 

[-KarL-]

i got mine from euro car parts just over £100 2xdisc's with bearing and abs rings

 

[W111ALG]

I've got the eurocarparts ones on mine as well. You are also best getting new hub nuts as well on the rear rather than re-using.

25% I'd be surprised if the rear brakes were contributing more than 5%-10%!

 

[Bazzon]

Get a price from Renault a few weeks ago they were cheap i got mine through Andrew page iirc.

 

[DaveDreads]

i got mine from euro car parts just over £100 2xdisc's with bearing and abs rings

That seems more like it,
I'll try them in the morning aswell.

Cheers mate.

 

[DaveDreads]

Get a price from Renault a few weeks ago they were cheap i got mine through Andrew page iirc.

TBH I diddn't even consider Renault as I'm so use to being
ripped off, there not that good in Nottingham.

I'll ring em for a laugh!

 

[richy22]

100 quid (just under) from ECP but that was without ABS rings.. I reused mine

 

[Blarno]

You buy cheap you get cheap!

Or you get OE gear for less than Renault would charge you. I opened the box for mine and it had QH discs and Mintex pads.

The discs and pads you buy from Renault are made by OE companies, like QH, Brembo and Mintex. The quality is the same, it's just the price that is different. Buying expensive doesn't mean you're getting better gear.

 

[Pep]

I'll be getting mine from Fred, standard Renault ones with bearings pressed in and ABS rings, he charges 100 quid posted.

 

[Blarno]

Just a little deviation, how do you go about getting rear discs for a 172 cup, seeing as they don't have ABS? Can you buy the discs seperate from the ABS ring?

 

[SoA2k6]

Yeah. I just changed mine. £69 for drilled and grooved with the bearings pressed and new hub nuts. Bought some EBC redstuff to go with them for £30.