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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Kpow99 on 06 July 2022, 17:31
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Any TCR owners, have you changed pads and or discs and at what mileage? Other owners you too.
Just had pad wear light but doesn’t show if front or back and wondered at what mileage pads are expected and also discs.
Reason I ask for TCR mainly as dual vented discs and I know will be £700+ for front D&P and want to make sure local VW do go “yeah you need discs done mate!” Discs look good still.
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Any TCR owners, have you changed pads and or discs and at what mileage? Other owners you too.
Just had pad wear light but doesn’t show if front or back and wondered at what mileage pads are expected and also discs.
Reason I ask for TCR mainly as dual vented discs and I know will be £700+ for front D&P and want to make sure local VW do go “yeah you need discs done mate!” Discs look good still.
What’s your mileage? The discs should be fine. Only the front pads have the wear sensor and normally only on one side. Changing of discs would normally be after 2 pad changes. For example, I changed my first set of rear and front pads at 100,000km. And I don’t drive easy.
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Any TCR owners, have you changed pads and or discs and at what mileage? Other owners you too.
Just had pad wear light but doesn’t show if front or back and wondered at what mileage pads are expected and also discs.
Reason I ask for TCR mainly as dual vented discs and I know will be £700+ for front D&P and want to make sure local VW do go “yeah you need discs done mate!” Discs look good still.
What’s your mileage? The discs should be fine. Only the front pads have the wear sensor and normally only on one side. Changing of discs would normally be after 2 pad changes. For example, I changed my first set of rear and front pads at 100,000km. And I don’t drive easy.
I’m on 28,000 right now. Thanks for info 👍🏻
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Front pads supply and fit £308 😭😭
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Front pads supply and fit £308 😭😭
Just buy them from VW and then fit yourself or get a good specialist to fit them. It really is not a difficult job if you are handy with a spanner. Rears are a different story with with electric handbrake which requires coding to retract. Also, when the light goes off for the brakes you still have some meat left on the pads. I would say at least 1,000 miles
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Related - On my last MOT (I've got a regular GTi) the garage recommended I change my front discs and pads due to "the wear being just lower than the recommended limits from VW for the GTi". Yet I still passed the MOT with no minors. Does that sounds correct?
As others have said. You will save a fair bit getting them yourself and then finding a local garage to fit them. It's not a VW specialist kind of job and a local will do the same (if not better) job for less
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Pads should have more than 2mm of braking compound left (vw spec). The discs should not have a large lip at the edge. If you do not have an advisory then you should be OK for a while. Should have asked for the measurements. If you can't do it yourself then an indie is quite capable of doing it. Just make sure you get good quality parts.
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I don't think £300 is a hugely unfair price for supply and fitting, as long as they are using good quality bits.
Decent pads are about £40 upwards, and a paid of decent coated discs £120 or so. So that leaves £140 for fitting.
Having said that in the past I have had good results mixing cheaper (But still coated) discs such as Comline or Juratek with good quality pads such as ATE, Jurid etc. If the TCR uses the same 340mm discs as my PP GTi then you can get a pair of coated discs for about £80
You may want to spend extra for better stuff if you track the car, but for road use they should be more than adequate.
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Genuine front disc pads from VW are £144-66 +vat.
(Front discs are £164-09 +vat each.)
So £308 for genuine pads fitted isnt that bad, the labour is about £110 +vat, unless they charge for brake cleaners, disposal of parts, etc in which case it would bring the labour down a little.
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Genuine front disc pads from VW are £144-66 +vat.
(Front discs are £164-09 +vat each.)
So £308 for genuine pads fitted isnt that bad, the labour is about £110 +vat, unless they charge for brake cleaners, disposal of parts, etc in which case it would bring the labour down a little.
Thanks for all replies, sounds about right.
Parts £576 for pair of discs and pads inc VAT.
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Right now Ebay are running a 20% off discount from some sellers such as Aceparts and Carpartsinmotion. (code HOT20)
You can pick up a set of textar 340mm Discs and the correct Textar pads for around £150 all in. (Discs £110 the pair, pads £40)
A pair of juratek 340mm discs is £64 at Carpartsinmotion
TRW pads £29 at Carpartsinmotion
I know not everyone likes buying stuff through ebay, but it is a lot cheaper than Autodoc or Eurocarparts for the exact same items, and most of the time the after sales service is better.
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My 2016 GTi PP was in for a service 2 weeks ago and I was advised that front and rear discs and pads ideally needed doing. 41k miles. I’d say it was still on original discs.
£610.18 quoted by the VW dealer for the fronts and £372.33 for the rears.
I’ve just done the fronts myself today. Parts cost me £146.98, so a saving of £463.20 😊
I am going to a local VW indy for the rears @ £275. I don’t have the vagcom or equiv to sort the Piston retraction myself.
(https://i.postimg.cc/pd32g9sC/A8900-E2-C-7-EAC-43-C1-B050-2-ACA78-D1-B4-DF.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LqBKPsKg)
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You can perform a read brake handbrake retraction for read pad change using Carista. 1 month subscription is £12, or you can buy the adaptor with 1 month subscription for £18.75 on Amazon.
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£610.18 quoted by the VW dealer for the fronts
Did you buy the parts from VW or somewhere else? :grin: Cracking saving right there
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£610.18 quoted by the VW dealer for the fronts
Did you buy the parts from VW or somewhere else? :grin: Cracking saving right there
I doubt they are from VW for that price, more like from Euro Car Parts or ebay??
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Correct, discs and pads are both Pagid’s from Euro Car Parts. I’ve had good experience with Pagid’s before (some bad experiences with warping Brembos on my prev. Bora) so was happy to give them a chance.
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Had to replace front discs and pads at 47k, just ordered same for the rear. Went for RTS performance dimpled and grooved discs with EBC yellow stuff pads front and pads from VW on rear. All in £620 in parts, more than I wanted to spend but the discs look great.
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Front pads done, but was told rear pads are 70% worn and to change in next 3 months!! Can’t believe they wear so quickly!! What is the brake bias or reason for high wear?
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Autos tend to wear brakes more quickly than manual cars in my experience, the higher wear on the rears is likely to be stability control related where the brakes will be activated during fast cornering to pinch the discs in order to maintain body control.
That’s my suspicion anyway.
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Rear brakes on a Mk7/7.5 are mostly due to using ACC.
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Rear brakes on a Mk7/7.5 are mostly due to using ACC.
That makes a lot of sense :afro:
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I never use the ACC on mine due to living out in the sticks away from motorways and the discs and pads are hadly wearing at all.
They were new when I got the car 5 months ago, and 4000 miles later the machining marks are still present.
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I always wondered why, after looking at Golf's for sale, alot had really worn rear discs and I put that down to a few things that accelerate wear.
Cruise control as it moderates speed using the rear brakes,
Stability control braking the rear when needed,
Handbrake/auto-hold as it seems to drag a bit before releasing.