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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: amba on 31 January 2008, 22:42:52

Title: Brake pads
Post by: amba on 31 January 2008, 22:42:52: Are the disc pads the same for the front and back on a v6 auto ?any idea of part numbre or numbers and cost from vx.thanks
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 01 February 2008, 07:19:59: Quote
Are the disc pads the same for the front and back on a v6 auto ?any idea of part numbre or numbers and cost from vx.thanks

No....

Fronts....9192124 £22.65+vat
Rears....9192126 £18.75+vat

These are retail prices according to the 'red' book.......dealers are getting new 'yellow' book so prices may have increased by a £1 or so.

You can knock off £8-£10 per set if you have access to a TC card :y
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: TheBoy on 01 February 2008, 08:17:19: and fronts will need 1 (01 on) or 2 (up to 00) wear sensors
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: baldeagle on 01 February 2008, 18:55:54: Is the wear sensor fitted to just one of the front pads?
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: alexandjen on 01 February 2008, 18:57:23: Yes nearside on mine :y
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: baldeagle on 01 February 2008, 19:01:16: What thickness of friction material is there left when the brake pad sensor is activated?
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 01 February 2008, 19:46:05: On my Mini facelift 3.0, brake pad sensors are on one pad on both sides, and only at the front..
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: Andy B on 01 February 2008, 19:50:33: Quote
What thickness of friction material is there left when the brake pad sensor is activated?
Depends on how worn the discs are. As the unworn lip at the edge gets biggers, the wear indictor will go open circuit sooner. In a perfect world I'd reckon on about a third/quarter of the pad left.
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 01 February 2008, 19:53:50: if I'm not wrong approx 2mm :-/
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: TheBoy on 01 February 2008, 22:36:54: 2 sensors up to 2000, 1 sensor from 2001.
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: jb on 04 February 2008, 08:15:05: T/C PADS NOT THE SAME QUALITY AS OE AND GIVE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF PEDAL EFFORT.
BEST PADS ARE EITHER ATE OR PAGID(VERY SHARP INITIAL BITE) FROM EURO CAR PARTS AT THE SAME OR LESS THAN TC.
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: TheBoy on 04 February 2008, 10:07:11: Quote
T/C PADS NOT THE SAME QUALITY AS OE AND GIVE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF PEDAL EFFORT.
BEST PADS ARE EITHER ATE OR PAGID(VERY SHARP INITIAL BITE) FROM EURO CAR PARTS AT THE SAME OR LESS THAN TC.
I've heard this myth before, but it is not my experience on the Omega.
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: Andy B on 04 February 2008, 10:45:11: Quote
T/C PADS NOT THE SAME QUALITY AS OE AND GIVE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF PEDAL EFFORT......

Never had a problem with Trade Club pads in either my previous cars, my Omega, my Astra, my wife's Astra or my lads Astra.

[size=9]PS Shh! Please don't shout![/size] ;) :y :y :y
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: Entwood on 04 February 2008, 17:56:12: Quote
T/C PADS NOT THE SAME QUALITY AS OE AND GIVE A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF PEDAL EFFORT.
BEST PADS ARE EITHER ATE OR PAGID(VERY SHARP INITIAL BITE) FROM EURO CAR PARTS AT THE SAME OR LESS THAN TC.

Sorry to disagree, the trade club pads / discs I purchased had the VX part number on them, no difference to non-TC parts at all.
Title: Re: Brake pads
Post by: alanfp on 05 February 2008, 00:48:21: I guess I would agree - surely Trade Club means a financial arrangement, not cheap and nasty quality. ie not the same as 'trade' paint, which IS different.