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[John-R]

Time for some minor work over the weekend - rear brake pads need changing.
Rang local motor factors who quote about £13 - Mintex I think.
Rang Vauxhall dealer (cousin is a TC holder) - "Yes sir, £63 inc VAT, but they take 48 hours to deliver and please pay up front"
Aaarrggghhh.

Is he havin' me on ??

[henryd]

That isn't TC price,you should get discs and pads for about the price you've been quoted on TC

Edit  maybe not on a 2.6 which has vented rears

[aaronjb]

Pads for vented rears are almost £50 IIRC (ex. VAT) and aren't on trade club, or you can buy TC rear pads for standard discs (much more cheaply) and re-use your (longer) pins, springs & back plates.

(Just ordered mine from AndyC all of five minutes ago, hence I can almost remember the price )

Give AndyC a call.

[John-R]

So the only differnce is the pin length ?
He did ask if mine were vented but I said no 'cos I couldn't see holes in the surface (duh)
'Spose it helps to know your car eh ?

[aaronjb]

Seems to be - my previous set of (expensive!) vented pads (because I wanted the new pins & plates) went on a friend's DTi the other weekend, which has plain rear discs.. all we did was re-use his pins (once we'd managed to hammer the things out!).

I say 'pins' but after 9 years they looked more like long blobs of rust..

[TheBoy]

As you don't get the pins/spring with TC pads, any will do, vented or otherwise. The pads are identical. About a tenner. The TC website, as normal, is 'dangle berries'.

OE pads, loved by many, are around £60, and do come with pins/springs. Thus you need vented or non vented to match.