Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra | Technical matters | Back Room Forum

Fri 30 Dec 2005 16:19

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Ben {P}

Our Leon Cupra requires all new discs and pads- where is the best place to buy them from? I live in Bromley. I want good quality, at the best prices.

www.buypartsby.com appears to offer good prices, but are Delphi and Mintex top quality suppliers? I have used Mintex in the past but have no experience with Delphi products.

I am considering using EBC greenstuff pads at the front, are there any reasons not to use these pads?

Thanks.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 16:23

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - trancer

GSF or Euro car parts should do them as they are pretty much Golf items.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 16:30

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - Aprilia

Delphi are a 'spin off' company from GM - they took over the Lockheed braking businesss - so yes, they are top-quality (better than some of the stuff I've had from GSF and ECP). Mintex are top-notch pads too.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 16:36

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - bell boy

agree with aprilia yours is a cupra so you want top quality,forget the green pads as well,keep it standard.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 17:29

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - jc

There are also suppliers like Autela and Motorpartsdirect. Look in your yellow pages or similar.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 17:58

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - quizman

I have just had pads and discs all round on my Passat, fitted by my local garage.
These are Apec brand, which I have never heard of.
Does anyone know if these are any good?

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 20:57

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - Aprilia

I have just had pads and discs all round on my

Passat, fitted by my local garage.

These are Apec brand, which I have never heard of.

Does anyone know if these are any good?

APEC = Automotive Parts and Equipment Co, I think they are based in Bristol. Fairly 'cheapie' stuff that most of the factors sell - seems OK though. I have used them in the past and, judging by the packaging, I think some of their stuff must be sourced from Slovakia, Slovenia etc. - but not entirely sure.

I tend to go for the well known stuff like Mintex (who also do discs BTW), Delphi, ATE etc etc.

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Sat 31 Dec 2005 15:07

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - quizman

Thanks Aprilia for your answer re Apec. I hate having cheapo parts on my car, this is the trouble with going to local garages. If I had gone to the main dealer I would have got the original spec parts.
It makes you wonder what is the best thing to do when repairs are needed, pay less and get poor quality, or pay top whack and get peace of mind.

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Sat 31 Dec 2005 17:48

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - Aprilia

Thanks Aprilia for your answer re Apec.

I'm sure if you ask your local garage they will fit whatever you request (inc. factory parts obtained from dealer). APEC are not bad though, and a popular brand, so don't worry too much about it.

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Mon 2 Jan 2006 11:54

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - quizman

Thanks again Aprilia for reasuring me re Apec. I am a real worrier!
I went for a longish drive yesterday and found the brakes much better than before.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 21:22

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - Ben {P}

Think I'll order them from buypartsby.com then and see how I get on. By my calculations, I should be able to get the whole lot delivered for £115 inc VAT.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 18:03

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - tr7v8

EBC Pads I've put onto various cars and on all they've improved the braking slightly but far more importantly don't dump filthy brake dust over the wheels & what is there is easier to clean.
Oh and EBC are type 90 or whatever it's called so deemed OEM.
Otherwise Euro Car parts who've been good with Porsche bits, good pricing and delivery.

Jim

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 19:36

Best Place To Buy Discs And Pads - 659FBE

As a compromise between wear rate, pedal effort and disk scoring, I have found the Delphi (branded Lockheed) pads to be the best, closely followed by Mintex. The Delphi pads are generally lighter in colour, so the brake dust does not show so much on the wheels.

Ferodo (Federal Mogul?) are less good in all respects. The cheaper pads from GSF and the like are not as good as the Delphi - Jurid in particular giving rise to disk scoring and squeal when fitted to pre-GM SAABs fitted with Girling calipers. There have been no safety issues with any of these products.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 20:23

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Civic8

As a matter of interest,is that Bromley south london?.if so have you tried southern motor factors by the bus garage-sc motor factors in foots cray sidcup,they both are cheaper than buying from motorists shops/halfords,and I think do makes you require
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Steve

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 21:12

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Ben {P}

Yes it is Bromley South London, and I know the motor factors in question. However, the prices I have been charged in there are never as cheap as the prices I have seen advertised on butpartsby.com
I think that may be because I dont get the proper trade price as I do not have an account. I have used the place a lot in the past- it appeared the more often I purchased there, the better the prices were. They do sell lots of lockhead brake parts, but last time I went in there to buy some rear discs for a mondeo they gave me a brand I had never heard of.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 21:42

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Robin the Technician

Hi Ben,
Try Partco - they are owned by Unipart (who I work for) and are a nationwide company selling to the trade and aftermarket. Top quality products at rock bottom prices. Try twisting their arm for a trade discount.

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These are the views of Robin the Technician with 35 years in the trade. I fix, therefore I am...

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 22:00

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - bell boy

i have an account with partco(brown brothers) and to be honest this last 12 months their prices have gone silly,ive tried reasoning with the local branch and h/o but find it easier to just use them now as a last resort.

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Fri 30 Dec 2005 22:17

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Hamsafar

Have to agree, I went to them in Nottingham, it was deserted, no customers, noone serving, just people joking in the back office. Went out and slammed the door. In years gone buy there used to be both staff and customers inside.

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Sat 31 Dec 2005 00:02

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Aprilia

Me too. Used Brown Brothers (Partco as are now) for donkeys years. Recently they have become a bit expensive and have some new young lads working for them who have an 'attitude problem' (i.e. taking the mick out of customers).

Also another local factor (CAS) tried to charge me more for a Nissan clutch cable than the main dealer wanted! You have to watch these guys. www.buypartsby.co.uk are as cheap as most factors, but then there is P&P - if its a reasonably large order they are good value though.

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Sun 1 Jan 2006 18:53

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Leon on Derv

The only pads and discs i have ever fitted to my Leon are Brembo and zimmerman disks and pagid pads. They aren't cheap, but they are like tyres, something that I never compromise on - too important for that!!!

I buy them from GSF, sorry I cant recall the prices.

Leon

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Sun 1 Jan 2006 20:30

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Ian D

Eurocarparts and GSF usually have 2 or 3 possible makes/prices of brake parts, always go for the most expensive (which is usually only a few quid more) ad you are most likely to end up with OEM parts (eg PAGID or Brembo).

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Sun 1 Jan 2006 23:23

Best Place To Buy Discs&Pads. Leon Cupra - Yoby

Micheldiver's down the M3 in Hampshire. HJ seems keen on them - get all my brake and tyre stuff done there - they really know what they are doing and prices are soooo much better than anywhere else. Phone up and make an appt so they have the parts in stock and they do it while you wait.

Their website and details are at www.micheldever.co.uk

Cheers, Yoby

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