[SkyJawa]

Anyone know where the best place is to get m performance genuine or otherwise brake discs from, the ones with slots and dimples.....?

[teaston]

TRW DF6600S two piece disc £111 each:

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/110157...SABEgJNGvD_BwE

[SkyJawa]

Cheers, fronts and rears on their way

[dizzy619]

Originally Posted by SkyJawa

Cheers, fronts and rears on their way

You hope..... Autodoc can be a bit awkward..

[teaston]

Originally Posted by dizzy619

You hope..... Autodoc can be a bit awkward..

I think they just want ID to make sure they’re not going to get scammed.

[SkyJawa]

Originally Posted by dizzy619

You hope..... Autodoc can be a bit awkward..

I’ve ordered bits for my Peugeot from them before with no issues.

[Ridg]

Originally Posted by dizzy619

You hope..... Autodoc can be a bit awkward..

I had front and rear discs from them absolutely no issues.

[Iyrix]

Originally Posted by teaston

TRW DF6600S two piece disc £111 each:

https://www.autodoc.co.uk/trw/110157...SABEgJNGvD_BwE

Do these still have the nice looking hubs?

[Iyrix]

Think i found my answer...

[SkyJawa]

Turns out good timing I ordered them! Just got an MOT advisory for front brake discs! lol

And passed no issues with new smoke rules with Celtic Tuning remap so result there

[Mitchdes]

Hi - apologies for hi-jacking this post a little. I’m going to be doing my first disc and pad change on my 320d xdrive (2012) and I am a little nervous as never done before. I’ve checked out the BMW instructions and various videos and it looks straight forward, however I am wondering a few things:
1 - is it okay to reuse the various clips from the existing brakes
2 - is it necessary to always replace the wear sensor (hasn’t triggered yet)
3 - is it okay to reuse the various attachment bolts (BMW manual says to replace some)

These are standard BMW brakes (not performance) - any recommend replacement?

[ian332isport]

Originally Posted by Mitchdes

1 - is it okay to reuse the various clips from the existing brakes
2 - is it necessary to always replace the wear sensor (hasn’t triggered yet)
3 - is it okay to reuse the various attachment bolts (BMW manual says to replace some)

1 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - Generally Yes. I'm not aware that BMW use stretch bolts on the braking system, so the existing bolts should be fine. They may suggest new bolts if they have thread locking compound on them, but if you apply some thread lock compound to the existing bolts it should be fine.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by ian332isport

1 - Yes
2 - Yes
3 - Generally Yes. I'm not aware that BMW use stretch bolts on the braking system, so the existing bolts should be fine. They may suggest new bolts if they have thread locking compound on them, but if you apply some thread lock compound to the existing bolts it should be fine.

You don’t need to replace the wear sensor, I always leave the same one on.

[ian332isport]

Originally Posted by teaston

You don’t need to replace the wear sensor, I always leave the same one on.

Yes, this is correct. Typing too fast before I left for work. Absolutely no need to replace the sensor if it’s still intact.

[Mitchdes]

Thank you for the input. Very much appreciated.

Is the a way to reset the brake wear sensor on the computer? Keeps popping up with number of miles left before brakes need doing (3000).

Cheers 👍😊

[sensible]

How do you know if the wear sensor has been triggered or not?

[Ridg]

Originally Posted by Mitchdes

Thank you for the input. Very much appreciated.

Is the a way to reset the brake wear sensor on the computer? Keeps popping up with number of miles left before brakes need doing (3000).

Cheers 👍😊

[Ridg]

Originally Posted by sensible

How do you know if the wear sensor has been triggered or not?

it will be worn down, you should be able to tell from how much meat is left on the pads e.g. if it's past the sensor then you're ok.

The wear sensors can be awkward to get out though, when I replaced my pads, I got the front sensor out clean but had to replace the rear as it broke coming out.

the sensors are relatively inexpensive (£10 each IIRC) so could be worth having one just in case.

[sensible]

Originally Posted by Ridg

it will be worn down, you should be able to tell from how much meat is left on the pads e.g. if it's past the sensor then you're ok.

The wear sensors can be awkward to get out though, when I replaced my pads, I got the front sensor out clean but had to replace the rear as it broke coming out.

the sensors are relatively inexpensive (£10 each IIRC) so could be worth having one just in case.

[SkyJawa]

Discs finally arrived today. Takes a little while with Autodoc but all good. There was a week delay as they emailed to say they would call but didn’t and had to chase them. They basically wanted to go through order details to know not being scammed but didn’t need to send ID or anything just a quick phone chat.

[mikeoz]

Originally Posted by SkyJawa

Discs finally arrived today. Takes a little while with Autodoc but all good. There was a week delay as they emailed to say they would call but didn’t and had to chase them. They basically wanted to go through order details to know not being scammed but didn’t need to send ID or anything just a quick phone chat.

Why do they think they are going to to get scammed all the time? Surely you pay up front when Ordered?

[SkyJawa]

God knows, just seems to be their policy, obviously over a certain order value, as when I ordered a 40 quid part from them they just sent it......