How much roughly for a set of front disc's n pad's for a 1.6 mx5?

Have a look on eurocar parts or brakes international websites.

They are generally cheaper than most places

or the source of everything ebay.

would think around 60 with pads would be fair for a semi decent make

Just bought these very parts for my daughter's car (a 1.8 though) last month. I used autolinkuk.co.uk - they are specialists, well-known and respected in the MX-5 community.

Front discs (pair): £31.02

Rear discs (pair): £23.59

both plus VAT

IMO, don't bother with so-called high performance discs unless you are racing or something. The standard parts are well up to the job. Do clean off all the grease from the calliper pins and make sure they run smoothly.

Also bought EBC Ultimax (standard grade replacement) pads front and rear at about £38 for front and rears together, plus VAT again of course - don't forget to keep the shims on the backs of the old pads (not suppied with pads unless you buy genuine Mazda)

Good advice from Mudhut above - Andy at Autolink is a good guy and has some good prices that are difficult to match. He also sells the backing plates etc. as a fitting kit if yours are shot!

Cheers guys.

Some good advise there. It's for my mums car, while there away on holiday I'm getting a good friend to change the cambelt and give it a quick check over. I noriced when driving the car to my house that it pulled slightly to the left when braking and when I looked at the discs the left side had nearly full disc to pad contact where-as the drivers side there was only a little bit of the pad in contact with the disc so I'm sure they need replacing.

What other things should we be looking out for? My parents have both said they get a juddering feeling when setting off from a stand still especially when the engine is cold, I however didn't get any juddering when it was cold and only got a little juddering when warm but not everytime I set off?

Cheers guys.

Some good advise there. It's for my mums car, while there away on holiday I'm getting a good friend to change the cambelt and give it a quick check over. I noriced when driving the car to my house that it pulled slightly to the left when braking and when I looked at the discs the left side had nearly full disc to pad contact where-as the drivers side there was only a little bit of the pad in contact with the disc so I'm sure they need replacing.

What other things should we be looking out for? My parents have both said they get a juddering feeling when setting off from a stand still especially when the engine is cold, I however didn't get any juddering when it was cold and only got a little juddering when warm but not everytime I set off?

also mx5parts.co.uk

Careful with the brakes, its common for the slide-pins to seize, causing the calipers to bind and not work properly... unfortunately this may mean a recon caliper is required.

If your doing the cambelt you might as well get the waterpump done at the same time.

Do you mean juddering as in the engine struggling, or the clutch engagement?... if its engine related it could be HT leads/plugs.. if its the clutch, it could be worn or contaminated with oil from the rear crank oil seal.. or a leaking CAS o-ring..

BTW whats the age of the car?..

also mx5parts.co.uk

Careful with the brakes, its common for the slide-pins to seize, causing the calipers to bind and not work properly... unfortunately this may mean a recon caliper is required.

If your doing the cambelt you might as well get the waterpump done at the same time.

Do you mean juddering as in the engine struggling, or the clutch engagement?... if its engine related it could be HT leads/plugs.. if its the clutch, it could be worn or contaminated with oil from the rear crank oil seal.. or a leaking CAS o-ring..

BTW whats the age of the car?..

its a 2003 and I got it wrong earlier, its actually a 1.8l

This is what the brakes look like

Drivers Side

Passenger side

As you can see, they don't appear to be in the best of condition or wearing well.

The juddering is during the engagement of the clutch, the engine feels fine. It also feels quite fuzzy when changing gear and a little difficult sometimes, if you let up the clutch a little too quickly it feels like the engine isn't held in securely.

its a 2003 and I got it wrong earlier, its actually a 1.8l

This is what the brakes look like

Drivers Side

Passenger side

As you can see, they don't appear to be in the best of condition or wearing well.

The juddering is during the engagement of the clutch, the engine feels fine. It also feels quite fuzzy when changing gear and a little difficult sometimes, if you let up the clutch a little too quickly it feels like the engine isn't held in securely.

AFAIK some Mk2 and MK2.5's suffered with "Clutch Judder" if you check out the MX5OC forums there will be lots of info on there about it.

Yep clutch judder was common on some of the early Mk2 and Mk2.5 cars but I'd think that a 2003 was too late for that. I'd have a look at the clutch slave cylinder and check it is running smoothly and that the operating rod to release arm is well greased up. It'll not be the HT leads if it isn't misfiring under a wide open throttle at low speeds in a huigh gear.

The brakes will be a stuck slider pin I'm sure but they can sometimes be freed and cleaned up.

As for the gearchange they are always poor from 1st to 2nd when cold (poor synchromesh) but it will probably be worth checking the gear turret oil and the rubber boots (two of them) as they perish with the heat and disintigrate allowing the turret to dry up. Also changing the gearbox oil to something like redline can help as well.

Thanks for all your replies and advise.

Tonight should be the night to tackle this providing the cambelt kit arrives today