I'm going to pop some new brake pads in at the weekend. I've noticed there are two main variants, is there an easy way to tell without removing the old ones? The replacements I think I need are the following:

Felicia Pads

As I understand it there were two caliper brands used Kel and Lucas, question which do I have!

ps its a 1998 S reg felicia hatchback, 1.3mpi engine.

Thanks guys!

Interesting. The parts catalogue lists only one part number for brake pads, the same one from the '93 Favorit to the '01 Felicia, which are the shape of the ones you linked to. The Haynes manual only makes reference to that type of pad as well. You can make sure by looking at the back of your caliper - there should be a slot across the middle through which you can check the pad thickness - the sticky-out bits with springs on on the outer edge of the pads will be visible sat in this slot. The other type of pads have the springs at the ends and thus have no sticky-out bit to see.

Cross-checking the catalogue, I see the 6N Polo had either Lucas or Bendix front calipers fitted, and indeed the parts diagrams for those match the diagrams for the 'two-option' Felicia pads a quick ebay search turned up. I suspect the old 'Felicia/not a Polo' confusion may have been involved somewhere along the line...

it's very unlikely to have the kelsey-hayes calipers.. the other interesting thing worth noting is they use diifferent hoses too.. have a quiick look at the caliper, if it uses a bulkhead fiitting for the hydraulic union it;s a luca caliper

I'm going to pop some new brake pads in at the weekend. I've noticed there are two main variants, is there an easy way to tell without removing the old ones? The replacements I think I need are the following:

Felicia Pads

As I understand it there were two caliper brands used Kel and Lucas, question which do I have!

ps its a 1998 S reg felicia hatchback, 1.3mpi engine.

Thanks guys!

I would go to an car parts outlet such as GSF or Andrew Page (preferably the first as they are more often than not cheaper) and they will be able to give you better quality or budget from quite well know brands cheaper than dealers. for example I'm planning to put Zimmerman discs on my 1.3 Felicia with Textar pads.

Zimmerman as they are the best discs available and Textar pads as they are the best brand for pads imo

personally i'd avoid zimmerman discs, i chucked some on my pickup as a last resort becuase it was all i could get 'same day' at the time, and they aren't the best quality i'm afraid.. wish i'd waited a day for the mintex ones

personally i'd avoid zimmerman discs, i chucked some on my pickup as a last resort becuase it was all i could get 'same day' at the time, and they aren't the best quality i'm afraid.. wish i'd waited a day for the mintex ones

I wouldn't touch Mintex, Zimmerman are the best quality you can get, they are BMW and Mercedes to quality recommended brand. Either Zimmerman or Brembo for discs anyway

bmw and merc both use discs from the from TMD friction group..

in all seriousness though, i warped a set of zimmerman discs in less than a week, but i suppose it's mainly down to having another 50bhp on top of a standard car plus driving like a greyhound with curry powder up it's arse.. also i've gone through about 7 sets of brake pads this year too and i've found that pagid ones are the best... all in my opinion of course

in all seriousness though, i warped a set of zimmerman discs in less than a week, but i suppose it's mainly down to having another 50bhp on top of a standard car plus driving like a greyhound with curry powder up it's arse.. also i've gone through about 7 sets of brake pads this year too and i've found that pagid ones are the best... all in my opinion of course

I hear we're scrapping the Ark Royal maybe they have a spare anchor you could have. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Alex

I hear we're scrapping the Ark Royal maybe they have a spare anchor you could have. ;-) ;-) ;-)

dont even start me on that!!! it was in portsmouth dockyard for the best part of last year getting a 12 million pound refit, saw it almost every day! and now they scrap it to save money... anyway.. off-topic mode *off*

bmw and merc both use discs from the from TMD friction group..

in all seriousness though, i warped a set of zimmerman discs in less than a week, but i suppose it's mainly down to having another 50bhp on top of a standard car plus driving like a greyhound with curry powder up it's arse.. also i've gone through about 7 sets of brake pads this year too and i've found that pagid ones are the best... all in my opinion of course

shouldn't brake so hard on brand new disc or you will warp them lol although pagid are good I still prefer Zimmerman

shouldn't brake so hard on brand new disc or you will warp them

it may surprise you to learn that i'm not a complete douche-bag

Edited 23 October, 201015 yr by TeflonTom

it may surprise you to learn that i'm not a complete douche-bag

well you never know but the only way they would warp is if you got a bad set or if your braking too hard before you brake them in :p

or they're crap*

lol well I don't think so