Good afternoon everyone!

Just joined today to try and sort my wives car out [the Fabia ian't mine].

The brake pad wear light is on the dash, and it's due an MOT soon so need to change the pads & discs. Is there a how too guide on here [although I'm pretty confident I know what I'm doing]?

My main question is whether there is a part number section on this forum, like the Renault forum I'm on, as there seems to be so many different types/sizes of pads and discs for this car!

Any pointers in the right direction would be a great help and should save me a little time.

I'm off to have a snoop around now! Cheers for any help!

Hello and welcome.

Changing pads & discs is fairly straight forward on the Fabia, but there are different types fitted. Euro Car parts should be able to do them at a good price, but I did have to take the old pads with me in the end to get the right ones for the wife's old Mk1 Fabia.

7mm allen key is usually required to undo the the sliding part of the caliper.

Hi and welcome aboard.

Hello and welcome along

Hello and welcome.

Changing pads & discs is fairly straight forward on the Fabia, but there are different types fitted. Euro Car parts should be able to do them at a good price, but I did have to take the old pads with me in the end to get the right ones for the wife's old Mk1 Fabia.

7mm allen key is usually required to undo the the sliding part of the caliper.

Cheers, I've had the pads out today and got all the numbers etc off them and measured them the best I can, It's a nightmare how many different types of pads that are available for this car! There doesn't seem to be any way to single it down to a single pad either by quoting the VIN / Reg etc.

I think I'm going to have to ring a main dealer and see if they can help me find the right parts.

Thanks

Our local( parts shop) man gave me a set of pads with just the reg no ,but dealers might want the engine number, whick is on a label under the boot carpet. -something like AWY.( That's a SOHC 1.2 engine without power steering)

There'll be a lot of other usefull info on that label,and somewhere on here is a decoder for the info

.http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/52603-skoda-option-codes-decoder/page__st__30__hl__+boot%20+label%20+decoder#entry1512283

Quite few parts sponsors on here. And there's VAG TPS

http://www.thetradep...cialists.co.uk/ - which will find nearest local one .All I wanted was a bit of fuel pipe, which main dealer said was about £150 - obviously got his parts mixed up .TPS took look and said "Fuel pipe ,cut to length" .

Edited 20 July, 201213 yr by VWD

I know the engine code, it's BBM.

The only reason I always try to find the parts myself first, is 9/10 times the main dealer prices are sky high, and you feel obligated to buy from them once you ring and start asking for part numbers.

I've just gone through every single code in service book/boot sticker, and none of them have any relevance to the front brake pads or discs.

I'll get in touch with my local TPS and see if they can help then, or last resort ring the dealer :( Cheers

Hi

TPS should be able to get you the correct pads without going in to PD codes (that is what is on the sticker , and YES the PR code will be on there)

You will not know which one is relevant to the brakes

Dealers and TPS dont give oout part numbers now

If TPS do their job correctly being Trade Parts Suppliers , then they will ask which garage you work at

But working at a dealer myself for VW , then I get it all the time "Stealers" is the name

But as VW dont give us the option to sell as cheap as GSF , then I am sorry , you wont get cheap ones

But we do get alot of calls asking us to give out part numbers , fix over the phone and general advice

So my advice would be to go online to the likes of euro Car Parts

They have the option of popping in your reg number and that will tell you their part number you require

My fella works at Partco , or Unipart , depending on how old you are

He says that the system they have should be able to recognise the parts you need too

Good luck

Sarah

Hi Sarah, thanks for the reply.

Not sure where the assumption has come from but I don't work for a garage. I thought I'd explained it pretty clear, but I am just fixing my wives car ATM. So maybe trying TPS wouldn't work anyway if they only supposed to supply to companies.

...and YES the PR code will be on there

I have gone through every single code that is on the boot sticker/service book, and I got an explanation for every single one, none being related to the front brakes. The only brake related code was for the rear brake drums. This is the decoder I used: http://igorweb.org/equidec/Default.aspx

If you're still adamant that there is a PR code on there which points out the brake pad type, then I'll happily post a picture and you could point out which code it is....

When people refer to the main dealer as 'stealers', which I also do, it is no personal reference to you or anyone else who may take the call at the parts desk. It is a way of pointing out that going through the main dealer channel will always work out more expensive than if you can try and source parts yourself. Hence, this is my only reason for joining the forum, as I thought some help may come of it.

In the end I've done it the old fashioned way. Stripped the caliper, measured & photographed what I needed, and ordered accordingly from the cheapest place. Getting a simple relevant part number off the back of the pads wasn't possible either, due to the immensly over complicated, and quite frankly, stupid 'part coding' system. All the cars I've dealt with before have a simple part number on them, which enable you to re-order when needed. For some strange reason, these cars have to use some sort of code as if they are purposely trying to keep the average guy like myself from fixing them as cheaply as possible. This could also be another very good explaination as to why people refer to dealers as 'stealers'.