My left front brake (passenger side) last night started to make a hideous grinding noise, anyway as JBS suspected my brake pads had pretty much had it, anyway I struggled home.

This morning I went to my local garage and got some new pads fitted and im guessing they were aftermarket ones (unsure what brand), i'm guessing they are aftermarket anyway as I can't see how he managed to get OEM pads in on the same day that I brought my car in.

Anyway, brake pads changed and the feel in the brake pedal is almost none existant and to slow the car down even from a moderate speed I seem to have to really press the pedal in. How long do pads normally take to wear in and is this normal?

My final question is (sorry this is going to sound really spackerish ), could normal Fabia pads (or their equivalent) of been fitted instead of the vRS ones, or do only vRS specific type of pads fit?

Thanks

Pads will take around 200-300 miles to bed in fully on a used brake disc

for starters skoda don't make the pads. they will be the same pads fitted to a few different cars so a good chance of getting them very quickly as they would be made by a big company.

the brakes on't feel the same straightaway as they need to bed in for a hundred miles or so, so no heavy braking unless needed

You'll need to bed them in and it can take up to 500 miles! Have a read of this link

Chris

Dude...

I just recently got my pads changed after about 70,000kms. My first brake pad change. They changed it...regardless of the fact it needs to be bed in for a while, they were bloody fantastic and responsive. So there must be something wrong, because new brake pads are thick, and therefore should braking should result in quick response.

Dude...

I just recently got my pads changed after about 70' date='000kms. My first brake pad change. They changed it...regardless of the fact it needs to be bed in for a while, they were bloody fantastic and responsive. So there must be something wrong, because new brake pads are thick, and therefore should braking should result in quick response.[/quote']

Maybe you get a different pad compound over there?

New front pads are rather scary to the uninitiated - it's like having no brakes for the first 60 odd miles with increased pedal pressures. The bite gets gradually better until they're back to "normal" after a couple of hundred miles.

If the discs are worn they will have a pattern of grooves on them which the pad takes a while to wear down to match. Until that happens, contact between pad and disc is only on the high points between the grooves. Also the pads will have a shiny surface on them that takes a little while to wear off. They just need to be bedded in gradually.

because new brake pads are thick, and therefore should braking should result in quick response.

Why would pad thickness make a difference to brake response?

Hmmm just guessing maybe the calipers squeeze harder because the pads are thicker and don't have to travel so far to meet the disc ... also of course the boiling point of the fluid will be higher because of the heat absorption qualities of the extra friction material, and there will be less gassing because of the sealed surface of the brand new pads, and, and, and ......

All complete piffle but I tried

The distance from the pad to the disc never alters regardless of the pad width, the piston just moves out and takes up the space.

Cant really comment as Ive alway felt the vRS brakes to be kinda crap, if I keep it for another 6 months then ill upgrade the brakes for sure.

As far a I know, the vRS brakes are unique to the Fabia range, so they must be the pukka pads!

While we're on the topic, has anybody fitted any type of fast road pad to the std 288mm brakes?

The distance from the pad to the disc never alters regardless of the pad width, the piston just moves out and takes up the space.

I kneau that, I kneau that!

I did say it was all piffle

Far canal, there ain't arf some excrement posted on here :grumpy:

New pads need to be bedded in, end of. The bedding in procedure and the time taken to bed in varies with different types of pads.

Thickness of the pads? Far king nonsense!

Jon, yes.

HTH

Jon' date=' yes.

HTH[/quote']

Yes to what? :confused:

Urm probably

has anybody fitted any type of fast road pad to the std 288mm brakes

C'mon, spill the beans!

DS2500s - I had them on my old Octy, too. In fact they're the same pads for either the 288 or the 312, same part number.

Oh, hang on! Octy calipers are different to Furbys

Ah - disc sizes are a coincidence then. I assumed too much, knowing some people had swapped to 312 systems off Octavias. Sorry :(

Thanks for all the replies guys, I have been out for a Briskodaly drive in it tonight, very light/light then medium braking over a period of approximately 50 miles.

It seems much better already, cant wait till I can start stopping properly soon

Thanks for all the replies guys' date=' I have been out for a Briskodaly drive in it tonight, very light/light then medium braking over a period of approximately 50 miles.

It seems much better already, cant wait till I can start stopping properly soon [/quote']

Hellfire,

How many miles did your pads last for? Just wondering because when mine are gettin to the end of their life I'll be upgrading to 312mm jobbies. So I'd like to know how much I "may" have left.

Anyone else with a fabia vRS that has changed the pads due to being worn out?

Far canal' date=' there ain't arf some excrement posted on here :grumpy:

New pads need to be bedded in, end of. The bedding in procedure and the time taken to bed in varies with different types of pads.

Thickness of the pads? Far king nonsense![/quote']

Obi-wan is telling the truth..what a load of bolleaux.

Will take a couple of hundred mile to bed the pads in...it's a fact.

Just for info, releasing brakes does not remove the pad from the disk, it is the rotation of the disk that does that - this is why disks are hot after driving, even if you do not use the brakes. So as far as thicker pads moving less far etc this is untrue, as they are almost always touching the disk slightly.