Currently, I am having difficulty finding any brake pads for my Octavia 2010 122 hp.

 

It has the Bosch brake system 1KS, 1KT said to be same, but different colour (very odd, is that a VRS thing, or something?)

 

I can find rears quite easily, I can find Teves quite easily, even Lucas, but mine, no.

 

I don't really need them urgently, but as some work is happening on the rears, I thought I'd get something decent on the fronts at the same time. I haven't yet looked at pads I know to be rubbish, or even spent much time on pads I haven't heard of, but I am really surprised by this.

 

So, does anyone either have a place that they know has them, or a supplier they get their pads, of this spec, from?

 

Thanks 

You need to work out, or find out which PR code your front brake system is. 1KS only refers to the rear.

There appears to be 3 different options

280mm discs - PR=1ZF

288mm - PR=1ZE

and 312mm PR=1LL or 1ZB 

 

At 122hp I doubt it's the last of those, so look at your calipers and see if they have a spring clip on the outside face (288 style) or not (280 style).  See diagrams and part numbers of everything via this page: (view on computer not phone or you tend to lose vital columns in the table)

wheels, brakes Octavia (OCT) [EUROPA 2010 year] (7zap.com)

 

Edited 26 March, 20215 yr by Wino

Thanks a million for the help so far, but this has got me confused.

 

I have the spring clip on the outside, but I don't appear to have the appropriate codes in my Service Schedule.

 

Assuming (and you know what they say about that word) that the relevant codes start with a '1', I have:

 

1DO

1K5

1AT

1N3     and

1NL

 

None of those correspond to the brake pads I've been able to see, so I'm in a bit of a quandary.

 

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, so please enlighten me.

The sticker in the boot and owners manual only represent a small subset of the full PR-code list.

 

A friendly dealer might provide the full list for your VIN if you ask nicely, or you can get it from erwin but you'll need to pay €7 + tax for an hours access

Yours must be the 288 set-up then I think:

Part number of pads shown as item 15. /If you navigate to that page via the link I posted before, then click the button I've highlighted with the red square, it'll give you a long list of aftermarket parts equivalent to that Skoda number.

 

Well, I've just talked to my friendly local dealer, and while the right man was away, the person I spoke to came up with the information that the PR-code (he got a bit confused and was talking about calipers, rather than pads - he seemed to correct it, but didn't fill me with as much confidence as a specialist parts person could have) was 1Z5.

 

I checked the first few hundred parts at a supplier and the 1Z5 code wasn't there (and, of course it is not in my Manual, which I find weird, but there you go), so now to try to follow up Wino's information.

Are these calipers the FS111 version? It's a visible marking on the top of the caliper that you might be able to see even with the wheel on. I got some Brembos recently, if that's the case I can share some numbers because I got sent the wrong ones initially. 

7 hours ago, Me-109 said:

Are these calipers the FS111 version? It's a visible marking on the top of the caliper that you might be able to see even with the wheel on. I got some Brembos recently, if that's the case I can share some numbers because I got sent the wrong ones initially. 

 

They are indeed the FS111 version.

 

Mmmm, Brembos sound nice....how do you find them (initial bite and dust, primarily)?

3 minutes ago, Camlobe said:

 

They are indeed the FS111 version.

 

Mmmm, Brembos sound nice....how do you find them (initial bite and dust, primarily)?

Oh? How do they have the spring clip (item 4 in my screenshot above) then?

If they don't have that, then this is the page with all the relevant details:

floating caliper brake; brake caliper housing; bra... - Octavia(OCT) [EUROPA 2010 year] (7zap.com)

They have a clip, presumed with some springiness, but it is a completely different clip to the one in your diagram - more a flat piece if metal that is combined retainer and anti-vibration shim.

 

<Edit> a bit like the Teves one, but I can't see the thing at the end, properly, at least not without taking them to pieces. </Edit>

Edited 27 March, 20215 yr by Camlobe
extra info

Ah, OK, sorry, I didn't anticipate that ambiguity. That clip is part of the pad, as you'll see in my latest link.

No need for the 'sorry', you've been fantastic, so far...far better than anything else I've seen online...and that includes people at brake pad manufacturers. 

Are you browsing on a computer or phone? Happy to screenshot that correct page if helpful? Phones sometimes chop out useful columns.

 

Hehe, having said that I can't get that page to load at all just now. That site can be a bit flaky, as can my broadband.

Edited 27 March, 20215 yr by Wino

Late back to this.

 

Euro Car Parts numbers I have are 10444122A for the discs, 10144067A for the pads.

 

Brembo disc no is 09.9167.11 for a boxed pair. Haven't got a Brembo number for the pads unless I have the box tucked away for potential packaging.

That 7-Zap page is genius, now I've learnt to use it correctly (my laptop very occasionally loses clicks, which is annoying, when you don't notice).

 

I notice that they include Ferodo, which would be the same Ferodo who said they didn't have any pads for my car (although, I probably made the mistake of including the '1KS' PR code, which I believed at the time...but they didn't mention it being the wrong end, or how easy it was to make a mistake with these).

 

In this last week, I've also engaged in e-mail dialogue withe someone at a respectable tyre manufacturer, who, when I asked about tyre size compatibility with intended new (secondhand) wheels, had to have explained what the 'J' dimension meant. A member of the general public I could understand, but technical support at a tyre manufacturer?

 

And also, I use two web e-mails. One of these has started out not sending e-mails, but only initial e-mails where eventually, you get a bounce, but established correspondents are fine. This has led to me thinking '...that wheel reconditioner must be rubbish, they can't even run a mail system' which was entirely unfair.

 

That, plus a few other things, is making me feel a bit hassled right now.  I've tried to keep on track, but occasionally I've slipped.

 

I'd still be interested in the info on the Brembo pads (or any others that people like) though.

 

Thanks, again.

I had OE parts fitted front and rear when I bought the car as an approved used from the main dealer. I changed the rears for Pagid, initially having to reuse the old pads because the new set sent weren't the right ones. They would slip under braking causing a clunk. Correct new matching Pagid pads sorted that. Fronts are a matching set of Brembos. Bought the discs this year because I bought some Brembo pads about a year ago but didn't need to change them. Both sets don't rust as quickly as the OE set. Wheels get dusty but no worse than anything else I've had. I don't particularly notice bite, or lack of, so at neither end of the spectrum.