Repco has this deal every now and then and it is on again (in QLD at least, not sure about other states).
It looks like a very good deal compared to normal prices. 1/2 price and more depending on model and/or front/rear set.
Not sure about the Silverline brake pads though. Please comment if you have tried them. And if you have tried the Repco rotors feel free to comment too.
Mmm race bread.
Cool story bro…
It is when you pay $15 for a shock absorber
If only there was a website you could post these deals on for other people to take advantage of, rather than just brag about them.
Man I thought I cheapened out when I bought KYB shocks instead of my usual Bilstein.
If you're happy to ride of $15 shocks, you're a bigger gambler than me.
Thanks for that Cole.
Do they do front rotors and pads for VW Tiguan? Our local VW dealers wants over $600 for the parts plus installation!
I googled about a bit, and, worst case, you should expect to pay around $80 each for DBA brand front disc rotors and (a lot) less than $100 for a set of brake pads for late model Tiguan… so well under $300 total for parts even if the Repco deal doesn't apply to your car. Unless there's something particularly unusual about Tiguan (I've never done brakes on one of those), I reckon $600 is dealer price for folks dumb enough to pay dealer price. See if you can download a workshop manual and/or get some advice from appropriate forums. Pad and rotor changes on modern cars are not usually difficult, often something that someone with half a brain or more and a decent (strong) socket set can do in their driveway.
Other than the normal routine of brake servicing you need to tell the car computer to put the park brake into service mode. The park brake is electric.
VW should be stupidly cheap if you know where to go for aftermarket. I'd be going Valeo most likely.
I would have thought $600 is cheap for factory Euro parts, I would have expected more.
But the real issue is how fast Euro spec brakes wear out. Definitely get Australian spec brakes and they will last like a Holden.
and they will last like a Holden.
Until 2017?
On page 14 of the catalogue they have 30%off the TRW brake rotors and pads. They are the Repco pads and rotors brand for Euro and 4wd.
Is this cheap even just for the rotors? i.e. throw out the brake pads
Hmm what models is this for usually these deal are only or falcodores or possibly only popular models with floating discs.
I just changed mine yesterday morning. Got the Bosch rotors from Supercheap Ebay store as they are 20% off in their catalogue then eBay's 20% off.
Worked out at $108 with cheap pads but without brake fluid so not as good as Cole Trickles prices or this deal but worth a look if the Repco ones don't suit.
Is this deal still on at Supercheap?
Yep, it's the EBay deal of here now
Would this deal cover brembo set ups? got oem rotors needing replacement
No. The rotors, pads and fluid would most likely be Repco branded.
here's a better link 1st-page bottom left corner.
http://catalogues.repco.com.au/catalogue/summer-ready-garage…
Thanks mate. Updated the link in the post.
Was hoping to get some feedback on the Silverline pads though. A bit worried they may be really cheap rubbish and they do not let you swap them for another brand paying the difference.
Worst case scenario is that they wear out quickly I guess, just might mean you have to replace them sooner.
In my experience cheap pads last about as long but often get noisy and can produce an incredible amount of dust.
how do you know went you should replace a rotor? is the surface meant to be all flat and even? also brake pads how many mm minimum is acceptable and brand new ones come with how much mm thickness approx?
The surface of a rotor will degrade in a number of ways during normal and abnormal use, either in an uneven way (as in not flat) or potentially where the outer will receive more wear than the inner or vice versa on one side (remember that it's round, so when I say outer I mean the outer of the circle, however this isn't that much of and issue unless it's extreme).
To remedy this you can have them 'machined' in which the rotor is rotated in a machine that grinds back the bumps back to flat, however there are minimum thicknesses for rotors (I assume these are different from car to car) and as machining takes off a layer of metal the rotors are first measured to make sure they are not machined thinner than this minimum.
A couple of things you can do to make sure you get more life out of your rotors is not machine them. It might be a bit controversial but if they are not too bad and you bed your brakes in well then you shouldn't have too much noise or drop in performance. You can either do this during the life of you rotors or at the end when people tell you they can't be machines, just bung a set of pads on and deal with it. If you are a hoon or take your car to the track, then you may beg to differ.
Tried this morning, they didn't have the rotors for my car. May be quite limited in terms of models.
Will jsut get new breaks from Supercheap ebay.
kronicmacstigator on 09/11/2015 - 23:39 Comment score below threshold.