brake discs and pads for the front

[Garetht]

Hi,

Please can someone recommend a set of discs and pads for the front ?

some one was supposed to be sorting this out for me but screwed at the last minute. Need to get all parts by Friday!!!

 

[James_R]

Gareth why dont you include the vital info you didnt bother to put in the first place like:

Make
Model
Engine size
Price you want to pay
Application you want them for, road, track etc
Where you want them from - ebay, local parts factor etc
What make you want - EBC, mintex etc
Etc etc

 

[Garetht]

Cheers

THanks for pointing that out MJ. Now it makes sense why my mother always said more haste, less speed.

Leon MK1 1.9 TDI 130 2004
£150
Everyday use
Don't mind where they are from
As good a make as I can get for around £150

Hope this helps you guys to help me...............

 

[James_R]

You could try ebay, you'll be able to pick some up for less than £150 but you'd have to make sure you have the right size discs because some had 280mm discs and others had 288mm

 

[Garetht]

Uh Oh

MJ, I am clueless about my car!!!

How do I find out what size discs it has ? and from what I have seen there are a couple of different types of pads just to confuse me even more

 

[James_R]

Are you capable of removing one of the wheels? if so remove either of the front wheels and measure the disc diameter with a tape measure. Or call your local seat dealer with your chassis number and they should be able to tell you.

 

[Garetht]

easy

Thought there was going to be more to it!!

Will have a check tomorrow.

Cheers

 

[benhampshire]

Just out of interest can you fit 288mm to 280?

I'm after some better front breaks for leon pd150, i also keep hearing about using the carrier from an Audi tt and pads... anyine knwoing anything on this?

In terms of decent discs for the original poster i was looking at these from euro car parts:

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Seat_Leon_1.9_2004/p/Car-Parts/Brakes/Brake-Friction/Performance-Brake-Discs


Pads these:

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Seat_Leon_1.9_2004/p/Car-Parts/Brakes/Brake-Friction/Performance-Brake-Pads/?929440676&1&db4780df7d9e74b48c4e17fa9dc5a267ba1549fc&ZGRE

If you are just after stanadard ones they seem pretty cheap.

 

[Garetht]

Cheers

Cheers fo that info Benhampshire.

Is it best to get uprated pads and standard disc or vice versa ?

As this close to christmas can't get everything at once

 

[Dyscontinued]

I get all mine from brakesint.com

 

[Garetht]

Seat !!!!!!

OK, spoke to seat and gave them the VIN number and they told me there are 2 different sized discs used on my car!!!

On the calipers there is either FS3 or FN3 stamped on the caliper.

FS3 means the disc is a 280mm with a minimum thickness of 22mm

FN3 means the disc is a 288mm with a minimum thickness of 25mm


Now, does any one know where they stamp these codes on the caliper ?

 

[redkite]

Hi, I have same year and model, I got my replacements from my local motorist centre front and rears for £100. Fronts are unusual size, first lot he supplied were wrong, it turned out they are same as Audi A6 ones..

 

[James_R]

The leon cupra already has 288mm discs and no they can not be interchanged. To do the conversion you to the bigger 312mm brakes you need new carriers (from say - a TT, tole V5, early cupra 20vt) and a pair of 312mm discs (of your choice from the same models) and this can be done for around £200.

The numbers are stamped on the side of the caliper as you look through the wheel and it will say:

FS III NOT FS3 in numerals not a number.

 

[Garetht]

So are we saying that the 288mm disc will not fit a 04 MK1 Leon TDI 130 SE ?

I spoke to a seat garage this morning and this is the disc he said ??

 

[James_R]

I would have thought the 130 would have had 288mm discs, take the wheel off the be100% certain.

 

[brad1]

Yes the leon 130/150 has 288mm disks, 110 has 280mm disks