I'm an old person so I never had to replace the discs on my cars ever... it was a sign of not taking care of your car because you neglected replacing the pads and therefore destroyed the discs...

but nowadays I hear people are saying they replace the discs with the pads all the time...

I do about 100 miles a day for commute and 400 miles 2x weekends a month too...

I have done 30,000 miles since a bought the Qubo...

I had the brakes checked a couple months ago when I heard some noises whilst breaking and mechanic said it was just loads of dust which he blew out that was causing noise, brakes were fine and that I'd see the light come on when i needed new pads...

fast forward to now, the check brake light has come on intermittently and I went to different garage as it was closer and they said I needed discs and pads for 190 quid total.

went to another garage and they said discs could be replaced as there is a lip on the outside edge of the discs... i can see there is a slight lip on the disc, it is small, probably not even a mm i would guess but no routing on the face of the disc, it is nice and flat...

this independent shop will do pads and new discs for 40 quid less then previous shop...

given the miles I do and that it is normal that discs don't last like they used to should I go ahead and get discs changed too?

i'm trying to delete this thread as I've realized there is a general section that might be more appropriate for this question... can a moderator please delete this as I can't figure out how to do it...

Hi QuboTastic,

No need to delete it, its a valid question. Had mine replaced about 18/24 month ago, used a non Fiat, Fiat specialist, and paid if memory serves about £140, though that included new rear shoes as well......so thats about ball park price. Mine had done about 30/35000, and is 2009 reg. Happy to have disc & pads replaced, need good working brakes......

Cheers Qube O.

It's not necessarily essential, as long as you're happy that the discs still have plenty of 'meat' left on them. You should be able to find out the thickness of new discs from any supplier, compare that to the thickness of yours. I'd say if it's any less than 5mm difference you could keep them on.

ended up not changing the discs as mechanic said they were fine till next pad change.

I'll keep an eye on it anyway as I do have the brakes checked regularly anyway...