Hi All.
Have posted a couple of threads since the purchase of my 2010 Fiat 500 1.2 sport with 17,000 on he clock! I want "the knowledge" Among other things front brake discs and pads which wear quickly ( I have taken note of the thread re pad runners ) I checked many cars MOTs via DVLA web site while I was looking and many advisories on rust pitted discs and worn pads at low mileage seemed the norm! as was on mine.
Has anyone found an alternative to less wear by fitting non fiat discs and pads such as Mintex, EBC or other ?
Appreciate your advice
Regards
Ian

coolbumble said:

Hi All.
Have posted a couple of threads since the purchase of my 2010 Fiat 500 1.2 sport with 17,000 on he clock! I want "the knowledge" Among other things front brake discs and pads which wear quickly ( I have taken note of the thread re pad runners ) I checked many cars MOTs via DVLA web site while I was looking and many advisories on rust pitted discs and worn pads at low mileage seemed the norm! as was on mine.
Has anyone found an alternative to less wear by fitting non fiat discs and pads such as Mintex, EBC or other ?
Appreciate your advice
Regards
Ian

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You can buy a perfectly good set of PAGID Discs & Pads from ECP for the 1.2 for about £50 all in. They work just fine and are about as easy to fit as it gets - the discs are specially coated so you don't even need to degrease before installing. Runout on the set I bought was well within limits (this is sometimes an issue with very cheap 'no name' discs).

Lubricating the calipers properly as per the referenced thread helps - a lot.

The OEM pads in the Panda lasted about 4yrs/50k; the 500 is still on its original pads after 6yrs/35k. On the 1.2, the discs are so cheap it isn't really worth reusing them at those sort of mileages (they were more than half worn after 50k on the Panda & likely would have been below limits by the time the replacement pads wore out). Other engine variants use vented discs which are considerably more expensive, so the economics of concurrent disc replacement on the 1.4/TA/mJet may be different.