Just thought I would share the following after having my Croma laid up for three days whilst on holiday waiting for brake pads of all things.
Although the car was serviced at the end of May (by a dealer) I noticed a slight sound of metal on metal when I braked. I quickly whipped the car into kwik-fit (the dealer didn't want to know me) to check it out. Sure enough the brake pads were down to nowt, although the discs were still ok (this will be taken up with the dealer who serviced the car - it has only done 3,000 miles since).
Now, the calipers on the 2.4 and the 1.9 16v diesel are different to the ones they fit to the 8v Diesel and the 2.2 petrol cars. You will note from the first page of the attached doc that the pads for the 8v and the 2.2 are very different to the ones on the 16v and 20v cars; the former have a hooked locating lug (the same as fitted to the Vectra) whilst the latter (unique to the Croma) don't.
Now despite KF telling the parts supplier it was a 16v car they sent the ones for an 8v, then they said they couldn't supply the ones for the 16v car (in the end I had to book it into the dealer and wait whilst the parts arrived).
Also the rear calipers and pads are different too, although they look similar. If you check the doc called rear brakes you will note the two distinct sets of part numbers.
The FIAT part numbers are in the docs so you can quote these to any motor factor for reference. Don't rely on them to get it right for you, because experience has just shown me they will f*ck it up.
Although the car was serviced at the end of May (by a dealer) I noticed a slight sound of metal on metal when I braked. I quickly whipped the car into kwik-fit (the dealer didn't want to know me) to check it out. Sure enough the brake pads were down to nowt, although the discs were still ok (this will be taken up with the dealer who serviced the car - it has only done 3,000 miles since).
Now, the calipers on the 2.4 and the 1.9 16v diesel are different to the ones they fit to the 8v Diesel and the 2.2 petrol cars. You will note from the first page of the attached doc that the pads for the 8v and the 2.2 are very different to the ones on the 16v and 20v cars; the former have a hooked locating lug (the same as fitted to the Vectra) whilst the latter (unique to the Croma) don't.
Now despite KF telling the parts supplier it was a 16v car they sent the ones for an 8v, then they said they couldn't supply the ones for the 16v car (in the end I had to book it into the dealer and wait whilst the parts arrived).
Also the rear calipers and pads are different too, although they look similar. If you check the doc called rear brakes you will note the two distinct sets of part numbers.
The FIAT part numbers are in the docs so you can quote these to any motor factor for reference. Don't rely on them to get it right for you, because experience has just shown me they will f*ck it up.