Krysten CTR said:

Hey Jon, Welcome to the forum.

Have a play with the search function. Plenty of guides on how to do stuff.
Most with photos (invaluable) and it's worth finding a set of braided hoses at the same time. Will make the brakes feel 150% better and will stop quicker too

Thats interesting, why the braided hoses?

Ian

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farnboroflyer said:

Krysten CTR said:

Hey Jon, Welcome to the forum.

Have a play with the search function. Plenty of guides on how to do stuff.
Most with photos (invaluable) and it's worth finding a set of braided hoses at the same time. Will make the brakes feel 150% better and will stop quicker too

Thats interesting, why the braided hoses?

Ian

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OP is just replacing pads and discs, so he wont want to do brake lines as well.

To OP make sure you use copper grease on the back of the pad to stop squeaking.

Farn, The braided hoses replace the hose that goes from the main brake lines to the brake calipers, these are normally rubber so when you put pressure through them they expand slightly "lose" a slight bit of braking power as it a bit of pressure loss.

If they are changed to braided hoses they cannot expand and all the pressure from your foot on the pedal goes to the caliper rather than the slight loss to the expanding rubber tube. Makes the brakes feel better and quicker to react to pedal inputs as well.

Hope that helps,

Tom

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TallTom said:

farnboroflyer said:

Farn, The braided hoses replace the hose that goes from the main brake lines to the brake calipers, these are normally rubber so when you put pressure through them they expand slightly "lose" a slight bit of braking power as it a bit of pressure loss.

If they are changed to braided hoses they cannot expand and all the pressure from your foot on the pedal goes to the caliper rather than the slight loss to the expanding rubber tube. Makes the brakes feel better and quicker to react to pedal inputs as well.

Hope that helps,

Tom

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Is the difference big enough to warrant sticking with standard brake pads and changing the hoses to get better braking?

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Jonjo said:

TallTom said:

Is the difference big enough to warrant sticking with standard brake pads and changing the hoses to get better braking?

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not on a 1.2, on a t-jet or m-jet running 150 bhp+ with upgraded discs and pads then its a good investment

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Jonjo said:

TallTom said:

Is the difference big enough to warrant sticking with standard brake pads and changing the hoses to get better braking?

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Im planning to have it done on mine when I get the brake fluid changed again.

Braking feels more direct im told, never tried them before. But I would assume they give much better brake feel as presure you put through pedal is constant rather then a burst (pipe expands) then the brake fluid pressure disipates into the caliper pressing piston.

With braided lines I would have thought its more, press pedal, all force goes to caliper/non is wasted and gives a more firm pedal feel, allows for more accurate pedal force in relation to braking force given

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