I service my bike myself and bleed off the brakes no problem.

Is it the same on the Stilo, do you do each wheel individually, I need to change my brakes and fluid all round, my local friendly nieghbourhood FIAT dealer wants £195 inclusive of parts, labour and vat for this privelege, I reckon I can do it for less than half of that myself.

Is there a how to guide, any advice appreciated.

Each wheel individually

http://www.motortraders.co.uk/xcart/catalog/product_16383_Gunson_Eezibleed_Brake_Bleeding_Kit.html

Start the furthest caliper from the master cylinder and work your way to the nearest one

If you don't have one then get a self bleeding kit (nothing masochisic here) That makes the job an absolute doddle.

That kit is what I use on my bike I think, basically a plastic tube that connects to the nipple ???

What about pads, best place to buy them ???

Just looking at the MINTEX stuff on ebay, they seem very cheap, especially the disc and pads sets.

Deckchair5 said:

If you don't have one then get a self bleeding kit (nothing masochisic here) That makes the job an absolute doddle.

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Yep as long as you got a good set of lungs :devil:

twincamms said:

Just looking at the MINTEX stuff on ebay, they seem very cheap, especially the disc and pads sets.

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Good discs pads crap I found the compound to hard on many cars and they squeal like a stuffed pig

Good set of lungs?

Some one going to give me a blow then?

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Good set of lungs?

Some one going to give me a blow then?

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Ask Decks he has a very special lady for that ..spend most of her time on her back show him the pic Decks I dare you :devil:

Mintex or EBC ?

Mintex £38 all round EBC £32 all round.

"That kit is what I use on my bike I think, basically a plastic tube that connects to the nipple ???"
Nah nah that's for experiments at school. This is the real thing, one of these.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-GUNSONS-E...tcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You pressurise the system using your car tyre and you simply adopt the position, get down and dirty and open each bleed valve in turn.

"Hmm Call that little thing a nipple?!"

It doesn't even matter which order you bleed them on an already full system because it's pumping in fluid as fast you take it out. It's then a 10mins job.

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Mintex or EBC ?

Mintex £38 all round EBC £32 all round.

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I can get you EBC very cheap if you want

What, cheaper than £32, that's inclusive of vat and free delivery.

Fancy the green ones, but they £78.

Need them for Saturday, it's M.O.T. day.

twincamms said:

What, cheaper than £32, that's inclusive of vat and free delivery.

Fancy the green ones, but they £78.

Need them for Saturday, it's M.O.T. day.

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Cant get them to you by Sat cos I gotta order them from my mate but I think off the top of my head I pay about £30 ish for a front set of green stuff and believe this or not the Abarth are cheaper than the 1.6

What about getting a cheapo set for now and ordering in the EBC's for whenever you have more time? I got a cheap set of QH pads for about 15 quid. They squealed like a pig, which is why I've now OMP pads on, but the QH's are perfectly safe.

PNL, how much can you get the front and rear sets in the greens?

How long would it take to ship them?

Cheers.

I am quite sure I have a set of standard EBC pads for a 1.6 in my garage I havnt used ...yours if I can lay my hands on them and if you want them

What, front and rear?

I'm sure we can come to an arrangement if you have.

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What, front and rear?

I'm sure we can come to an arrangement if you have.

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Think I have the fronts there I gave the rears to Anthony tutton when We did his abarth sports discs and red stuff on my drive last month He went home smiling