Needing Pads Already

**dave16v** · 18th December 2007, 21:42

18000mls And Needing New Rear Pads Dunno If Thats Good Or Not Seems A Bit Soon To Me,,,,

**BigMan** · 18th December 2007, 21:45

Vectra's eat rear pads mate, Mine have been recently replaced after doing just 13000 miles, but i am quite hard on brakes...

The rears are not up to the job, so work overtime in normal operation, let alone when you're in a hurry...

**Ste** · 18th December 2007, 21:49

Mine lasted about 75K on the rears. The fronts now need doing at 80K.

So, it seems there is a huge difference in usage

**dave16v** · 18th December 2007, 21:58

Did I Mention I Am A Taxi Driver And Use The Veccy For 12 Hrs A Day 5 Out Of 7, Service Next Week

**T4M** · 18th December 2007, 22:06

I know a cabbie with a 1.9 CDTi 120 and he says he needs new tyres every 6 months!!

**_ZS_** · 18th December 2007, 22:08

I replace my front tyres every 6 months too, and I only do 20k a year...

**rushy** · 18th December 2007, 22:23

Alex had this problem I think. Are your fronts OME and the rears the VX cheaper ones by any chance?

**T4M** · 18th December 2007, 22:50

Just remembered my Vec had both front and rear pads changed at 30k. Found invoices in the document folder

**simac** · 18th December 2007, 22:55

All my pads lasted until 47k, now close to 65K and the discs are looking a bit sad.

**AJA** · 18th December 2007, 23:07

My factory set lasted until around the 40k IIRC, but the next set of rears only lasted about 14k. I did however buy the cheaper disc and pad set that Vx do, so that may have been a factor.

My advice don't go cheap on your pads.