Pads, discs, fluid and lines, measured against spec so you know what actually needs replacing and what does not.
Plenty of brake jobs are quoted off a glance through the wheel. We measure pad thickness and disc thickness against the manufacturer minimum, so the answer to "do I need discs as well" is a number rather than an opinion.
That cuts both ways. Sometimes it means the discs do need replacing when you were hoping for pads only. Just as often it means you have more life left than you were told somewhere else.
Brake fluid absorbs water over time. Water boils at a far lower temperature than fluid does, so old fluid can turn to vapour under hard or repeated braking. Vapour compresses in a way fluid does not. That is the long pedal people describe coming down a hill.
It is a cheap job that gets skipped for years. We check the condition of yours as part of a service and tell you when it is due.
It depends far more on how and where you drive than on kilometres. Stop-start city driving wears pads faster than open road running. We measure them at every service so you get warning rather than a surprise.
Not always. Discs have a minimum thickness stamped by the manufacturer. If they are above it and in good condition they can stay. We measure rather than assume.
Grinding usually means the pad material is gone and metal is contacting the disc. Braking performance is reduced and the damage gets more expensive by the day. Ring us rather than leaving it.
Most manufacturers nominate an interval, commonly around every two years, because the fluid absorbs moisture over time. We check the condition of yours at service and let you know when it is due.
Tell us what is going on and we will give you a straight answer on what it needs and what it costs.
