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Courtesy of having black alloys on 3 of my 4 cars I've always switched to lower dust pads, either by Porterfield, Akebono or EBC green/red
As my 2008 is ceramic sealed I thought I'd give the wheels a treat with new EBC greenstuff pads, mainly because the rear pads are at their limit and fronts are 50% worn, so they probs won't pass the next MOT in October.
When the wheels come off, I shall have my mobile mechanic put them on my axle stands when he does the brakes, I shall then:
1) Deep clean the alloys using ferrous cleaner to remove the brake crud
2) Treat the alloys with Gtechniq C5 ceramic wheel armour sealant
3) Clean calipers with wire brush and brake cleaner
4) Apply primer then gloss red caliper paint
5) Let dry then apply a 'Peugeot' vinyl sticker and lacquer over the top
6) Treat the rusty bits of the discs with black rust protection paint, so they look nicer
7) Fit my recently purchased (£67) mud flaps all round
8) Get my mechanic to refit the wheels and lower the car off jack stands
The ebc part numbers for the brake pads are:
Rear DP2680 = £34.50 (I believe this is the same on all 2008's)
Front DP22073* = £44.54
*Note that this is for the larger 282mm front brake discs, am guessing these are fitted to those models with 110hp and more? If you have the smaller (266mm) front discs then you need part number DP21374, which weirdly are more expensive than the larger ones??
Links to the pads and decals below, note that the pads used are also compatible with a LOT of different cars from Renault/Audi/VW, it's the part numbers that are key and I've cross referenced these with ebc on-line and also by speaking to them:
Rear pads https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP2680-E...609189&hash=item543ee5de18:g:xHgAAOSwiONYL~Ao
Front 282mm pads https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EBC-Gree...ads-DP22073-/361085551023?hash=item54126041af
Front 266mm pads https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP21374-...526046?hash=item4691c82e1e:g:4hgAAOSwQh1bmMR~
Brake caliper decals in a variety of colours https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-...365432?hash=item5946c46538:g:0KsAAOSwFqJWqj7d
Gtechniq C5 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GTechniq...877267&hash=item1eb7c1ebdd:g:dEMAAOSwJhdZgzsP
The paint and wheel armour I already have and I'll be sure to post up some pics of the finished job
Oh, no affiliation to any of the above sellers, I just thought that they few of us that don't rely on main dealers for such things would find the part numbers useful
If using the links for the pads, please ensure you put 'PAID20' in the discount code at check-out to get 20% off the price.
My mechanic is charging me £40 to change the pads, so less than £130 to do everything.
Planned for Friday 20th March, IF we see an improvement in the weather by then!
Courtesy of having black alloys on 3 of my 4 cars I've always switched to lower dust pads, either by Porterfield, Akebono or EBC green/red
As my 2008 is ceramic sealed I thought I'd give the wheels a treat with new EBC greenstuff pads, mainly because the rear pads are at their limit and fronts are 50% worn, so they probs won't pass the next MOT in October.
When the wheels come off, I shall have my mobile mechanic put them on my axle stands when he does the brakes, I shall then:
1) Deep clean the alloys using ferrous cleaner to remove the brake crud
2) Treat the alloys with Gtechniq C5 ceramic wheel armour sealant
3) Clean calipers with wire brush and brake cleaner
4) Apply primer then gloss red caliper paint
5) Let dry then apply a 'Peugeot' vinyl sticker and lacquer over the top
6) Treat the rusty bits of the discs with black rust protection paint, so they look nicer
7) Fit my recently purchased (£67) mud flaps all round
8) Get my mechanic to refit the wheels and lower the car off jack stands
The ebc part numbers for the brake pads are:
Rear DP2680 = £34.50 (I believe this is the same on all 2008's)
Front DP22073* = £44.54
*Note that this is for the larger 282mm front brake discs, am guessing these are fitted to those models with 110hp and more? If you have the smaller (266mm) front discs then you need part number DP21374, which weirdly are more expensive than the larger ones??
Links to the pads and decals below, note that the pads used are also compatible with a LOT of different cars from Renault/Audi/VW, it's the part numbers that are key and I've cross referenced these with ebc on-line and also by speaking to them:
Rear pads https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP2680-E...609189&hash=item543ee5de18:g:xHgAAOSwiONYL~Ao
Front 282mm pads https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EBC-Gree...ads-DP22073-/361085551023?hash=item54126041af
Front 266mm pads https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DP21374-...526046?hash=item4691c82e1e:g:4hgAAOSwQh1bmMR~
Brake caliper decals in a variety of colours https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PEUGEOT-...365432?hash=item5946c46538:g:0KsAAOSwFqJWqj7d
Gtechniq C5 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GTechniq...877267&hash=item1eb7c1ebdd:g:dEMAAOSwJhdZgzsP
The paint and wheel armour I already have and I'll be sure to post up some pics of the finished job
Oh, no affiliation to any of the above sellers, I just thought that they few of us that don't rely on main dealers for such things would find the part numbers useful
If using the links for the pads, please ensure you put 'PAID20' in the discount code at check-out to get 20% off the price.
My mechanic is charging me £40 to change the pads, so less than £130 to do everything.
Planned for Friday 20th March, IF we see an improvement in the weather by then!