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NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 5:50 pm
by nomis
I need to put new front brake pad on my daily. I want the cheapest possible!
Anyone know where to find such a thing?
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:18 pm
by smy0003
You can try eBay.
Buy some QFM HPX pads. They'll cost you $79 and actually work.
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Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:05 pm
by nomis
smy0003 wrote:You can try eBay.
Buy some QFM HPX pads. They'll cost you $79 and actually work.
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Cheapest front set I can find on ebay are ~$50
I may also get a disc+pad combo if anyone knows of any cheap deals.
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:15 pm
by smy0003
nomis wrote:smy0003 wrote:You can try eBay.
Buy some QFM HPX pads. They'll cost you $79 and actually work.
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Cheapest front set I can find on ebay are ~$50
All the more reason to go with the brand name stuff. An extra $30 well spent.
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:27 pm
by hks_kansei
I've used cheap pads before.
$20 an axle for "axxis" brand.
Daily use they were fine, no issues at all and lasted me maybe 4 years.
For hard driving they were average, one good stop would cook them.
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 9:18 pm
by manga_blue
I've seen new ultra cheap pads crumble to dust after 2 or 3 hard stops in a row. They were incapable of surviving one steep descent. QFM HPX are really really good. Economise elsewhere, not on brake pads.
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:03 pm
by MattR
Dunlop Volley on a stick nailed to the door?????
That would be pretty cheap, and stop better than a lot of the noname brand stuff around
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:08 am
by nomis
so the front pads I ordered I cant get them to fit. the outside one fits but the inside pad hits the caliper mounting bracket
here is pics of the pads that i am replacing and the new ones. quite a size difference.
did they send me the wrong ones ? is there a size difference between 1.6 and 1.8 pads ?
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:24 am
by smy0003
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:35 am
by sailaholic
If the don't match what came out then they are wrong.
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Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:55 am
by Magpie
^^^^^
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 12:44 pm
by hks_kansei
It looks like you have been sent (or accidenaly ordered) pads for an NA8/NB8A
NA8 and NB8A were the only models to have shared brakes, the rest of the mx5s all had different parts each.
Re: NA 1.6 replacement front brake pads
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:31 pm
by nomis
Seems it was an error in their ebay listing, they are sending me the correct pads for no extra charge. Great customer service
