'08 brake pads different?
#1
'08 brake pads different?
Greetings all,
Picked up a set of OEM replacement pads from local parts store for my '08 standard coupe, only to find that the pad guides are not the same. The new set has hook shaped guide pins while the originals (first brake job on car) are a simple pin shape. It looks like I could grind off the hook part and the remainder would fit the groove and be servicable, but I really don't want to modify what should be stock parts. I've done some on-line shopping, only to find the hook shape.
Also found that there are no pins on the piston side pad (at least the side that I started to replace). Thought that was curious...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Picked up a set of OEM replacement pads from local parts store for my '08 standard coupe, only to find that the pad guides are not the same. The new set has hook shaped guide pins while the originals (first brake job on car) are a simple pin shape. It looks like I could grind off the hook part and the remainder would fit the groove and be servicable, but I really don't want to modify what should be stock parts. I've done some on-line shopping, only to find the hook shape.
Also found that there are no pins on the piston side pad (at least the side that I started to replace). Thought that was curious...
Any help is greatly appreciated.
#2
not sure I follow the difference you try to describe but checking a couple of pad brands I find only 1 part number for GEN2 just-s-cooper so my guess is you got the wrong pads. I'd not try to modify them. I'd return 'em and maybe go with something else..... EBC, HAWK??
Altho I did buy a set at an AutoZone for a GEN1 and they fit fine - no differences from what I was taking off . . .
**edit, see below, I believe the question is are GEN2 pads different from GEN1 and the answer is yes . . .
Altho I did buy a set at an AutoZone for a GEN1 and they fit fine - no differences from what I was taking off . . .
**edit, see below, I believe the question is are GEN2 pads different from GEN1 and the answer is yes . . .
Last edited by Capt_bj; 09-09-2010 at 01:39 PM.
#5
I'm reading
my '08 standard coupe
as a just a cooper
but in any case there are differences in the GEN2 pads for a justa vs an S vs JCW but not for various years of either so far as I can tell.....
###### wait ....
are you meaning a 'hook' like this?
That's a rear GEN1 pad for an S (ignor the clips) - GEN1 pads had a hook and my GEN2 pads don't . . .
a GEN2 front:
You've got GEN1 pads there I believe . . .
my '08 standard coupe
as a just a cooper
but in any case there are differences in the GEN2 pads for a justa vs an S vs JCW but not for various years of either so far as I can tell.....
###### wait ....
are you meaning a 'hook' like this?
That's a rear GEN1 pad for an S (ignor the clips) - GEN1 pads had a hook and my GEN2 pads don't . . .
a GEN2 front:
You've got GEN1 pads there I believe . . .
Last edited by Capt_bj; 09-09-2010 at 01:34 PM.
#7
To answer the question, I have an R56 MC - (second generation coupe, not sport). I bought the pads based on year and model... good possibility sales clerk punched up MCS on accident (reciept says "2008 - any engine").
A picture really is worth 1000 words! Capt BJ, the lower pad is what I have on the car while the upper is what is in the box (minus the springs). I'll return that and open the box in the store this time.
Thanks to everyone for helping.
A picture really is worth 1000 words! Capt BJ, the lower pad is what I have on the car while the upper is what is in the box (minus the springs). I'll return that and open the box in the store this time.
Thanks to everyone for helping.
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