29-12-2019, 06:39 PM
Hi Oli. They fitted 3 different caliper types to cars with the 266mm front Brakes. They were Lucas/Girling, Bosch and I think the third type were ATE. Your old pads look like they came from a Lucas/Girling caliper, which is what mine are. They often come with the wear indicator connection cable. Like you I have to cut them off as I don't have that system on the car. (I assume the same calipers got fitted to other vehicles that did).
Those tyres look old! What was the date code on them? Considering how many miles you do in the car I can understand you wanting to go for budgets. I was put off using them a few years ago when I read an article on how much greater the stopping distances were on budget tyres, in all conditions. I'm using the car a lot more tho. Might be worth shopping around for some decent 'mid-range' tyres. Sometimes the step-up in price really isn't that great.
Happy New Year!
Those tyres look old! What was the date code on them? Considering how many miles you do in the car I can understand you wanting to go for budgets. I was put off using them a few years ago when I read an article on how much greater the stopping distances were on budget tyres, in all conditions. I'm using the car a lot more tho. Might be worth shopping around for some decent 'mid-range' tyres. Sometimes the step-up in price really isn't that great.
Happy New Year!
