Counter Of Beans
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Just returned from Portsmouth OPC where I had the sports mode retro-fitted (expensive, but transforms the car, love it!). Anyway, they insist on doing this inspection thingy, and even email you a video with comments. One of which was that the insides of the rear discs are rather rusty, and they recommend new discs and pads at a cost of several million pounds.
My questions are as follows:
Will corroded discs result in a MOT fail? I should add that the discs aren't cracked, braking is fine, and the pads have plenty of remaining life.
Should this even be happening after only 34k miles (and 7 years)? I appreciate that rear discs don't do much work, but surely their service life is longer than this?
And finally, if I do get new rear discs and pads, where's the best source for gen 2 parts? Every seller on Ebay seems to only offer discs and pads for gen1 cars, or are they all the same anyway?
TIA, Mike.
My questions are as follows:
Will corroded discs result in a MOT fail? I should add that the discs aren't cracked, braking is fine, and the pads have plenty of remaining life.
Should this even be happening after only 34k miles (and 7 years)? I appreciate that rear discs don't do much work, but surely their service life is longer than this?
And finally, if I do get new rear discs and pads, where's the best source for gen 2 parts? Every seller on Ebay seems to only offer discs and pads for gen1 cars, or are they all the same anyway?
TIA, Mike.