Woah there!

The brakes on little blue were shocking. Not just bad, but awful to the point where you had to plan way ahead to stop at a junction. This is the real reason we've not done any track days with the car yet, and why I've hardly done any road miles in her. Well, that has changed. We spent yesterday fitting new discs and pads all round. It's not a terrible job once you get the feel of it.

Want to see some photos?

Front Brakes
Prior to starting, I jacked up the car and put her on two axle stands. Then removed the road wheels from both sides. I figured I'd like to be able to see the current set up in case I got lost somewhere, so I did one side at a time.

Initial set up:
 

Entire caliper removed to get to the disc, disc removed. Box crate deployed to hold the caliper so that the brake pipe isn't damaged:


Giving everything a little clean with a wire brush:

Fitting the pads: I went for EBC Yellow Stuff. :-)

And the final setup on the front. Note the disc being held rigidly in place with wheel nuts while the caliper and pads were fitted.
 

Rear brakes
The rear brakes have an entirely different caliper, pad and disc configuration to the front.

Jacking the car.... in the pouring rain. Not pleasant!



Trying to find the correct alankey size for the manual adjuster. (It's 4mm by the way). The adjuster will do its best to fall out. We spend twenty minutes looking for it once it had done so. Doh.

Folding the caliper up and out of the way. It's tough work because there is a huge amount of spring in the handbrake cable:

Pads going in:
 

And finished: