Time for some new brake pads on the front. I chose Carbone Lorraine RC5+ Sintered Metal Pads from eliseparts.com. This is about as simple as a car servicing jobs gets. Some pics of the job… I got the apprentice to do the other side. Yes it’s that simple even a 4 year old can do […]
Well driving the Elise one Sunday I applied the brakes to slow going down a hill and the pedal went to the floor. I’d had no warning of a long pedal or spongeyness in the pedal prior to this, I just applied the brake as I had done moments before but this time the pedal […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in February 2016) The evo was long overdue a full brake fluid change so I thought i’d do the mazda while i was at it. It’s one of those jobs that often gets overlooked so I expect it was over due too. What came out was pretty yuk Couple […]
(First posted on MX5nutz forum in April 2015) The first job I had to do was the brakes as they were juddering badly under any braking effort. After a bit of research I saw that an easy upgrade was to use 1.8 caliper brackets to allow fitting of the bigger 1.8 discs and pads so, […]