Saxo Brakes

1. Adam_92 L-plater Joined: May 2010 Coventry Posts: 67 Red Saxo 1.1i Mrk1

   #1 13th July 2010, 15:49

   Some of you may know i have a saxo 1.1i. Anyway more to the point, my saxos brakes arent great. Its passed its MOT, but i just want to improve them. So what would i need to do/ buy to improve them as they feel very spongy etc. (Btw its 10 years old...)
   
   As you probably can tell i dont know loads about cars
2. user_39821 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2009 Uckfield, East Sussex Posts: 3362 Citroen saxo 1.4 furio

   #2 13th July 2010, 15:51

   New pads and discs and bleed them. Should get them nice and firm again.
   There's probably more water than brake fluid in there lol

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3. Adam_92 L-plater Joined: May 2010 Coventry Posts: 67 Red Saxo 1.1i Mrk1

   #3 13th July 2010, 15:52

   Yeah just realised someone has posted this in a diff section so dont worry about replying.
4. Adam_92 L-plater Joined: May 2010 Coventry Posts: 67 Red Saxo 1.1i Mrk1

   #4 13th July 2010, 15:52

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by adamskiTNR New pads and discs and bleed them. Should get them nice and firm again. There's probably more water than brake fluid in there lol

   Okay cheers mate
5. nelson-swfc Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 495

   #5 13th July 2010, 15:53

   Mine were same and i got new front discs and pads for £92. There okay now.

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6. Adam_92 L-plater Joined: May 2010 Coventry Posts: 67 Red Saxo 1.1i Mrk1

   #6 13th July 2010, 15:54

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by nelson-swfc Mine were same and i got new front discs and pads for £92. There okay now.

   Cheers mate, where from? i was looking at these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-SAXO-1...item19bbcec515 but i thought 1.1i were 3 studs not 4 as these say they are.
7. user_39821 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2009 Uckfield, East Sussex Posts: 3362 Citroen saxo 1.4 furio

   #7 13th July 2010, 16:00

   If they are spongy then the new pads won;t change that much. Unless they are seriously bad but then you wouldn't stop.
   Bleeding them would be on the top of your list mate
8. Adam_92 L-plater Joined: May 2010 Coventry Posts: 67 Red Saxo 1.1i Mrk1

   #8 13th July 2010, 16:11

   Yeah okay So bleeding is??
9. nelson-swfc Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 495

   #9 13th July 2010, 16:15

   Basically lad, i took em to my dads mates garage and he sorted it. They were really bad breaking from speeds of like 60 or 70, because of how weak they were and the car would kinda shake slightly but now there tidy.
10. nappert Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Dundee Posts: 586 VTR also used to have Saxo 1.1i and Datsun cherr

    #10 13th July 2010, 17:06

    I always thought the brakes on my old 1.1 were terrible all the time. Just no stopping power>Never tried another 1.1 to see the difference though.Would've liked to,at the time just for curiosity's sake