Brake repairs in Lowestoft, on the one system that has to work every time.
Pads, discs, fluid and calipers on any make and model, including the electronic handbrakes and ABS faults a good many independents send down the road. Discs are measured rather than guessed at, and nothing is replaced that does not need to be.
- Discs measured, not judged by eye
- Electronic parking brakes handled on site
- Fluid costs less done at the same time
Measured, not assumed.
Brake discs have a minimum thickness stamped on them by the manufacturer, and the honest way to decide whether they need replacing is to measure them. If they are within specification and not scored or warped, new pads on your existing discs is the correct answer and the cheaper one, and that is what you will be told.
- Pads and discs, OE quality
- Friction material to the specification your car was designed around, because a cheap pad is cheap in the one measurement that matters.
- Discs measured against specification
- Thickness and run-out checked before anything is condemned. Discs within tolerance stay on the car.
- Electronic parking brakes
- Wound back and reset with diagnostic equipment, which is the reason some garages will not take the work on.
- ABS and stability faults
- The module read and the circuit tested, so a wheel speed sensor fault is proved rather than replaced hopefully.
- Brake fluid to the maker interval
- Fluid absorbs moisture and loses its boiling point. Most makers ask for a change every two years, and most cars have never had one.
What it costs.
Brakes are quoted as a fixed price once we have looked, and the reason we will not quote before is that half the cars that come in for "pads and discs" need only pads. Measuring first is what makes the difference, and it costs you nothing.
- Whether the discs actually need replacing, which is measured rather than assumed.
- Front or rear, and whether the rear carries an electronic parking brake.
- Pad and disc prices vary considerably by make and by how the car is used.
- A seized caliper or a corroded hydraulic line is a separate item and is quoted separately.
- Brake fluid, if it is due, is cheaper done at the same time than as its own visit.
Electronic handbrakes and ABS faults.
The work that is less common is the electronic side. An electric parking brake has to be wound back and reset with diagnostic equipment before pads can go anywhere near it, and ABS and stability faults need the module read rather than parts thrown at them. We have the tooling for both, which is why cars arrive here having been turned away elsewhere.
Common questions.
Not the question you arrived with? Ring the workshop and ask. We would rather talk it through than have you guess at it.
+44 (0)1502 572711Mon to Fri, 08:30 to 17:30
Squealing or grinding, a pedal that feels soft or travels further than it did, the car pulling to one side under braking or vibration through the pedal. A grinding noise means metal on metal and should not wait.
Commonly between twenty-five and fifty thousand miles, though it depends heavily on how and where you drive. Town driving wears pads far faster than open road miles.
Not always. Discs have a minimum thickness and we measure them rather than guessing. If they are within specification and not scored or warped, new pads on the existing discs are perfectly correct.
Brake fluid absorbs moisture from the air over time, which lowers its boiling point. Under hard use it can then boil and leave you with a pedal that goes to the floor. Most makers ask for a change every two years.
Yes. Electronic parking brakes have to be wound back and reset with diagnostic equipment, which is why some garages turn the work away. We have the tooling for it.
Find us on Whapload Road.
- Address
- 207 Whapload Road, Lowestoft
- Open
- Mon to Fri, 08:30 to 17:30
- Telephone
- +44 (0)1502 572711
Drivers come to us from across Suffolk.
We are a few minutes from the harbour, and cars arrive here from over the Norfolk border as readily as from the next street. If your town is not on this list it does not mean we cannot help. Ring and ask.
- Lowestoft
- Oulton Broad
- Carlton Colville
- Pakefield
- Corton
- Kessingland
- Gisleham
- Blundeston
- Somerleyton
- Beccles
- Worlingham
- Southwold
- Reydon
- Wrentham
- Bungay
- Halesworth
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Great Yarmouth
Plus Lowestoft itself and everywhere in between.
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