Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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is this low for brake pads?
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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Got a few thousand left in them
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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I would say they have 25% left in them
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Marc
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Location: York
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Seem alright to me.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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They'll go for a little longer! I changed mine when they got a bit lower than that
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Steve
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why is my pad light on then? would a pad of this level cause that to light?
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SXi_Tim
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Yeah the wear indicator comes on pretty early on vag cars iirc
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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fluid? faulty sensor?
Take the pad out, clean everything up blah blah bah
refit
not a big job
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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checked fluid, vagcom shows no sensor errors, must be plain and simple pad level 
[Edited on 16-11-2006 by Steve]
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AK
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take them out for a good look then
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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i would have thought that too steve, i'll ask a grown up about it when there back from lunch
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Steve
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lol, hey JR theres a question on vagweb froma guy asking about an engine swap in an audi i said you might know lol
its in gen chat
ahh fuck it heres the link lol
http://www.vagweb.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1209
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by AK
take them out for a good look then
will do at the weekend i think
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jr
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handy audi tech bloke said there fucked, new pads time steve
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Steve
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really??
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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My pads are low but no light, not sure if I even have a light though.
Got some DS2500's in my garage and ATE discs, just need to get my lazy arse into gear and fit them...
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jr
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yes, theres now 3 of them the said the same from looking at the pic
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Steve
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cool il await them instructions, draw me a little pic if you like
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