Changing brake pads - Bitdi

[Justinos]

Did the rears at the weekend as this was what was triggering the brake pad warning light.

I have never had rear pads wear out before the fronts before. They have lasted 45k miles as my commute is mainly A road and motorways. The fronts don't look half warn.

I recall someone else with a Bitdi having the rears go at 10k miles - must be how the bias is set up?

[Whippy53]

That is strange, the front end should always bare the brunt of the braking force otherwise the rears would always lock up. Odd.

[Crasher]

Nope, the 2017 S5 we have just done was down the the metal on the rears and still a decent bit left on the albeit worn discs at the front... which to be honest is bloody lucky as there is no stock of genuine pads in the UK, no delivery date and virtually impossible aftermarket. With modern electronic brake force distribution it is now the norm to have to do the rear first and especially so on the MQB platform such as Golf 7.

[Justinos]

that all makes perfect sense, so the more spirited you drive, the earlier the rears will need replacing than the fronts!

[Crasher]

AND they are thinner and smaller to start with....