Hi D2 Forum,

Need your advice/recommendations on Brake Rebuilding Kit for a 2003 Discovery 2.

There are many kits available at Atlantic British (see link).

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Some from Hawk, EBC Performance, Ferodo. Do any of you have any experience with these parts?

My brakes are almost at the replacement level (4mm). The kits run between $300 to $600 (front and rear) with rotors and pads. What would be a reasonable amount for labor to replace my brakes?

As always thank you very much!

Al
2003 D2 SE7

 

For brake pads you would want to get " Akebono" it's some of best pads you can buy, can order from eBay or any reputable internet store or even order from most of auto part stores, if they don't have in stock, (depending where you buy from $85 to $120 for each set front or back),, they are more expensive from most other pads, but well worth the price,,
For Rotor's unless they are warped (you will feel brake pedal move a little up & down under foot when breaking,) or worn out so much that you see deep groves in them & fairly raised edge, there is no reason to replace them,,
But if you have to replace Rotor's don't ever buy the cheap stuff, you will regret doing it,,
A set of 4 Rotor's & complete brake pads for around $300 is definitely not worth buying,!!
If you are keeping the Disco buy best quality material regarding brakes,,
Replacing pads & even Rotor's is a very easy & straight forward job, even if you can't do it yourself, any mechanic worth anything should be able to do it & doesn't need a specialist,
If they are replacing pads & Rotor's all around IMO shouldnot be more than $100, & if just pads all around no more than $50.
If you can use a wrench & have time you can do it yourself, if you never done it, there is a video on Atlantic British site about replacing Brake pads & Rotor's you can watch,,

 

After lots of research, the consensus I got was rotors are rotors, so just get rotors. Ceramic pads matter most. I do light daily driving around town. Nothing hardcore.

Here is where I am going next. Recommended by Disco owners:
https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/391027636252

 

I use EBC (green) vented rotors and pads from AB ever since I replaced the original. They work great for me with larger tires too. But recently I replaced my pads from autozone with their Gold pads. This time still have the EBC rotors and the pads were from autozone, I'm very surprised how well the combination works. Felt much braking power than that of all EBC. Just an observation, no real side by side test made.

 

JamieB, I saw that one too. Are yours needed replacement already? Let us know.

 

Yes, I'm due for brakes. Going to do it soon, most likely do the kit I posted. Tons of debate about brakes and drilled and slotted rotors. Will let ya'll know how it goes.

Here's a thread I had gotten feedback from. https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...-rotors-77439/

 

$200.00 Power Stop kit off of Ebay by Brake Motive is excellent. I've installed that setup on two D2's and my wife's H3 Alpha. Great quality rotors, with great ceramic brake pads, and free shipping.

If it's on Ebay and not sold by "Brake Motive" then it's probably not made by Power Stop.

Very little brake dust (EBC's Green Stuff leaves a TON of thick black brake dust), absolutely no noise, and I'm extremely pleased with them.

I'm also running my D2 and H3 without front dust shields. Makes it much easier to completely get all the mud, sand, and misc debris out from behind the rotor/hub. I learned that trick after going thru multiple brake calipers/hubs on my both my 05 Jeep Wranglers. My 04 Jeep Grand Cherokee didn't have them on the front from the factory (and I never had a single caliper or hub fail). I've also done some serious off roading and I never had a single rotor get damaged from trail debris.

 

Hi Best4x4:

I went with the Brake Motive brake rebuild kit. Price was $207.00. We will see how it goes.

BTW one of the forum members Bom2002 suggested that replacing brake pads and rotors should be a straightforward job. I found this video link from AB:

Discovery II Brake Caliper Overview

Is it really this easy? It seems like there is no messy brake fluids to deal with, no bleeding and appears to be a one man job.

Are there any things to watch out for when doing the brakes on a 2003 Disco 2?

Thanks Al

 

The video explains it very good & showes you step by step process,
It's always one man job, & you don't need to bleed system if there was nothing wrong with it to begin with,, (bleeding system is for when replacing brake fluid or parts of system, like calipers / lines / master cylinder,, or if air gets into system somehow)

 

Just get yourself a manual impact driver. It will make removing the phillips head screws holding the rotors in place a breeze vs sitting there, and trying to remove it with a screw driver only to have the head of the screw strip out. Worth it's weight in gold if you ask me when removing the rotors on a P38/D2.



Brake Motive should handle your order quickly and it should arrive fast as well. The brake job on a P38/D2 is as simple as it can get. Just remove your calipers, caliper brackets, and the phillips screw. Then the rotors should come off after hitting em with a rubber hammer. If they won't break free from the hub, spray some penetrating oil around the hub, and in the phillips head retaining bolt hole and let it soak, then hit it with the rubber hammer, and rotate the rotor. It should break free after that, and then installation is the reverse with the exception of pushing the caliper pistons back. I use a large C-Clamp, and one of the old pads to push them back (one wheel at a time). I'd also use a turkey baster and remove some fluid from the master cylinder to prevent it from spilling out while your pushing the pistons back.

Then once you're all done, go break in the rotors/pads properly. Normally it's stopping at 40MPH, then 50MPH, then 70MPH (not coming to a complete stop), then driving for a while and letting them cool. That should seat the rotors/pads properly and you'll be good to go.