A friend has just ordered me some pads for the megane and has said that they are the same part number as seat leon cupra. Looking at ds2500 part no for the Meg it also shows evo 7, 8, 9 I only ask is when I had minis the jcw 4pots shared same pads as 350z and where 40% cheaper then jcw ones so was a good bit of info to have to safe some money
the only real way to tell is to get the part number of the break pad for the evo 7/8/9 or leon cupra and compare. the front being a brembo caliper ists quite likely that the same caliper is used on many cars. im gald iv seen this, when my pads get low I will check if you don't have any luck. keep us updated!
also on the camskill website its very easy to search by part number rather than car type/model. they are normally very competitive on prices.
The pad pattern/number is 4066 and the same pad fits multiple cars. Evos, subarus, etc. As long as you have a 4066 pad it will fit perfectly.
The pads shouldn't be priced by car model just by pad type. I know it is when you're buying aggressive pads anyway, you just give the pattern number and the price is the same whether it's a Renault or not.
I mean when you ask for the pad number it shouldn't matter what car they're for they should be the same price regardless.
That's just vendors upping the price because of monopoly positions. A lot of people don't look any further and say 'the best parts are oe parts'. However the oe's don't make them, they buy them from the likes of brembo. Brembo calipers are based on the same principle because of this. Way cheaper to fabricate a large batch! Wouldn't be too surprised if all the above cars indeed share pads I'm for 100% sure the 250, 225 and 197 pars are the same as i've had them side by side
+1 my 250 front brembos are definetly bigger than my friends 197 brembos. i havnt compared the rears though.
Someone must have the part numbers for 250/265 pads for like std/ds2500/rc5/6 etc? if so let me know for when i need some!
Here's all the cars that share the same front pad as the mk3. 4066 is the pad profile/shape. Each brand of pad will have a different part number but you can phone ferrodo and as for the ds1.11 in 4066 or phone CL and ask for RC6 in 4066 and you'll get the right pad. You don't need specific part numbers as long as you ask for the 4066 in the compound you want. Know what I mean?
My mate has TTRS brakes on his golf, we are both fitting the same yellow stuff pads tomorrow so will be interesting to see if they are
You might find that the pads designated for the TTRS, for example won't list Evo or RS250/265 even though they will physically fit in the caliper and fit the rotor. Why? Because the TTRS (and other mainly European models) has a brake pad wear sensor. Major OEM spec brake component manufacturers (ie. ATE, Ferodo, TRW, Pagid etc) will create a specific part number and parts that match the genuine part like for like - shape, noise reducing features, and the notch cut out for the pad wear sensor. Because there is always that guy out there who doesn't like buying genuine pads for whatever reason but buys aftermarket pads and expects them to perform and fit hassle-free like genuine pads. Smaller (usually sport oriented) brake pad manufacturers probably would rather save development and production costs by creating a pad which physically fits the caliper and leave it at that. So, you might find the TTRS pad wear sensor has no home or you'll find that you have a useless notch in the pad you fit to your Megane. Same situation with the bloke referring to his former JCW which happily accepted 350Z Brembo pads. The pads physically fit but the 350Z pads lack a few features of the genuine JCW R56 pads - eg. the pad wear sensor notch, the noise reducing counterweights. If a 350Z owner tried to fit the JCW pads, they might find that the pad spring can't fit because it interferes with the counterweights i mentioned before. Having a look at the TTRS caliper, it looks almost the same as the Megane 250/265/275 caliper. It would be hilarious if the rotors are the same as the 275!
true that! The design is similar though, suspended disc on stainless studs with an alloy hat. For those curious, Brembo actually make the original front rotors, at least on my 265 (pre facelift) I did stumble across an official Renault retrofit document for the 275 performance brakes which outlined the instructions, part numbers, torque specs and all. The kit basically comes with bracket spacers, rotors and that's about it from memory. Actually, here is the part number: 8201553174. http://www.renaultsport.com/IMG/pdf/notice_disque_bi-matiere_v2.3-gb.pdf Enjoy!
