I have recently had my car MOT'D and had a report back to say Front Discs at minimum thickness. The car passed the MOT. Should I do the repair myself or let the local Honda dealer who MOT'd the car do the job.
The car passed the MOT so it is obviously ? not a problem that the discs are not thick enough. I understand why it is flagged this way, but surely for safety sake the car should fail??
Anyway my real question is should I do the job myself?
I have carried out this work on other vehicles I have owned but not sure if the S2000 is any dfferent.
What do you think.??

 

Is this not Honda fishing for extra trade? It seems they - as most stealers - do this.

Either way, if you've done it before then you'll not have a problem here. I did all 4 on mine having never done it before. S'easy.

Brakes international will do a good price on discs. A lot on here rate them highly.

HTH

 

Do it yourself and safe your money, a very easy job even for the most basic of spanner monkeys.

Like Exalto says, this could quite possibly be just a money spinning exercise from the stealer and they may not even need doing but they are a big safety feature and one that should be kept in the best working order so if you have doubts...

 

It's an MOT, not the dealer doing a service.

It's supposed to be easy, but may not be - I had big problems (impact driver bits snapping on the screws etc) but most competent people manage ok most of the time. See here for the fun https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=834501

 

In that case go for it.

In general the S2000 is easier to work on than lots of cars, I would say.

 

Did you get yours sorted in the end, Simon?


OP - not sure I understand the second bit of your post? Yes, your car passed the MOT, but the discs are the minimum allowable thickness - so you should change them - because they'll continue to get thinner. Seems pretty clear?

 

The discs have the minimum allowable thickness dimension cast into them.

As long as the disc thickness is equal to or thicker than this dimension they are perfectly legal and safe. Therefore they should pass the MOT.

Your car cannot be failed for something just because the MOT'er thinks it will be worn out before the next MOT.

Changing discs and pads is pretty straightforward if you are at all mechanically minded. It is also something that less than honest dealers are known to inform you at a service that your pads and discs need changing to raise some extra revenue from you.

 

Easy job.

However it may be worth getting a couple of spare disc retaining bolts (machine screws) it case you need to drill out the old ones if seized.

I changed the rears for a friend and had to drill one, but the other came out ok, so the new disc went on with just one holding it.

It doesn't matter as the wheel holds it in place in the end.

 

Yes thanks, Keith - took it to Brayley in the end and they did their usual excellent job for reasonable money.

 

The rears are slightly more complicated. The piston on the rear caliper is a screw type and often hard to retract.

(should that read -screwed type- as they are often partially seized!)