From experience when my tyre dealer fitted a 65 profile instead of a 70 the transmission goes to limp home mode on detecting the incompatibility.
Auto shifting only went to 3rd gear. the rest was manual select only, no codes, no errors,no messages. Poor dealer was confused but solved it after 2 hours of Banging Head and tyre dealer no cost replaced the tyre.
Just done the front pads - on a scale of 1 - 10 they are a 1, very easy.
Tools required;
Good jack and stands, wheel brace, 13mm spanner, 15mm spanner, Pliers, brake cleaner, brake grease, piston retraction tool.
1. Securely jack the car onto axle stands and remove front wheels
2. On the left hand side, use pliers to pull the pad wear sensor off the pad
3. Remove the 13 mm bolts that hold the caliper to the caliper frame (use the 15mm spanner to hold the sliding joints whilst you undo the caliper bolts)
4. Discard the caliper bolts (new ones are in the kit)
5. Lift off the caliper and support, take care not to strain the brake pipe and wires.
6. Remove and discard the old pads.
7. Remove and discard the pad support springs (new ones in kit)
8. Use piston compression tool to fully retract pistons into caliper - take care and push the pistons slowly and squarely.
9. Clean the caliper with brake cleaner.
10 Fit the new support springs to the caliper frame
11 Smear a little brake grease onto the back of each pad, and a little onto the sliding surface that fits into the support spring
12 Fit the pads into the support springs
13 Replace the caliper onto the frame and use the new bolts to secure.
14 Refit road wheel
Make sure you put the wear sensor onto the left hand side inner pad. The wear sensor has a small brass contact spring that fits around it. This was stuck into my old brake pad, and could easily get lost so make sure you retrieve it.
Before you drive the car, pump the pedal to seat the pads properly. The brakes may be spongy for a few miles.
Took me 45 minutes for both sides.
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