V70: Wheels/Brakes What brake pads?

[daveherns]

Need new pads for my 2016 V70. Seems there are 2 types , for small and big discs. Can I safely assume I'll need the small ones as mine is a D3 150bhp?
Ebay and others are useless as they show items and then say they won't fit mine.
Is there any site where we can input the VIN number and get the relevant info?
As it's so cold I'm trying to avoid taking a wheel off to measure the disc.
Thanks

[V70greg]

Hi try

www.eurocarparts.com

or

www.gsfcarparts.com

Best option would be to remove one of the wheels and measure the diameter of the disc. Much quicker and easier than returning the wrong part.

Greg

[I-S]

I had a Honda accord (2003 2.0i-VTEC Tourer) before the V70. I put mintex pads on the Honda and they were really great on that car.

When we got the V70 (2011 D5 SE Lux, with the bigger brakes) it needed new discs and pads and I went for the same compound Mintex ones. They were awful.... I don't know why exactly, maybe they were just overwhelmed by the weight of the V70, but they never gave the confidence they had done on the Honda (which was about 400kg lighter). So.... I'd not get those!

[Tatsfield]

The nature of the pad material and the composition of the discs need to be a compatible match. Not all discs are the same and more than that all pads are not the same so while it is possible to experiment and find combinations of disc and pad that work well, remember that in the multi million development cost of the car, this work has already been done and by using the manufacturer's branded discs and pads you get a good compatibility to achieve the braking needed for normal road use.

Only if you were contemplating track use would you change the discs and opt for very high speed pads where the wear on pads and discs is commensurately high with the extremely abnormal braking conditions. Some drivers opt for exotic racing pads in the belief that it will improve their road braking. It does not. Racing pads and discs need to be run at very high temperatures to produce the required improved friction and on normal road use the systems never achieve these temperatures and the brakes are less not more efficient.

For many years I drove Peugeot 406 Pininfarina Coupes which are long distance high speed cruisers and many owners of this model believed that if they fitted ultra hard "racing" pads it would improve their brakes. What they didn't know was that contrary to perceived wisdom, Peugeot had deliberately fitted soft iron discs matched with "grabby" soft compound pads. The hard pads merely wore out the discs very quickly without providing any extra braking ability. The problem has become more wide spread as the original soft compound pads have become very difficult to obtain as the car has become extremely rare. Hopefully our Volvos will not suffer this sort of problem unless we choose to experiment with the pad compounding.

[FIBAMAN]

I bought genuine Volvo discs and pads at a very competitive price on Ebay.
Turned out the seller was the local main dealer, so I saved on delivery charge by collecting.
its worth taking a look

[minibull]

It says on the caliper carrier what size the discs are.

[jerryt]

I bought some pads from my local spares shop! Started squeaking from the start even though I used 'Copperslip' when installing them! Took them out and fitted 'BREMBO' pads! Problem solved!

[daveherns]

Is there a site called something like Skandix where you input your VIN number and it tells you your build details? Otherwise I can see myself popping a wheel off.
I'm certainly not going for racing pads.

[Kev0607]

Originally Posted by daveherns

Is there a site called something like Skandix where you input your VIN number and it tells you your build details? Otherwise I can see myself popping a wheel off.
I'm certainly not going for racing pads.

Yes, here's the link;

https://www.skandix.de/en/

[jerryt]

The calipers have the disc size stamped on them!