You will need: Tyre Iron C-clamp Adjustable wrench or Allen wrench Bungee cord Your brakes are the most important safety feature of your car.
It is important that you look after them.
Worn out brake pads are dangerous and cheap brake pads wear away fast and leave a black powder on your disc brakes.
If your brake pads are worn or poor it might be a good idea to change them.
1)Remove the first wheel of your car.
You will need to jack the car up to do this.
2)It is likely that you will have to remove the brake calliper before you can continue.
Remove the calliper; this will probably have two bolts on it holding it in place.
Remove them and set them aside.
3) Ease the calliper off the disc and set it aside.
Take care that the calliper does not hang from by the brake line at any point or you risk damaging it and your brakes.
4)Look at the brake pads and note how they are attached.
Replace the pads with the new ones.
Replace any clips that were holding the old pads in.
5)Inside the calliper there is a piston that moves outwards over time so that the brake pads are still pressed against the disc brakes when they wear down, as the old pads were worn down it is unlikely that the calliper will fit over the new brake pads.
You can push the piston back by placing a C-clamp over the piston and tightening it until the piston has been moved back sufficiently.
6)Slide the calliper back into position; it should fit snugly.
Replace the bolts from the calliper.
Pump the brakes a couple of time so that the piston moves into position.
(Do not get into the car when it is still jacked up) 7)Replace the tyre and lower the car.
This article is only an explanation.
It is recommended that you do not replace brake pads yourself and use a professional instead.