Konrad, you’re a star and thank you so much for taking the time out to put in your input, its members like you that make this forum an amazing place to gain knowledge, and provide people like me with the confidence to achieve tasks. So bless you.
I aim to carry out the rear discs and pads this week, weather permitting.
I achieved the front discs and pads yesterday, i wouldnt say tgat i enjoyed the task, but its done, process: jacked front end, removed front wheels, sat vehicle on axle stands either end, removed calipers, removed carriers ( i managed to mix these up from left and right, luckily i took photographs prior and could identify which was which), noticed the sliders were pretty sticky so i removed all of them in turn and regreased with multi purpose although i noticed white grease previously installed, wire brushed whatever needed doing under the arches, sprayed brake cleaner to the new discs and installed, put in new pads after copper greasing the end bits and metal slider thingys on the calliper themselves and following the arrow indicators facing downwards as per the old pads, pushed the piston back ( put a little multipurpose grease around the front of this afterwards ) each end whilst siphoning off a total of 35mls of brake fluid using syringes ( found this annoying ), painted the callipers silver using hammerite smooth, refitted alloys, removed axles, pumped brakes, checked brake fluid level, job done!
Hope that helps somebody someday, and shows that females are capable of such jobs everybody lol ! With the help of my teenage son admittedly.
I then moved on to my very first diy service which ill be starting a new thread on.