Technical Ventilated brake discs instead of non-ventilated?

[Diwiak]

Front brakes 35k miles / 5 years, 120A alternator gone as well.. Not that build quality like 20years old Punto ;-/

 

[Panda IIs]

That's less build quality, but more low miles (and probably short trips) and Slovak winters! (In my opinion)

 

[Diwiak]

That's less build quality, but more low miles (and probably short trips) and Slovak winters! (In my opinion)

Iam allright with brakes, but alternator gone really upset me.

 

[Panda IIs]

Iam allright with brakes, but alternator gone really upset me.

Yeah, alternators seem to be a bit hit and miss in my experience and I do wonder if its climate related. I've a Golf 4 in Zuberec that has had to have an alternator (65kmiles) yet my "classic" Volvo on 210k miles still has its original (in my ownership for 20+ years) in the UK. The SK winters do punish the battery and there's the extreme blower and heated rear screen, daytime headlights etc.

 

[vexorg]

It's 20 years old, you cant really complain the alternator's gone, I'd say anything over 10 yearsis good nowadays.

17mm is a gap in caliper holder.

Still not clear what you mean there, the disc is 12mm, so that leave 5mm for both pads???

 

[PuntoHowTo]

Front brakes 35k miles / 5 years, 120A alternator gone as well..

I have to agree that needing a new alternator at 5 years old, really is not good.

The brakes tell a tale of a car that has either sat around for a long time not being used, so maybe the lack of use, and climate where you live have both been contributing factors in the state of these parts on such a relatively young car.

I am going to guess that while you have only shown the back of the discs the outside of the discs probably looked ok if you were to look at them through the wheels.