Lotus specialistsLotus brake pads and disc replacement in Dubai at Royal Prince Auto Care, DIP 2. We fit pads and discs to the Emira and Eletre.
Tell us your car, what it needs and how to reach you. A service advisor will call you back to talk through the work.
The work we carry out on Lotus models at our Dubai Investment Park workshop. Open the full details below.
Six signs tell a Lotus owner the brakes need work, and we give each one its repair. On an Emira, 2 come from the driver's display: the brake fault symbol in red and the same symbol in amber. Grinding, judder, a pull to one side and a new squeal are felt or heard.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, a red brake fault symbol means a fluid level far too low or a braking system fault. A basic fault message appears with it in the driver's display. We repair the leak or the failed part, then refill and bleed the circuit.
The same symbol lights amber on an MY22 to MY26 Emira once the electronic parking brake system has a fault. A flashing parking brake symbol also marks a fault, with a message to read in the display. We repair or replace the parking brake part at fault.
Grinding under braking says the pad has lost its friction material and metal now meets the disc. We fit new pads, plus a new disc wherever deep circular scores mark its face.
Judder can start from a disc whose thickness varies by 0.015 mm. Its thin areas let the pads in, and its thick areas kick them back. We measure the variation and replace a disc past the limit along with the other disc on that axle.
Contaminated pads, mismatched parts, a misaligned calliper or pad, or a seized calliper can each make a car pull under braking. We replace the contaminated pads, refit the misaligned part, or release or replace the seized calliper.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, Lotus calls the noise of its hard pad grade harmless to brake life and efficiency. A new squeal traces back to a calliper piston that sticks, a pad fitted out of place or a disc with heavy wear. We release or renew the piston, fit the pad correctly or renew the disc.
Our Lotus brake service covers these items:
This Lotus brake pads and disc replacement list holds for the Elise, Exige, Evora and Emira. We also apply it to the friction brakes of the Eletre and Emeya.
Six causes wear Lotus brakes in Dubai. Town traffic and hot spots wear the pads and discs through use. On an Emira, long spells parked and coastal salt moisture make pads stick, and a dragging calliper and old fluid weaken the system.
Dubai's roads take over 3.5 million vehicles daily, so a Lotus in town stops again and again. A pad worn thinner at one end than the other suggests a faulty calliper. We check every removed pad for that taper and repair or replace the calliper behind it.
Each result below comes from brake work we carry out on a Lotus:
Dubai's periodic vehicle test, needed to renew registration, rates parking brake performance and efficiency. On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, the electric parking brake works through the rear brakes, so sound rear pads and discs serve that test item.
An MY22 to MY26 Emira brakes through 2 separate hydraulic circuits. With one failed, the other still works, but stopping distances grow. Both circuits sealed and full keep the car's full braking.
Disc wear lengthens pedal travel, and a thinner disc sheds less heat. Discs above their minimum thickness keep the pedal short and the heat moving out.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, ABS cuts the risk of a locked wheel so the car can still be steered. An amber ABS symbol that stays on means braking carries on without it. A brake system in order keeps that steering control in a hard stop.
Vapour bubbles form once brake fluid reaches its boiling point, and the pedal can then sink to the floor. Fluid within its limits keeps those bubbles out, so the pedal stays firm.
Lotus describes the Emira braking system as one that delivers stopping power matching the engine's performance. Pads and discs within their limits keep that match, on the V6 and the 4-cylinder alike.
Lotus brakes differ by model. An Emira carries two-piece, cross-drilled and slotted discs, with four-piston callipers on the front axle. The Eletre and Emeya are electric, and UAE trims include 6-piston callipers, with 10-piston callipers and ceramic discs as an option.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, the vacuum assist works with the engine running. With the engine off, the pedal feels stiffer and takes more force.
The Eletre runs on an 800-volt architecture and the Emeya on 800V battery technology. We refer any high-voltage work on an Eletre or Emeya to a Lotus dealer.
Each Lotus brake job follows the 6 steps below.
We start with a drive to feel the judder, pull or noise at first hand. Steering and suspension parts near the wheels are inspected in the same check, since their wear can feel like a brake fault. Stored brake codes come off the car through a diagnostic tool next, and each code sets a repair.
An Emira goes up on the ribbed alloy pads under the front and rear of its chassis, and nowhere else. Each disc is measured at no fewer than 4 places, with the lowest reading checked against its stamped MIN TH value. Every pad gets its friction material gauged in the same pass.
Before the rear pads come out, a diagnostic tool puts an electric parking brake in pad changing mode. Turning that piston back like a mechanical handbrake piston ruins its pressure nut or spindle. On the Emira's four-piston front callipers, all pistons go back at once with the right tool, and we watch the reservoir level rise.
Every hub face loses its rust and dirt to a scraper first. A rust speck just 0.05 mm across is enough to push runout beyond 0.1 mm. We then check runout against the 0.10 mm limit for cars, and recheck the hub and refit any disc beyond it.
The pads of both callipers on the axle are renewed at the same time, along with the pad springs. No grease or oil touches the friction faces of pads or discs, and we replace any part that has been contaminated.
We pump the pedal until it reaches its usual travel, then check and correct the reservoir level. Calibration of an electric parking brake follows, by diagnostic tool. On the final road test we listen and feel for noise and vibration, without stabbing the pedal or holding it beyond 3 seconds.
To book a Lotus brake check, send the model and any brake message by WhatsApp or phone us.
Five factors decide the cost of Lotus brake pads and disc replacement in Dubai. They are the axle, whether discs join the pads and the brake hardware of the model, from Emira two-piece discs to Eletre 10-piston callipers. Electric parking brake work and repairs to callipers, hoses or fluid make up the rest.
We quote from the wear we measure and the parts the car carries.
What marks out our Lotus brake method:
Lotus added a step to every Emira service: removing loose debris from all four wheel speed sensors. Dirt on a sensor or its magnetic ring on the hub can upset the ABS signal and light the amber warning lamp. We blow the debris off, then clean each sensor and ring with brake cleaner.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, the contact faces of wheel and hub are cleaned before the wheel goes on. All 5 bolts are run in a crosswise pattern and tightened to 105 Nm, with no lubricant on the threads.
Every Lotus brake job includes a boiling point reading of the fluid, which we take before any top-up. A result under 180 °C sends the old fluid out and fresh fluid in.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, Lotus calls for top-ups with new fluid from a sealed container, never with fluid left open. Spilt fluid damages paint and plastic parts, so we rinse a spill off with water at once and never wipe it.
Lotus treats the MY22 to MY25 and MY26 Emira separately, told apart by the 10th digit of the VIN. We read that digit and work from the brake data for that model year.
A used shim never goes back into a calliper we work on. We fit new shims wherever the pad kit or the calliper takes them.
Our bay handles pads and discs on each Lotus listed:
An Emira brakes on 370 mm by 32 mm front discs and 350 mm by 32 mm rear discs. The Evora S, built from 2010 to 2021, gained larger brakes than the first Evora, on sale from 2009. The Exige and Elise share the Lotus Type 111 name.
Each disc we order matches the size fitted to that car.
Six owner habits make Lotus brakes last longer in Dubai. On an Emira, 3 protect the pads and discs: a gentle first 160 km, cool brakes before parking and a short drive after washing. The other 3 are a 500 m move in storage, the parking brake kept for parking and a fluid level check.
New pads leave our bay before bedding in, so the owner drives the bedding-in distance.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, Lotus asks for no needless heavy braking over the first 160 km, replaced brake parts included. The first aggressive stop after that can bring a brief loss of brake feel as the pads finish conditioning. Once the brakes cool, full performance returns.
After hard braking, the discs and pads of an MY22 to MY26 Emira last longer when they cool before the car is parked.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, Lotus advises a short drive straight after washing. The drive stops pads binding to discs and heads off corrosion.
For a Lotus in long-term storage, Lotus lists a 500 m move every 30 days, with light presses on the brake pedal to clear rust.
On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, using the electric parking brake again and again to slow the car can seriously damage the braking system.
The brake fluid level of an MY22 to MY26 Emira falls slowly from MAX as the pads wear, checked with the car standing level. A level under MIN calls for a check of the system without delay.
Tell us the make, model and what the car is doing, and we book it in at our Dubai Investment Park 2 workshop. Free pickup and drop-off by our driver comes with a service contract. Every service comes with a free car wash.
Regular servicing keeps small faults from turning into big repairs. Both packages are carried out by certified technicians using genuine or quality parts.
Each package is quoted for your car. Call +971 50 216 0864 with the make and model for an estimate.
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No. Our DIP 2 workshop carries out pad and disc work on the Elise, Exige, Evora and Emira, and on the Eletre and Emeya friction brakes. A Lotus dealer handles high-voltage work on an Eletre or Emeya and any open recall.
DOT 4, for both the MY22 to MY25 and the MY26 Emira. Our bay never tops up with a DOT class below the one Lotus lists.
No. New pads go onto the old discs while each disc stays above the minimum thickness stamped on it. We replace a disc at that minimum, or one with radial cracks or blue spots.
No. On an MY22 to MY26 Emira, the red symbol lit while driving means a dangerously low fluid level or a brake fault. The car stops at once. Lotus says it stays parked until the fault is found and put right.
Call or send a WhatsApp message with your Lotus model, its year and what the car is doing, and book it in at our Dubai Investment Park 2 workshop.
