Hyundai i20 Brake Shoes

Not automatically. The i20 sold in South Africa as PB, then GB, then the current BC3, and the PB and GB are different cars underneath despite the shared badge, so a part listed simply as "i20" is not automatically the right one — the generation code decides it. Send us the generation code off your VIN plate and we will confirm it either way before anything is dispatched.

Usually, yes. The i20 shares its Kappa and Gamma engine families with the Kia Rio, which gives us a second catalogue to search when Hyundai-listed stock runs out. We will tell you what we are quoting rather than leaving you to guess.

Only if it has rear drums, and within the Hyundai range that follows the derivative rather than the model — plenty of cars in the range run rear discs on higher specifications and drums lower down. Worth confirming before you order, because shoes and pads are not interchangeable in any sense.

A squeal from the rear under light braking, a handbrake that needs progressively more clicks, and longer stopping distances in the wet. Once the friction material reaches the rivets you get a metallic scrape — and by then the drum is usually scored and joining the bill.

Typically 60,000 to 100,000 km, roughly double front pad life because the rears simply do less work. Potholes, a permanently loaded boot and a seized auto-adjuster all cut into that. If the handbrake has started slipping, inspect well before the 80,000 km mark rather than waiting for the noise.

Most aftermarket sets include the return springs, hold-down pins and the adjuster. Fit all of it. Reusing tired springs or a rusted auto-adjuster is exactly what makes a drum adjuster failure come straight back, and you will have paid the labour twice for one job.

We source Ferodo, ATE, Motopart and Optima sets nationally through our SA supplier network. Sets for the current high-volume models are usually on the shelf; older Getz and i10 sets generally need ordering in. Send your VIN for a same-day quote.