'brake' it to me gently (pun)

[TNcargirl]

if anyone is curious as to actually how much a non-dealer brake job (FULL brake job) is going to run you... I've recovered now and I'm prepared to talk about it. The details:

4 rotors - $131.82 ea
front pad set - $122.71
back pad set - $113.56
2 sensors for front - $15.95 ea

total parts cost - $795.45

labor cost - $161.42 (front pads)
labor cost - $161.42 (back pads)

Brake fluid flush (yes, it was time) - $60.00

total labor cost - $382.84

TOTAL (including degreaser and shop supplies) - $1,212.29 pre tax

HAND WASH / HAND VAC - $$ FREE $$ !!


~for everything else there is mastercard!

:ah:

TNcargirl, well then, that was a very nice Christmas present to yourself!

Look at it this way:

50 stops per day average
260 days per year
13,000 stops per year
39,000 stops per 3 years

This is about 3 cents per stop!

I bet you spend much more than this at Starbucks!

[PorscheDoc]

The labor prices are very reasonable. The parts you ended up paying full retail for. With independant shops, sometimes you can haggle on the prices of the parts, since they have the ability to set their own margin, which isn't alot, but you can still save a little. Dealers of course will charge the full retail. Guys doing this job themselves will not only save the 320 in labor, but will also save about 20 bucks in the front pads, 20 bucks in the rear pads, and about 20-30 bucks per rotor. So that ends up saving about 450 in savings by doing it yourself. Like bmussatti said though, thats still pretty cheap stopping, just hurts to do it all at once