merckx racer

Took my car to a shop today...for some reason my passenger side
brakes are partially grabbing when I roll...

the estimate is $1K to fix replace rear rotor and replace front rotor..
pads..etc.

Any brake experince out there..$1K seems high for parts/labor!

wadzii

If they go by book time and full retail price for parts then it can be very expensive.

I'd find a shop that advertises like $79 brake jobs or something like that

brakes call for around 2-3 hours for the front and the same for the rear.. if they are changing calipers you could be looking at 6-8 hrs of labor + like $500 in parts.. figure retail on rotors is around $60 each x 4, pads are like $60 each x 2 sets, calipers are $75...

robinson

I can pull one rear rotor in about 5 min. You should look into doing most of this work yourself. If you are just talking pads and rotors, you are getting really screwed on labor. At one time, I was changing rotors and pads prior to track days in 30 mins.

merckx racer

yeah I'm going to take my car somewhere else...and we are just talking passenger side
brakes...they are sticking for some reason...I swear when driving by a wall or something
for noise to ricochet off of I hear an air leak!!

THe mechanic says rear rotors need to be changed and the front rotors/pads are shot...
we are not talking all 4 tires..just passenger side.

It is a gorgeous/pristine '06 rio yellow..he prolly thinks I've got cash! ha!

there goes my gear money for now!

cpx3mbp

I hope that figure includes OEM parts but basically you are getting screwed on the labor.

If you are budget conscious, you should replace with ceramic brake pads (for street), OE replacement blank rotors, used calipers, and ATE Racing blue DOT4 brake fluid.

One thing to note if your caliper is indeed sticking, you NEED to replace that before new pads/rotors. You can tell by removing and comparing brake pads from left/right rear, left/right front if one side has substantially less brake pad life.

To recap, all shops make money from labor and only labor (they make nothing on parts). If you want to save yourself a couple of bucks, your best bet is to buy a shop manual and learn to diagnose the issues with your car.

robinson

There's no reason to use DOT4 if you are not tracking your car.

Suzuka_Joe

I don't think it would cost $1k at the dealer..

EtoS

I personally am not a fan of doing 1 side of the brakes. It would eventually not brake even and kill you on labor having to bring the car in at different wear intervals. Find someone close to you who could do all the work for cheaper like a track junky or a shop. Just my .02.

merckx racer

yes I agree with this 1000%...I would think handling might suffer installing new brakes
one side while having 60K worn brakes on the other side.

I'm geting estimates from other shops...prolly gonna be around $500-$600 for all four.

StrokerAce

1k WOW!!! dont be had.. its an easy job takes about 1 hour for all well, maybe 2 if you have few beers first.