how do you know what you need ? my light came on in my car saying I had brake wear. months later i'm now hearing a grinding noise.

i call a repair shop and tell them and the guy is like "On a luxury car you just don't change the pads. if someone does that then you just got a sh!tty brake job. you need to replace the rotors and pads and it's about $650/bucks for one set. the rear brakes would be about $50 bucks more".


how do I know if I need both the front and rear done or is this just bullsh!t so this guy can make more money. the dealerships says its about $1000/bucks and that's bullsh!t. total bullsh!t.

1/16/2008 1:24:50 PM

Well, wrong place...

Second...if your wear light came on, it was a pretty good indication you should at least change your pads. Some cars do have already thin rotors that go out of spec with one set of pads (BMWs are notorious for this). Since you've let it get to the point of rivets, you've pretty much screwed yourself.

1/16/2008 1:32:56 PM

what kind of fucking car cost $1000 for new brakes and rotors?

1/16/2008 1:38:31 PM

it's crazy that my $4k saturn and my $5k mustang both lasted forever on their rotors, but "high-end" cars would crap out more often and cost more to fix

i can change both sets of brakes (using ceramic pads) and get my rotors turned for less than $150

haha

[Edited on January 16, 2008 at 1:40 PM. Reason : .]

1/16/2008 1:39:31 PM

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"$1000 for new brakes and rotors"

Not unheard of if you're paying the dealership to install them. A friend of mine paid like $700 for new pads/rotors on his Ford SportTrack so I can only imagine with BMW or Mercedes would charge

also, check on prices for rotors yourself online. most can be had for under $200 a set these days, many times much less. I think I paid around $100 for the last set I bought for a corvette... they've came down drastically in price the last few years

[Edited on January 16, 2008 at 1:44 PM. Reason : a]

1/16/2008 1:43:09 PM

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"you need to replace the rotors and pads and it's about $650/bucks for one set. "

so is this fair ?

1/16/2008 2:00:06 PM

we need to know more about the car... as in, what make/model/year?

On some cars, replacing all pads/rotors, including labor cost.. that isn't a bad cost. On some cars though that's just ridiculous. Is that cost for replacing all 4 rotors or just the front or rear?

[Edited on January 16, 2008 at 2:04 PM. Reason : spellage]

1/16/2008 2:03:54 PM

^ it's the front pads. its a mercedes.

1/16/2008 2:05:31 PM

model/year? come on, kid

1/16/2008 2:06:33 PM

for just front i'd say that's too high... but i also can't look up costs when you don't answer the mind numbingly simple question i asked you

1/16/2008 2:10:51 PM

I replaced a rotor and my front brakes last night for $60. I have a 96 explorer btw

1/16/2008 2:41:19 PM

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"mind numbingly simple"

describes him perfectly

1/16/2008 2:41:44 PM

i replaced my front pads and rotors on a 99 mazda protege for 64.95 in parts

1/16/2008 10:41:37 PM

god i love being good with cars

i would never pay someone to do a brake job.......$1000 better come with a reach around at least

1/17/2008 11:56:55 AM

sounds like the repair shop guy figured you for a dumbass just by your voice.

1/17/2008 5:09:18 PM

seriously. is $600 bucks reasonable for a front brake job ?

1/17/2008 5:43:15 PM

seriously. is not answering the model/year question reasonable when expecting people to give you a realistic and honest answer?

[Edited on January 17, 2008 at 5:58 PM. Reason : .]

1/17/2008 5:58:06 PM

2005 SL500

1/17/2008 6:02:03 PM

thats not the mercedes you used to claim you drove. liar.

1/17/2008 6:05:05 PM

surprise!

1/17/2008 6:25:10 PM

To find out how reasonable it is, call some parts stores and ask them what rotors cost for your model/year of vehicle.

1/18/2008 1:26:36 PM

Quote :

"how do you know what you need ? my light came on in my car saying I had brake wear. months later i'm now hearing a grinding noise. i call a repair shop and tell them and the guy is like "On a luxury car you just don't change the pads. if someone does that then you just got a sh!tty brake job. you need to replace the rotors and pads and it's about $650/bucks for one set. the rear brakes would be about $50 bucks more". how do I know if I need both the front and rear done or is this just bullsh!t so this guy can make more money. the dealerships says its about $1000/bucks and that's bullsh!t. total bullsh!t."

How can one be so clueless, and yet amass enough money to even own a luxury car. I'm dumbstruck

1/18/2008 1:41:08 PM

Don't forget he has a Bentley too.

1/18/2008 1:46:28 PM

alias/not real person/etc

1/18/2008 1:49:41 PM

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"you've pretty much screwed yourself"

sums it up nicely

1/18/2008 2:14:56 PM

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"How can one be so clueless, and yet amass enough money to even own a luxury car. I'm dumbstruck "

pretty easy for a lot of people in IT/networking fields. they have other areas of expertise. this guy is obviously fake so it doesn't count but i've met a lot of really smart people that couldn't change a tire if their life depended on it

1/18/2008 2:30:53 PM

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[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 3:14 PM. Reason : .]

1/18/2008 3:14:12 PM