EGUY4
Member
- Joined
- September 29, 2012
- Messages
- 45
- Reaction score
- 1
- City, State
- New York
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2014 Explorer Limited AWD
If I was charged $420 for rear rotors and pads I'd be pissed.
You can do the work yourself for half the price and within an hour.
Way less than an hour.
All you need is a jack, wrench, socket set!
When I discovered what brake parts cost vs what I was charged, and how long it took a novice (me) to do them I never went to a dealer for brakes ever again.
I can do them in about 25 mins, and so can you if you have the slightest mechanical knowledge.
I found a good mechanic who if I bring the parts to him charges less than $100 to cut or replace rotors and brakes.
I know dealers have a business to run, but they are a rip off with labor time/cost.
A few years back my old car was in the dealer for an issue with o2 sensors and the guy noticed a lug nut needed to be replaced, so I of course said sure.
Imagine my shock when I was charged $95 to replace a $6 part!
I had also seen a roadside mechanic at work change out the entire set of lug studs on an F550 in about 10 minutes.
You can do the work yourself for half the price and within an hour.
Way less than an hour.
All you need is a jack, wrench, socket set!
When I discovered what brake parts cost vs what I was charged, and how long it took a novice (me) to do them I never went to a dealer for brakes ever again.
I can do them in about 25 mins, and so can you if you have the slightest mechanical knowledge.
I found a good mechanic who if I bring the parts to him charges less than $100 to cut or replace rotors and brakes.
I know dealers have a business to run, but they are a rip off with labor time/cost.
A few years back my old car was in the dealer for an issue with o2 sensors and the guy noticed a lug nut needed to be replaced, so I of course said sure.
Imagine my shock when I was charged $95 to replace a $6 part!
I had also seen a roadside mechanic at work change out the entire set of lug studs on an F550 in about 10 minutes.