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BobbyFord

BobbyFord

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I don’t even know what a front brake job costs these days. I just replaced the original pads on my car today. I got 123,000 miles out of them.
I bought a premium set of pads for $66 and paid a local repair shop $20 to turn the rotors. I remember when it was $5/ea. to resurface rotors. I could’ve went to my buddies house and used his brake lathe for free. Out of convenience, I chose to just let the guy around the corner spin the rotors.
Still, front brake job for less than $90.
 
BobbyFord said:
I don’t even know what a front brake job costs these days. I just replaced the original pads on my car today. I got 123,000 miles out of them.
I bought a premium set of pads for $66 and paid a local repair shop $20 to turn the rotors. I remember when it was $5/ea. to resurface rotors. I could’ve went to my buddies house and used his brake lathe for free. Out of convenience, I chose to just let the guy around the corner spin the rotors.
Still, front brake job for less than $90.
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Below is what I posted in the Vacation thread last June. This was in Utah.

The front brake pads on the truck squeaked once as I expected from all of the mountainous traveling we've done. I took it to a local shop attached to a NAPA parts store to get the pads brushed and deglazed or changed and the rotors brushed or turned just to be on the safe side. 45 minutes later I was presented with a bill of $348.41. New $50 heavy duty pads were listed on the bill at $109.54, $194.75 labor the tax, supplies and even a credit card fee were added. I just smiled, paid it and went on my way. We're on vacation and wont let rip off artists spoil it for us.
 
Johali said:
Below is what I posted in the Vacation thread last June. This was in Utah.

The front brake pads on the truck squeaked once as I expected from all of the mountainous traveling we've done. I took it to a local shop attached to a NAPA parts store to get the pads brushed and deglazed or changed and the rotors brushed or turned just to be on the safe side. 45 minutes later I was presented with a bill of $348.41. New $50 heavy duty pads were listed on the bill at $109.54, $194.75 labor the tax, supplies and even a credit card fee were added. I just smiled, paid it and went on my way. We're on vacation and wont let rip off artists spoil it for us.
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Damn.
 
Not gonna tell you how much my place of business would charge... :oops:

CC fee is a bit much though.
 
The specialty shop I used to work at was $120/hour

The local truck accessory shop I helped at betwene jobs is $40/hour

Most mechanic shops are between 80 and 120.
 
We are at $159. The labor rates have skyrocketed in the area the past few years. You'll always find the ones that are still in the same low rent, two bay spot for $120 or less, but yeah....
 
BobbyFord said:
I don’t even know what a front brake job costs these days. I just replaced the original pads on my car today. I got 123,000 miles out of them.
I bought a premium set of pads for $66 and paid a local repair shop $20 to turn the rotors. I remember when it was $5/ea. to resurface rotors. I could’ve went to my buddies house and used his brake lathe for free. Out of convenience, I chose to just let the guy around the corner spin the rotors.
Still, front brake job for less than $90.
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I haven't had a rotor resurfaced in a decade or more, new replacements are cheap as hell. I was buying semi-truck drums new for 45 dollars apiece, I changed them every brake job and never had one resurfaced, they are always full of tiny cracks.
 
kyle18fan said:
I haven't had a rotor resurfaced in a decade or more, new replacements are cheap as hell. I was buying semi-truck drums new for 45 dollars apiece, I changed them every brake job and never had one resurfaced, they are always full of tiny cracks.
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For rotors, I don’t buy Chinese crap, they don’t last. When I worked for Chrysler they had junk Chinese rotors that were so soft the pads outlasted the rotors. Pads would actually wear the rotors down to the fins.
 
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