Think I need to own an auto repair biz!!!

[DaJoker]

Took the TA to a "reputable" shop in New Orleans for struts shocks and 4 wheel brake job. The struts and shocks labor was under $300 no big deal...but for the brakes (did need 2 front rotors) I was quoted a price of $780 for the front and $230 for the rear !!! $1000 for a f'ing brake job??? Auto Zone has the parts for less than half that and thats replacing the back rotors as well!!! Is that a good deal???

 

[pvt num 11]

Great - that's what I have to look forward to when I do my brakes...? Lovely. I guess I'll be finding out how sucky I am at doing brakes pretty soon.

 

[72firebird]

haha brakes are easy on these cars, but it's a pain in the ass to get the front calipers off. When I went to take mine off the mounting bolts are lock-tited on so you have to turn the wheel and use a big breaker bar out the side but there's only two bolts on each side. The front rotors I think are like $140 for a pair and the rears are like $80 I think. They might be a little less, it's really not that difficult just follow the manual and do one side at a time so that if everything just falls apart like when you pull the pads out you can look at the other side and see how to put it back together.

 

[j13smiley]

yep - i've heard of that for normal cars... $1000 brake jobs. my buddy just got quoted $1100 for shocks and stuff on his mini van.

another reason to do things yourself if possible

 

[DaJoker]

Don't worry I've got 3 friends lined up to help and with the money I save....there will be a BIG PARTY for us after!!!

 

[chrisgarrett]

My dd is a little turbo PT Cruiser. The water pump seemed to be squeaking and it looked like a real bear to get in there to fix it. Anyway I called the dealer. They informed me that it was a 12 hour job and would cost $1900.00.

 

[chrisgarrett]

My dd is a little turbo PT Cruiser. The water pump seemed to be squeaking and it looked like a real bear to get in there to fix it. Anyway I called the dealer. They informed me that I should also replace the belts and the timing belt. They said it was a 12 hour job and would cost $1900.00.

 

[DaJoker]

Well I drove an 86 GT for 20yrs and had minimal problems so I guess I'm new to repair quotes. But after having the Pontiac for two years I'm getting pretty familiar now!!!:redface: But hey its only money and you can't take it with you.

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

go to another shop thats way too much to pay for OE replacement brakes and brake parts.

 

[SouthernCal GN]

Blew a HG on Friday- Started tearing it apart early Saturday evening after getting the parts together, and drove to work on Tuesday.

About $200 in parts (Hg x2, intake & exhaust set, oil pan set, oil, brake clean, etc) and about 16 lazy hours- I can tell ya I would have shelled out about $1500 for that repair job- and it would have taken 2 weeks

Get greasy & save the cash- the biggest pain will probably be the rear calipers. Otherwise, it's just a brake job.....