abiazis

What should a FRONT brake job cost at:

Note : New OEM pads or recommended ones

New OEM or recommended equivalent rotors.......car has 55,000 miles.........will keep sensors......brake fluid has been recently flushed/changed

1) indie shop

2) dealer

3) Do it yourself

Any info helpful.........thanks in advance......

NC TRACKRAT

Sure you need rotors? How many miles on them? Have you "miked" them? Badly scored? Re-use sensors or new? Do you want OEM or good, aftermarket parts? Big difference in price.

slickster85

CT Indy was $700 for oem rotors, pads, sensor and brake bleed.

Stealth 993

55kmi you should not need rotors, just pads, spiders, & sensors.

Mike J

or just skip the sensors... :-)

NC TRACKRAT

Unless someone can show you that the rotors are badly scored and/or are under spec. thickness, just go with oem equiv. pads (TEXTAR) and some disc brake quiet on the backsides. That, a few basic tools, a quiet afternoon....$100 max.

abiazis

Thanks for the info on the rotors. They are not scored or damaged.......appears to be a good DIY for me......got used to changing rotors every time with AMG cars, heavier cars...will check thickness, etc..thanks for info...

skl2

Yea, brakes are easy. Also, if you look things over regularly, I would just get rid of the senors - you can just cut them, tie them together and ziptie them out of the way. You wouldnt want to do rotors and pads at the same time anyway...so get some good new pads bedded in and then change the rotors in 10K miles or so.

Vorsicht

I know brake and rotor usage will vary by user. Was wondering if there are general guidelines as to how long rotors last. I put all new rotors on at 35K ago. Doing a quick search it seems rotors last about 60K.

My front rotors have a slight shallow "U" in the middle one and one-half inches. Pads were replaced 10K ago. What exactly does the term, "bad scoring" mean?

Just trying to figure out when to change out the rotors.

Mike J

You go by the thickness, wear patterns, and any defects (like heat cracks).

For example, on the front wear limit is 30.0mm, and the rear 22.0mm - with the pads being 2mm as totally worn out.

You can also measure the runout to see warpage, it should be around 0.09 mm on the disk if its on the car (the disk itself is speced at 0.05mm, and the hub 0.04mm).

You should also not have a variance across the disk of more than 0.01mm, the manual states to measure it in at least 8 places.

You should also inspect for cracks on the perforation holes, nothing more than 7mm long, and non on the edge.

All this is in the shop manual. Does that help?

Cheers,

Mike

Vorsicht

Yes, I thought there might be a general mileage guide but measuring is better. I have one of the below. Will this work?

Mike J

Nope, not without some mods. You need to get past the wear lip on the outside of the disk.

You can sacrifice one of these tools and do some creative grinding to do that, or look for the proper tool.

Cheers,

Mike