TommyV44

I got a message on the dash that my brakes needed servicing so I took it in to Porsche to see what they could tell me and it seems I need front and rear pads and rotors. The price they gave me was a shocker......$3,700.00 but with some discounting they could get it down to $3,100.00.

What's a fair price from an Indy for this job as I hear there's an excellent one in Naples, Fl (F1 Imports). Does anyone have experience with them?

Thanks in advance.

Tom

snaphappy

This is why I fantasize about starting my own shop out of my garage. I love working on my Porsche but I’m running out of things to replace. Can I work on yours? Haha!!

Hatzenbach

if you do it yourself maybe $700 - $900 in parts (new rotors, new pads, new wear sensors)
Let's be generous and say this is 3 hours of labor (including flushing the brake fluid), not sure where you are and what an Indy will charge you / hour

jkoravos

Lol @ $3700

Petza914

Maybe they're installing high performance 2-piece rotors and high performance pads, then doubling the actual job cost.

dgjks6

OEM parts alone are close to $1300. Front rotors $200 each, rear rotors $100 each, front and rear pads are almost $500. Sensors are $100. New bolts $25. Plus some fluid. And these are FCP Euro prices. Can't imagine what a dealer would charge.

Wow. Never calculated all that together before. These cars Chen get expensive.

bje22201

I think I spent around $1200 in parts for rotors/pads, oil change stuff, air filters, cabin filter (EuropaParts), maybe another $100 for manual transmission fluid/drain plug(Suncoast). . . and maybe $250 to have everything done. It was a VW/Audi guy that is pretty good. . . but brakes are brakes, and oil changes are oil changes (Especially in a 997). I did help with the manual gearbox oil by providing the instructions and where things were, and double-checking we were undoing the correct drain-plug. Then I reset the reminder myself (another $150 or so for the tool).


Obviously don't just go to some random place, but for something simple like a brake change, there are probably a few options out there with great mechanics that would be less than half of what you were quoted.

PV997

Europa Parts has a full brake kit for my 997.1 C2S for $986 and that includes a few hundred dollars worth of stuff you probably don't need (parking brake shoes, replacement hoses, etc.) that can be deleted. Rotors are around $130 each (x4) and pads are ~$90 each (x2). Full set of sensors is only $50. So like Hatzenbach said $700 to $900 for parts and 3 hours work. It's not a hard job.

https://www.europaparts.com/ultimate...-w-o-pccb.html

This isn't aimed at the OP but enough Porsche owners must pay these ridiculous prices or dealers wouldn't quote them with a straight face. It's like we've got "sucker" tattooed on our foreheads with more money than sense. Fortunately I grew up working on cars and come from a long family line of tightwads. The idea of paying $3700 for a brake job (or $2700 or even $1700) is outright laughable.

yvesvidal

Go there http://murenae.com/cars-porsche-2/ and scroll down to the Brake caliper picture. Then read. And keep most of your money.....

Yves

Astur

Stealerships have a license to rob and while some unsuspecting customers continue to fall for their hype, they will continue the fleecing.

Case in point... Yesterday my wife took her C-Series Mercedes to the only MB Dealer on the island to have the catalytic converter replaced under warranty. While she waited for transportation the Service Advisor comes over and informs her that the motor mounts needed to be replaced before they suffered a "catastrophic failure". He then presents her with a parts/labor quote for $1,640.00 and suggested that the she take action "immediately to insure her safety".

Obliviously, she then calls me up while in front of her Service Advisor and tells me among other things, "...listen at what these A** Holes are trying to get me to agree to!". Anyway she's an Execute-VP of a large multi-national firm and she's used to dealing with these prejudices for being a woman and supposedly rich enough to pay but not smart enough to know for what.

Long story short: Last night I ordered both motor mounts from Pelican for $188 plus $16 shipping. They'll be here Thursday and next day my regular mechanic will install them!

Lugs H

Suncoast Porsche. Check out their web site for brake parts and pricing.

3Series

Yes, the Porsche parts are expensive and the dealer labor rates are high and the book time is probably 4-5 hours and the number of 911's on the road is why the cost is high, it is what it is if you want to stay in business. For a street car, there's no need to replace the caliper bolts or shims and all that other stuff.

To the OP, as another data point to consider when hiring out a job, I would fly to Naples and replace your pads, rotors and sensors, in your garage, for $3,100. I would even purchase a jack and stands for you if you don't have them avail for this work.
If you pay me to do this in February, I'd be inclined to offer a discount! More if there is more than a foot of snow in IL.

jkoravos

4-5 hours of book time for pads and rotors? Really? That seems like a few hours too long.

TommyV44

That made me smile!

Petza914

That's probably what it takes me to do a complete 4 wheel brake job my way, but I work slowly, methodically, fastidiiously, and clean everything as I go. If you just pull off the old parts, throw them in the metal recycling bin and screw on the new parts, then it can probably be done in half the time. They also probably don't bleed the brakes since they don't need to crack any of the lines open, but I would do that and the clutch slave as a last step if I was doing it myself.

I can probably count on one hand (maybe 2) the number of times I've gotten one of my cars back from a shop in the last 30 years where I didn't have to adjust, clean, fix, or redo something the shop had done to bring it up to my standards. Finally I just stopped taking my cars anywhere for service or repair, unless it's something I don't have the tools, knowledge, or resources (time) to fix myself, and am much happier running down the road at high speed knowing every bolt is torqued to spec and in the right sequence.

The shops probably charge for the way I'd do it, and do it the way they do it.