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Re: $600 for a brake job. Ripoff or tyical?
Posted by Eric Keppel [Email] (more from Eric Keppel) on Thu, 28 Dec 2000 11:27:20
In Reply to: $600 for a brake job. Ripoff or tyical?, lfert, Thu, 28 Dec 2000 10:33:08
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I just bought all 4 new rotors and pads for my '86 9000T (about $200 total), and will be installing them myself. This seems to be the cheapest way of doing things! :-)
Probably $600 isn't too far off the mark, though, to pay someone else to do the work, plus markup on the parts (perhaps as much as double what I paid if bought from your mechanic), though I don't see why a competent mechanic couldn't replace all the rotors in just a couple of hours if they had all the equipment handy.
For me, as a shadetree mechanic, I'm guessing it will probably take me 4 or 5 hours to do my brake work. They are probably quoting you a book listed labor rate for the job.
All the best,
-- Eric Keppel
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