Did I just get ripped off? Brake line install and brake fluid flush.

[nerdydorkus]

I had a highly yelp rated bmw shop install stainless lines (6 piece) into my e30 and flush thr system with ate blue brake fluid. They charged me 280 labor and i was the one that supplied the parts and fluid..

[Gregs///M]

Sounds about right to me. What do you expect? For them to do it free? They should have quoted you the work before doing it.

[nerdydorkus]

Sounds about right to me. What do you expect? For them to do it free? They should have quoted you the work before doing it.

Ok, maybe my guestimate was too conservative, i was thinking brake flush for 80 and brake lines an hour and a half of labor would be about 200 max. Thanks for the input.

[unevolved]

Yeah that sounds pretty fair, especially if they do good work you can trust.

[IronFreak]

bmw tax. Pay to play.

[lcoleman]

There is a reason a majority of people on the forum DIY that stuff. Also, from the mech's perspective, removing original brake lines from a 25+ year old car isn't exactly fun, even with the expensive Snap-On line wrenches.

[fronton]

The rear lines around the subframe can be very time consuming to swap out, often requiring dropping the exhaust or more if the lines are frozen

[Cephas]

Doesn't seem that outlandish to me. BMW service is about 150/hour here though - you learn to do many things on your own.

[lolcantturn]

Seems about right.

[Holland]

The rear lines around the subframe can be very time consuming to swap out, often requiring dropping the exhaust or more if the lines are frozen

Did you have them do these? Because they are a major pain in the waffles. If they indeed did, you got off cheap.

[lcoleman]

He said all 6....those upper rear ones are much easier on a lift, though.

[MrSlacker]

Thats kinda cheap. Lets assume they charge $80/hr like most places. Flush is about an hour of work and usually requires 2 people to do it right. 4 easy lines lets say 20 min each so thats 80 min = ~$106. Now you have two brake lines from HELL. Two rear lines around subframe are major pain the behind. Those can requir over an hour EACH if not more. Remember, this is 20+ year old car.

We once spent 2 hours trying to remove one rear line before giving up.

[nerdydorkus]

I feel much better now... Hahah! Thanks guys.