cost of brake job?

Pads are quick and easy, buy the 8 dollar seperator tool at sears to avoid f'n with a c clamp, wake up at 6:30 on a Saturday, and start before anyone is awake. If nothing is rusted solid, each caliper is a 10-15 minute job. Rear rotors are a PITA if the inner drum section for the ebrake is worn in. Otherwise, couple of sockets, big flatblade screwdriver for the rear brake spring thing, and voila.

-Charlie

A Viola is an instrument one plays.

[ptownTSI]

tell them you had a flat tire. nobody will even notice you.

[Charlie]

Hey all,

Just looking for a rough estimate. Normally, I'd do this stuff myself, but my landlord won't let me do big jobs in the parking deck....

I need pads and rotors in the rear done. How much should this cost me?

Thanks

E

Pads are quick and easy, buy the 8 dollar seperator tool at sears to avoid f'n with a c clamp, wake up at 6:30 on a Saturday, and start before anyone is awake. If nothing is rusted solid, each caliper is a 10-15 minute job. Rear rotors are a PITA if the inner drum section for the ebrake is worn in. Otherwise, couple of sockets, big flatblade screwdriver for the rear brake spring thing, and voila.

-Charlie

[FredK]

Well the Mossman needs to eat too! Mighty Motors is a tiny BMW shop, and I bet their rent is pretty expensive.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

just do it in the auto parts parking lot

[xLibelle]

2 hours... pansies for a pro shop... charging 75 an hour

i suppose you can do it if people are willing to pay.

its still rape

[Mossman]

at the shop I work at we charge 2 hrs for rear brakes at 75 an hour. 1/2 hr. more than front brakes cuz of adjusting the E-brake. E30's are super easy though, some of the newer cars the shock interferes with the slider bolts which adds 2 minutes to the job, so the 2 hrs is more justifiable :)

[Mike325]

I may start looking around or just head over to the damn stadium parking lot. I've got a few quotes around 4 just for the REARS. I do live in Hawaii, making parts a bit more pricey, but if brakes cost 4 hundy imagine what everything else costs...

Damn. well I'll let you know what happens with the BMW shop here.

Thanks boys.

$400????!!!?? They might as well just stick the wrench up your ass, that is how bad they are raping you. It would cost about half that in parts alone to do all 4 pads/rotors. You need to do this in a parking lot or something. $400 is beyond fucked-up.

[xLibelle]

if you can turn a wrench (hit it with a hammer if needed) then this is not a job to be paying someone else.
and surely its not big enough to attract enough attention to get you in trouble. if someone were to ask, just say you had a brake problem and you didnt want to drive another foot.

[T.Dot_E30]

book rate can't be more than 1.5hrs

[elsvert]

I may start looking around or just head over to the damn stadium parking lot. I've got a few quotes around 4 just for the REARS. I do live in Hawaii, making parts a bit more pricey, but if brakes cost 4 hundy imagine what everything else costs...

Damn. well I'll let you know what happens with the BMW shop here.

Thanks boys.

[Jand3rson]

That sucks you can't do it where you live. Can you go to like a friend's place or something and do it?

That's what I was going to say. You must know SOMEONE who has at least a driveway or something you can do it in. Brakes are such an easy job, if you take it somewhere, you're going to end up paying 3x what it would cost to do it yourself.

[Dave]

I think they list like 2-3 hours plus parts.

Sheer highway robbery.

Rear pads and rotors on an e30 is what - 20 minutes per side? Add another 20 minutes to bleed them - its an hour tops.

[Mike325]

That sucks you can't do it where you live. Can you go to like a friend's place or something and do it?

[Van Westervelt]

I think they list like 2-3 hours plus parts.