Where should one get brakes and how much could one expect to pay?

I have heard squealing for a week so I assume when I get there they are going to say I need rotors and pads. Give me the low down WW!

oh and where to go!

1/25/2015 1:15:08 AM

You’d want to post a bit more information, such as model/year of car, as well as trim package. Cars have different amount of labor, as well as parts cost associated with them. We would also need to know if you need your front brakes or the rears replaced. It would seem you don’t know the answer to that however.

Alas, I’ll make a somewhat educated guess. You probably have a newer car (less than 10 years old), but old enough that it’s not under warranty, and actually needs brake service. Let’s say it’s a 5-7 year old Asian appliance mobile. Expect to pay somewhere between 1-3 hours of labor per axle at $75-125 per hour of labor, and parts being between $35/150, again depending on the above variables.

1/25/2015 1:59:15 AM

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"You’d want to post a bit more information, such as model/year of car, as well as trim package. Cars have different amount of labor, as well as parts cost associated with them. We would also need to know if you need your front brakes or the rears replaced. It would seem you don’t know the answer to that however. "

Why is a shop recommendation dependent on all that information?

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"Expect to pay somewhere between 1-3 hours of labor per axle at $75-125 per hour of labor, and parts being between $35/150, again depending on the above variables."

So we're talking anywhere between $120 and $1050. Ok.

1/25/2015 10:17:52 AM

Here's an analogy;

I need a new watch, what do you recommend? Or, my house needs a repair, how much should I expect to spend?
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BUT I ALREADY SAID THE REPAIR WAS IN THE KITCHEN, WHY CANT YOU JUST TELL ME WHO TO CALL!!1

Two cars I really like, Mini Cooper S. Just rear pads would probably cost $150 including labor at an independent like WGG, whom I recommend btw. Pads and rotors on the GT3 would be close to $3k at Leith Porsche, whom I also recommend. WGG wouldn't work on the Porsche and Leith wouldn't work on the MINI. If anybody has a Nissan GTR here, full brakes would be north of $7k. The range I gave you was making some assumptions, which I've outlined.

1/25/2015 5:34:43 PM

Dealership price on the maxima is about $1k for pads and rotors all the way around.

1/25/2015 5:54:47 PM

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"an independent like WGG, whom I recommend btw"

[Edited on January 25, 2015 at 6:28 PM. Reason : V I'd say the odds are decent...]

1/25/2015 6:09:06 PM

lol, only if it's a German car...

1/25/2015 6:22:21 PM

I have the same problem. Started making the noise tonight. I posted here about tires and got some good and some mean responses...

but the guy guessed your car but got mine right! haha
"You’d want to post a bit more information, such as model/year of car, as well as trim package. Cars have different amount of labor, as well as parts cost associated with them. We would also need to know if you need your front brakes or the rears replaced. It would seem you don’t know the answer to that however.

Alas, I’ll make a somewhat educated guess. You probably have a newer car (less than 10 years old), but old enough that it’s not under warranty, and actually needs brake service. Let’s say it’s a 5-7 year old Asian appliance mobile. Expect to pay somewhere between 1-3 hours of labor per axle at $75-125 per hour of labor, and parts being between $35/150, again depending on the above variables."



2008 Cadillac SRX 105,000 miles on it just out of warranty, WAHHHHH

1/27/2015 1:43:42 AM

2013 Toyota 4-Runner.

1/27/2015 10:25:37 PM

Haha, my Insight has 115k miles. I got it at 65k miles. I've never had to do the brakes (or anything else other than scheduled maintenance and a $400-hahaha-set of tires and an alignment).

I kinda think it's still on all original pads and rotors (and drums and shoes ).

1/27/2015 11:11:37 PM

I highly doubt you need brakes. Unless you drive a shot ton, you have 30k miles or so, right?
Was the car sitting for a day or two?
Any shop, or the dealership will do a free brake check.

1/27/2015 11:11:48 PM

Agreed, i’d probably go to the dealer and ask them what’s going on. You may need brakes, but assuming less than 40k miles and normal driving, I’d have to imagine you could get away with just pads on the front?

1/28/2015 3:51:08 PM

I'll say this, every fucking GM I have ever had has had problems with warping brake rotors. They have all been pontiacs, but its like they hilariously undersize, or fuck up the brake design.

1/28/2015 11:16:35 PM

Rotors can also warp from rapid cooling (water splash when hot for example), or over tightening lug nuts. I seem to recall some Hondas were pretty bad about that. Finally, pulsing brakes are often uneven pad deposits, not actual warping of the rotors.

1/30/2015 11:51:47 AM

its pretty much always pad deposits

1/30/2015 12:11:54 PM

Last time for me I had to get ROTORS and brakes and that junk was pricey son!

2/3/2015 4:21:36 PM