How much for brake pads and shoes?

spanner82

On a citroen C3 desire, registered Jan 2005. I think I've been charged too much

newbie1980

how much and where from ????/

Browntoa

guide prices ( plus labour of course, up to 2 hours max )

http://www.justpartsbiz.co.uk/acatalog/Citroen_C3_1.1_1.4_1.4HDi_Brake_Pads_Discs_and_Shoes_2003-.html

spanner82

Browntoa wrote: »

guide prices ( plus labour of course, up to 2 hours max )

http://www.justpartsbiz.co.uk/acatalog/Citroen_C3_1.1_1.4_1.4HDi_Brake_Pads_Discs_and_Shoes_2003-.html

Thanks. They've charged 3 hours labour £161.20. Shoes £50.73. Discs £38.76, pads £19.61 and added brake clean £3.10 and brake fluid change £39.95 plus VAT

So £376

Notmyrealname

Whilst the shoes are on the high side, its what I'd expect a firm to charge.

3hrs labour is a bit on the high side but not excessively so. If the rear drums are well work they can sometimes be a real pig to remove.

gardner1

spanner82 wrote: »

On a citroen C3 desire, registered Jan 2005. I think I've been charged too much

why didnt you ask for price before work was done or get a few quotes

spanner82

They rang and said there was a problem with brakes and that something had come off a rack and that brake fluid would need to be changed. I was working next day so honestly thought it was unsafe to leave it.

paddedjohn

Discs, pads and shoes cost about £75 inc vat and fitting would be at the max 2hrs labour so even with the brake fluid change i reckon they saw you coming.

mikey72

paddedjohn wrote: »

Discs, pads and shoes cost about £75 inc vat and fitting would be at the max 2hrs labour so even with the brake fluid change i reckon they saw you coming.

For a C3?

Where from, the prices quoted there look ok for an online supplier, let alone a garage.

And an hour for pads and discs, and another hour for rear shoes is fast.

paddedjohn

mikey72 wrote: »

For a C3?

Where from, the prices quoted there look ok for an online supplier, let alone a garage.

And an hour for pads and discs, and another hour for rear shoes is fast.

The price i quoted is about cost so even if the garage make a couple of quid on them they should be offsetting this against the labour cost.
2 hours for the job isnt at all fast, even on a jack id say no more than 30 mins for the front brakes and max an hour on the rear.

mikey72

paddedjohn wrote: »

The price i quoted is about cost so even if the garage make a couple of quid on them they should be offsetting this against the labour cost.
2 hours for the job isnt at all fast, even on a jack id say no more than 30 mins for the front brakes and max an hour on the rear.

I should be leting you do mine if you can do them that fast, and get them cheaper than any trade price I know.