Garage recommendations Glengormley/Newtownabbey

edtheduck_2

Hello
I am just recovering from the shock of my visit to Kwik Fit for a brake inspection.


I knew I needed pads and hoped I did not need discs......


Well final quote was £425 for front and rear pads and discs and that was with the 15% discount !!!


Is it just me or is that a crazy price???


Please let me know what a reasonable cost would be and any recommendations for garage in Glengormley/Newtownabbey area.


fyi - car is a 2008 VW Golf
Thanks in advance :-)

motorguy

Chances are it doesnt need discs.

Kwikfit are notorious for that.

Front discs are about £40-50 a pair. Rears similar.

Pads front and rear about £20-30 each end.

Allow an hour per corner to replace discs and pads.

edtheduck_2

motorguy wrote: »

Chances are it doesnt need discs.

Kwikfit are notorious for that.

Front discs are about £40-50 a pair. Rears similar.

Pads front and rear about £20-30 each end.

Allow an hour per corner to replace discs and pads.

Thank you - any recomms?

motorguy

edtheduck wrote: »

Thank you - any recomms?

Funny, i work in Newtownabbey but i've never used a mechanic there.

Sorry.

Use those figures as a yard stick though to what you should roughly be being charged

joefizz

edtheduck wrote: »

Thank you - any recomms?

EJ Motors on Derry Road/Hightown Road
GC Service Centre on the Ballyclare Road.

Used both when Im not doing the work myself.

If you are closer to Ballynure direction try Gilpin Automotive - specialises in VW. I use Stephen quite often.

edtheduck_2

thanks joe - will try them out.

redped

Magowans Tyres in Mallusk also do pads & discs - I've used them before and were cheaper than I expected.

HoneyAndLemon

Kwik Fit once quoted me over £700 for work, that apparently my car wouldn't pass the MOT without.

It passed a week later without any of the work, and 2 years later is still fine.

I use Fegans at the bottom of the Antrim Road for annual service now, near carlisle circus. Not Glengormley I know, but 10 minutes down the road, and they are very honest and good value.

ballyblack

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2359305/Kwik-Fit-mechanics-accused-ripping-customers-quoting-work-didnt-need-free-brake-tyre-test.html

edtheduck_2

Folks, an update.
I ended up getting brakes done at local garage in Glengormley, in my lunch hour - new front and rear pads -£100 fitted, no other work needed!
Kwik Fit are cowboys out and out !! UNBELIEVABLE.

ooo000ooo

For future reference, there's a garage up behind the old Lidl store opposite glengormley, doesn't look like much but very good and very reasonable. They did a couple of awkward jobs for me very quickly and cheaply. I left the car into them for a couple of days to fix an intermittant fault, they stripped most of the engine down couldn't find the problem and refused to charge me.