Price of brake pads and discs replacement

Scrapit

facade wrote: »

Ford Versailles?


Don't know of any other Ford badged VWs- yet

Galaxy ?

facade

Scrapit wrote: »

Galaxy ?

I didn't know that, neither did duckduckgo.


I thought they looked the same, but so do pretty much all modern cars & MPVs

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worried123 wrote: »

I expect a mark up - they have to be ordered and have been delivered to the garage but dont expect parts to be what they are making their income on.

I agree, I've always thought main dealers would be a lot more competitive if they didn't mark up the parts, ( they get them trade), and charge you royally for the labour.


It is why I do most things myself, I can buy the parts over the counter for the same price as they sell them to me fitted, and I don't pay for labour.


We used to have a place called Continental Motors or similar, they used to undercut the dealers by charging trade prices for the parts, and slightly less per hour for labour. I've no idea how they managed to go bust, their overheads were a fraction of a dealers :eek:

fred246

I just threw a set of Pagid Toyota Yaris front brake pads & discs into a basket at eurocarparts and after the discount code was applied it was £60. My local independent is happy for you to supply your own parts and they charge £40 per wheel. Total £140. I would have done the job myself so £60 in total. Changing pads & discs is really easy. In the old days we used to lever the piston back. I love the fact that you can buy all the special tools for peanuts. A rewind tool is £7 - £10 on ebay. No computers involved. Only takes a few minutes. I remember someone saying that they went to training with a fast fit firm. They reckon no-one quibbles with a bill of less than £300. The OP was probably a victim of this mentality. I think if you are keeping a car over a long period £60 is quickly forgotten. £240 is "this car's costing a bit to keep on the road" territory.

debtdebt

worried123 wrote: »

if earning in an hour what some people might have to work a day for isnt enough for them.....they are mechanics not brain surgeons. I dont like being ripped off and it appears that i have been.

your tesco analogy makes no sense/

What a stupid and idiotic comment to make. Do you not understand that the hourly rate charged has to not only cover the wage of the mechanic for that hour but also the cost of the premises, power, tools, diagnostic equipment, consumables, etc etc etc that keeps the garage running. You seem to have a childishly simplistic view on economics.

If you don't like being "ripped off", get yourself some tools and buy the cheapest dodgy parts you can from Ebay and do the job yourself. If you don't know how to do it, that's when you go to a garage and pay someone who has the expertise, and equipment to do the job for you. That's how the world goes round.

DUTR

fred246 wrote: »

I just threw a set of Pagid Toyota Yaris front brake pads & discs into a basket at eurocarparts and after the discount code was applied it was £60. My local independent is happy for you to supply your own parts and they charge £40 per wheel. Total £140. I would have done the job myself so £60 in total. Changing pads & discs is really easy. In the old days we used to lever the piston back. I love the fact that you can buy all the special tools for peanuts. A rewind tool is £7 - £10 on ebay. No computers involved. Only takes a few minutes. I remember someone saying that they went to training with a fast fit firm. They reckon no-one quibbles with a bill of less than £300. The OP was probably a victim of this mentality. I think if you are keeping a car over a long period £60 is quickly forgotten. £240 is "this car's costing a bit to keep on the road" territory.

The OP though is not talented at certain tasks on cars, me? I could do it, but I'd sooner pay the £40 per wheel Brembo discs and pads for my car come to £225/pair for the fronts.

mattyprice4004

You’ve contradicted yourself - you said ‘surely garages don’t make money on the parts’ and then when called out on how daft that statement is you’ve backtracked and said you expect them to do it.

Do you expect a restaurant to charge you cost price of the food, and just for their time in preparing it? :rotfl:

fred246

I remember looking at a dealer's fixed price servicing menu. Brake pads & discs were getting close to the price of a cambelt. The cambelt takes hours of disassembly whereas pads & discs are just a few minutes.

peter12345678910

debtdebt wrote: »

What a stupid and idiotic comment to make. Do you not understand that the hourly rate charged has to not only cover the wage of the mechanic for that hour but also the cost of the premises, power, tools, diagnostic equipment, consumables, etc etc etc that keeps the garage running. You seem to have a childishly simplistic view on economics.

If you don't like being "ripped off", get yourself some tools and buy the cheapest dodgy parts you can from Ebay and do the job yourself. If you don't know how to do it, that's when you go to a garage and pay someone who has the expertise, and equipment to do the job for you. That's how the world goes round.

I think worried123 has a point, with the money he saved he can take his family on holiday. Possibly a little harsh comment for someone who may be fed up with car servicing and want to fix something on their car.

DUTR

peter12345678910 wrote: »

I think worried123 has a point, with the money he saved he can take his family on holiday. Possibly a little harsh comment for someone who may be fed up with car servicing and want to fix something on their car.

I think you may find the OP is female.