Brake job quote . Is it excessive ?

[Trevor loves holden.]

Yeah, I thought so.
I will go elsewhere
The quote does not even include bleeding the brake fluid.
Labour and bolts only = $700
No thanks

Why would they bleed the brakes for a rotor and pad change. Why do you need to change bolts? Save money and do it yourself.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Could be a lot worse, Ron...
Imagine how much if they were being sold by ARP.....

Yeah..
Even redline brembo bolts are much pricier than these...

 

[Ron Burgundy]

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Why would they bleed the brakes for a rotor and pad change. Why do you need to change bolts? Save money and do it yourself.

I actually dont have time to do them myself

 

[vc commodore]

Lets assume 1 hour per corner at $100 p/h , then half hour to bleed , so $450 would be closer and even that's overpriced

If they take an hour to do a corner, they're more than scratching their nuts....

 

[vc commodore]

The guy’s likely factoring-in the costs he’s had in the past due to muppets supplying the wrong parts & having to put all the original parts back together when he tries to install the new stuff & it doesn’t fit.

So that'd account for 20 minutes figuring out the wrong parts have been supplied....Still doesn't explain the other 3 hours they want to rape the poor bloke for....

i honestly think they were over pricing it because they weren't interested in the job

 

[vc commodore]

Why would they bleed the brakes for a rotor and pad change.

Possibly factoring in, the fluid maybe past it's used by date and don't want it to come back because of it....

 

[Ron Burgundy]

So that'd account for 20 minutes figuring out the wrong parts have been supplied....Still doesn't explain the other 3 hours they want to rape the poor bloke for....

i honestly think they were over pricing it because they weren't interested in the job

I think that might be the case but in return they lost a customer for good...

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Possibly factoring in, the fluid maybe past it's used by date and don't want it to come back because of it....

They itemised the quote in writting..
No mention of brake fluid...

 

[chrisp]

I reckon that I could have changed the rotors and pads in the time it has taken all the contributors of this thread to type their posts!

 

[lmoengnr]

They itemised the quote in writting..
No mention of brake fluid...

Just wow!