#31: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:43 am ---- Front pads - £17 (full set)
Rear brake shoes - £15 or £23 if you have ABS. (full set)
Rear drums - £30 pair (180mm dia) or £40 pair (203mm dia)
Master cylinder - £53 or £68 depending on type.
Front shocks - £120 pair (£80 if they are cheapies.)
Brake fluid - £5
£270 for above parts (assuming the more expensive ones were needed) + £20 for a few other parts that may have been required. So for a garage £500 with the shocks is not a bad price. Expensive if you can DIY but not bad if you can't.
I suspect that Quickfit, Halfords or Peugeot main dealer would be nearer £,1000.
#32: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: nemesislee, Location: stokePosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:44 pm ---- I've been checking the prices you give me against my bill, I'll post the costs up soon. The worst damage was labour and VaT lol nearly £200 I've gotta get more engine savvy
#33: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:07 pm ---- Remember when you look at the bill that also has to cover cost of buying or renting the premises, purchase of specialist tools and equipment, insurance, heating, business rates etc. etc.
As I stated, for a garage charging £300 for the brakes isn't too bad and £500 for brakes and front struts is reasonable.
I recently stood behind a Focus owner in the queue at Kwikfit and they quoted just over £700 for just front and rear pads and disks. I nearly fell over!
The spannering is easy for those who can do it. The problem is those who can do it often forget how frequently they got it wrong when they were learning or the help they had. If you have a competent mate who will watch over you as you do it then great, if not learning from a Haynes manual isn't really the way forward.
You also need to remember that an experienced mechanic will spot things that are starting to get near end of life while they are doing other jobs. If you start doing the work and relying on just the MOT for safety check that can quickly get expensive.
#34: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: nemesislee, Location: stokePosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:51 am ---- Ha ha I live from the Haynes and your right you don't learn that great from the Haynes lol I've used it to do simple stuff but more complex stuff no chance
#35: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: bezford, Location: darlingtonPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:25 am ---- I want a garage to fix my car not to move in...why should i pay for thete coffee machine thats £2a cup anyway...and why dont they help out like they used to...its the best way to get a good rep. And to get future work if they help u out with sumthing daft rather than turn every little thing into a full cost quoted farty arsed expensive job.???corporate costs are wrong...big time.
#36: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: nemesislee, Location: stokePosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:13 am ---- the garage that i went to (Penkull Service Station) actually do little courses now and then and they have free coffee and tea lol
#37: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: nemesislee, Location: stokePosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:14 am ---- actually on the bill it did say sundries what does that involve?
#38: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:30 am ---- Sundries can cover anything that they can't list individually on the bill. Rags, overall cleaning, latex gloves. A lot of the time it's just a way to bump the bill up a bit.
In the bodyshop sundries used to be masking tape, making paper, gun cleaning solution, sanding papers etc all the stuff that is worth pennies but added together can cost the garage quite a bit over the course of the month. Great way of making up the difference if you need to hit a budget target.
#39: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:05 am ---- Without seeing the whole bill it is difficult to comment and the above replies list most likely items. However, there were a few things that I didn't list (stake nuts on the rear hubs and new springs etc. for the shoes) that may have been needed.
They shouldn't be "sundries" and should be listed but who knows how lazy the person making the bill out is.
If your bill total was as you described (£300 brakes; £500 brakes and struts) it isn't bad.
#40: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: nemesislee, Location: stokePosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:03 am ---- Sorry I'll get the bill typed up on here tonight
#41: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: kandlbarrett, Location: SwindonPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:19 am ---- nemisislee: if the bill is as you described there isn't much point as the price isn't bad. If it has become significantly inflated from the original sum then I'll have a look.
#42: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: nemesislee, Location: stokePosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:36 pm ---- Thats ok then just want people to know roughly how much a problem like this costs and I guess your right and I think we have reached the end of this chapter now then lol thanks every one, and also thanks to the people who helped me with the costs etc just so that I know I wasn't ripped off :). All in all If your from the stoke area I do recommend Penkull SErvice Station
Lee
#43: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: bezford, Location: darlingtonPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:49 pm ---- nothing is for free................from after dinner mints to gloves at the petrol station...every one pays the piper in the end...
#44: Re: NO BRAKES !!! Author: nemesislee, Location: stokePosted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:31 am ---- lol true true
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