$225 CAD to replace the front rotors and pads

[Howard]

Am I getting ripped off?

 

[ValValline]

Depends on the car and how much of that is parts vs labor. Offhand I would say it is reasonable.

 

[Howard]

2003 Chevrolet Venture

 

[ayabe]

This sounds pretty decent to me, not the cheapest I've seen but not outrageous either.

 

[mwmorph]

Pretty reasonable, parts themselves if you go oem can easily cost that much.

Last time I did front brakes for a 1996 Saturn SL2, parts cost about $140, adding 1.5hours of labor and $225 is a good price.

 

[j00fek]

1/2 of that is just labor i bet

most of the time when you have car work dont at a garage its basically 75-125/hr for labor on anything.

myself, that is wayyyyyyyyyyy too much to spend on a front break job, but not everyone can do it themselves

 

[jtvang125]

That's reasonable.

$225 only gets a pair of rotors for mine. Pads are another $50. Of course your car and mine are on a totally different class.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Reasonable

 

[steppinthrax]

Actually I'm more worried they may do a shoddy job based on that price. It's kind of too cheap. If I were to replace my own brake pads and rotors I think I would cost that much using even the cheapest pads and rotors. Are you sure they are replacing the rotors or are they just turning them.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Not that much labor involved in slapping on rotors and pads. Most of that cost is probably just the parts.

Not unreasonable at all.

 

[nycdude]

I say that sounds very reasonable.

 

[dud]

You have three costs to consider: Parts, labor and of course, tax.

Call your local parts house and ask what the costs are for the rotors and pads. If the cost is over $100 then your quoted price is reasonable.

Labor rates here in the states can easily go $50 - $60 an hour.


It sounds reasonable to me ...