Mechanic costs

[5AMBO]

What do you guys think it should cost to have front and rear, discs and pads fitted?
I have already bought the kit.

A Garage quoted 170 which i thought was a bit steep as i paid less than that for all the parts.

Thoughts please guys?

[josh1989]

tell them to jog on, do it yourself mate it's actually a piece of piss to do, if you really can't do it, the max you should get charged is £20

[Pat_Vts]

i got it done free;)

[5AMBO]

a mate of a mate is asking for 80 but thats cos he found out how much the garage quoted.
Thinking of doing it myself but dont wanna mess it up

[josh1989]

the only thing that might raise your cost is if the current disks and the caliper bolts/nuts/screws whatever are seized,

[allyVTS]

Yup do it yourself wont take long. If your not sure what your doing buy a hayanes manual. It will come in handy for other things too. Round here i'm sure its about £60 to get it done at a garage.

[5AMBO]

the quote is without them lookin and car is quite new for a saxo. its 2003

[josh1989]

a mate of a mate is asking for 80 but thats cos he found out how much the garage quoted.
Thinking of doing it myself but dont wanna mess it up

it couldn't be simpler mate, jack it up, off with the wheel, off with the caliper, off with the disk, on with the new disks, on with the new pads in the caliper, put caliper back on job's a gudden

[josh1989]

the quote is without them lookin and car is quite new for a saxo. its 2003

if it's an 03 model deffo do it yourself will be nice and easy to get everything off :)

[5AMBO]

how long do you think it would take me, using a haynes manual and with little or no knowlege.lol

[5AMBO]

maybe ill give it a go then. what tools do i need?

[josh1989]

most difficult one i've ever done is my old l reg corsa cos the caliper was on with alan key bolts that were seized and i couldn't get any purchase on the alan key handle

[RedB]

About an hour or so dude...

Haynes manual will come in useful for loads of things for you :y:

[5AMBO]

maybe ill try and do it sat then as i think i would quite enjoy it.
Though i have just had my car lowered 50mm so not sure if ill get a jack under it

[RedB]

maybe ill try and do it sat then as i think i would quite enjoy it.
Though i have just had my car lowered 50mm so not sure if ill get a jack under it

You can ;)

Or just use a trolley jack :)

[5AMBO]

ok ill give it a try. cheers guys

[Hanuman]

no more than 2hrs labour so no more than £120 unless its a crap p takin garage, should be looking at £85 i rekon

[steve_335]

i reckon my boss would charge £80 at most, just for labour. SOme places i seen charge £50-60 per hour for labour.

[b0t13]

i wouldnt pay anymore than £30 to have brakes fitted tbh.. garages rip people off big time..

[5AMBO]

they are charging 55pound per hour and adding brake fluid and sundries etc whatever that is.
Think im gonna have to try fitting them myself cos all places i asked are asking more than i rly got to spend. i would be happy to pay up to 80 but places i asked want over 100

[steve_335]

It all depends how long it takes, thinkning about it, i could do all 4 in under an hour, so it would probs cost about £40 where i work, just paying for labour.

[5AMBO]

yeh i might try and get mate to come over and keep an eye at the weekend in case i get stuck.

Cheers for ya help everyone

[shooorn94]

Did you ring CIS about the lowerring, and what did they say?

Yep defo do it yourself, just be careful to remember how to set it up. I bought my haynes for £6.00 off of ebay, glad I bought it second hand I've covered it with grease now :p

[5AMBO]

nope still havnt rung cis about the lowering, surprised you remembered mate.lol.
Been so busy at work i havnt had a chance to call but plan to 2mz.

I am going to try and get some quotes from garages around where i live and if its too expensive ill get the haynes and do it myself on sat and just take my time.

[baker556]

i paid £70 for disk and pads gonna fit mine at the weekend and there grooved discs !..where abouts are you in kent mate might be able to give you a hand?