Dealers to change front and rear disc and pads - £418

[bobotheclown]

Hiya. My wife's audi a3 has jet been serviced and the dealer has quoted £418 to change front and rear discs and brakes. I think it's reasonable as the parts on eurocarparts come to £300 alone.

Any opinions would be most welcome

[mwep201081]

if you think it is reasonable and can afford it then pay them to do it....

[The Mighty Elvi]

Sounds good to me.  My local garage chared me £130 to fit new discs and pads all rounds (I supplied parts)  Mind you, they did put on a new full exhaust at the same time.

Hmm.

You get the dealer stamp, which must add a bit of value, so yes.

[Mikester]

Seems reasonable to me also if parts are £300 as dealer labour will be pricey.

Imo though if you have the time, changing brakes is pretty simple and could save you some money.

[Dec]

I got disks and pads for my A3 for about £150 all in from ECP Audi wanted around £350 fitted (but that was when VAT was less, so guessing its hiked a bit in the year since I looked)

[Mr Blue]

go to a specialist.

[bobotheclown]

I got disks and pads for my A3 for about £150 all in from ECP Audi wanted around £350 fitted (but that was when VAT was less, so guessing its hiked a bit in the year since I looked)

yeah, maths isn't my strong point. I put in two sets of front and rear pads.

Total is £206 plus the 30% discount rom another thread will make the total cost around £145 for a full set of discs and pads. I've looked at tutorials on how to change the disc and brakes and as a complete numpty in regards to mechanical things it looks quite hard.

[Rhyso]

Its its 3 years old or more then there are fixed prices for jobs

http://www.audi.co.uk/owners-area/servicing-with-audi/affordable-servicing.html

My maths works it out at £378.

EDIT - my maths is crap too    I think those prices are per axle    If your Audi garage is charging you that then snap their hand off 

Stuff like brakes I usually buy the parts and get a local garage to fit them or my mate Dave fits them for some beer tokens 

[Dec]

I got disks and pads for my A3 for about £150 all in from ECP Audi wanted around £350 fitted (but that was when VAT was less, so guessing its hiked a bit in the year since I looked)

yeah, maths isn't my strong point. I put in two sets of front and rear pads.

Total is £206 plus the 30% discount rom another thread will make the total cost around £145 for a full set of discs and pads. I've looked at tutorials on how to change the disc and brakes and as a complete numpty in regards to mechanical things it looks quite hard.

Yeah that sounds about right

Its not too bad changing them, fronts are easier than the rear though! Fronts you can just push the pistons back in to change the pads, but the rears you need a brake windback tool which garages have (and I had access to) but cost around £60 or so to buy I believe.

[nige_s]

Did the fronts on my A4, brembo discs and OEM pads, £90 form GSF fitted up within an hour.  Dare say the rears would cost a little less and about the same time to install.  The wind back tool isn't essential for fitting the rear pads, but does make it easier.

I'm no Audi engineer, but I wished I charged their hourly rate.

How old is the A3 and what miles does it have, just wondering why it would need rear discs as they hardly ever wear out.