I own a 98 mercedes C230. I'm replacing pads and rotors. Total cost $800.00 plus tax. Was I screwed w/o kiss?
Thanks
2007-03-12 05:52:14 · 10 answers · asked by cmcre76 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Front Pads 32.99 Semi Metallic
79.99 Organic
Thats for a full set you could pick either option, dont need both
Front Rotors 73.99 a piece approx 150.00
Rear Pads 41.99 Semi
51.99 Organic Same as fronts pick one set
Rear rotors 69.99 a piece approx 140.00
360 the cheap way or about 500 the other. Theres other options you could add in, so it could wind up to that. For the most part everything was special order, I looked them up at Autozone.com
If you took it to a shop and are not friends with the mechanics chances are they found the cheapest pads/rotors they could find in stock. But no that price is not ungodly for that car.
2007-03-12 06:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by wolfyss 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends entirely on the amount of work that had to be done in your brake job. If they had to replace the rotors, that says you allowed the pads to get to metal to metal and ran it a while with strange noises, metal to metal contact when you tried to stop.
Start by looking at your bill, it should tell you exactly what was replaced. The cost would be the parts, plus the labor rate per hour times the time to do the job, plus tax on parts, and perhaps a percentage of the total bill as a shop charge.
If you have any further questions, they would best be directed to the shop foreman where you had the work done.
2007-03-12 06:05:34 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go on-line and check out the price of aftermarket parts to do this job, then compare. Are you noticing the price of labor? How much do you value your free-time, and how much do you value your vehicles safety. If you want to stew about it after the fact, you will never get satisfaction. If you want to protect your wallet in the future, go shopping for the least expensive way to do the job and then add in the cost of your time to do the shopping and then compare. $800 is a lot of money, but you drive a Mercedes, and next to Porsches and Ferraris, you are going to pay a premium for owning such a vehicle. Sell the mercedes and go buy a Honda or a Lexus or Infinity. Not a whole lot cheaper for service, but enough to make a difference.
2007-03-12 06:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by rex_rrracefab 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it, but it's hard to say because German cars are always costly for parts and repair. Doing a brake job on an American car is pretty easy, but no idea how difficult a brake job on a C230 is (or whether you need special tools to do it). To give you an idea, one of the local tire outfits wanted $500.00 to do brakes and rear rotors only on my 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix, but I was able to get Bosch parts through a friend for a little over $200.00 and a co-worker's son did the brake job for $125.00. Does that give you a better idea?
2007-03-12 05:58:08 · answer #4 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 11:45:21 · answer #5 · answered by penso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parts on that vehicle are around 450 for the best NAPA hasa to offer. and all the auto parts charge around 160 per set of brake pads only thats 770 already and thats without charging for the rotors so no u didnt get screwed unless u could off done it yourself
2007-03-12 06:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by chqusmc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well,i hope you had your pants down,when you walked in.damn,why didnt you say,you didnt want to buy a car?the labor,these days is what eats you up.you would have been better off,if you got the stuff and hired a shadetree mech.to put them on for you.
2007-03-12 06:26:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your paying for the name just like cadillac, they figure if you can afford one of these cars you can pay the piper.
2007-03-12 14:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were screwed with no grease!
2007-03-12 05:57:14 · answer #9 · answered by plainfieldcletusblue 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to world of German car ownership!
2007-03-12 06:03:44 · answer #10 · answered by Delphi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋