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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:35:04 +0100
From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com>
Subject: Re: brakes on '96 900S


Matt Winterroth wrote: > grunff, > > what are the price specs for a, b and c? i myself am not too sure. the last > time i had a check-up, the mechanic said that i had about 25% of my brakes > left, or about another 5000 miles. here i am 5000 miles later assuming i > need a new set of brakes... >>a. All the pads. Materials - £50 (US$80) + 1 hour labour max. >>b. All the pads + all the discs (rotors). Materials - £150 (US$240) + 2 hours labour. >>c. All the pads + all the discs (rotors) + all the calipers. Materials - £500 (US$800) + 5 hours labour. Going by what your mechanic said, he probably meant the pads are down to 25%. I would not expect the discs (rotors) to need replacing before say 120k miles. And the calipers should also be fine. My point was the "replace all brakes" is very ambiguous, and it's worth narrowing down what you intend to do. -- Grunff

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