How much for new discs and pads for 2012 Corsa?

Bikerman2019

Any suggestions what it would cost supply and fit for new discs and pads for front of a 2012 Corsa?


Just checking a price I was given today.

Toyotafanboi

I'd say around €200 - 250 for good quality parts fitted at an independent workshop.

Die Hard 2019

Bikerman2019 wrote: »

Any suggestions what it would cost supply and fit for new discs and pads for front of a 2012 Corsa?


Just checking a price I was given today.

What's the price

Die Hard 2019

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I'd say around €200 - 250 for good quality parts fitted at an independent workshop.

Yeah I was going to say 200 -200 depending on quality

Bikerman2019

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I'd say around €200 - 250 for good quality parts fitted at an independent workshop.

Ouch! Thanks

Bikerman2019

Die Hard 2019 wrote: »

What's the price

about 200

TheBoyConor

If you buy the parts online you can get the pair of disks for €32 and a set of pads for €12.50. the kicker is shipping at €20. That is on onlinecarparts.co.uk

Still, at €65 for all the parts and surely you'd get a fella to do it as a nixer for another €60 you'd be out of it for €120.

You don't need top of the range performance parts for an Opel Corsa that is just doing normal day to day driving around. I have only ever used the cheaper brake parts and have never had a brake issue.

Bikerman2019

TheBoyConor wrote: »

If you buy the parts online you can get the pair of disks for €32 and a set of pads for €12.50. the kicker is shipping at €20. That is on onlinecarparts.co.uk

Still, at €65 for all the parts and surely you'd get a fella to do it as a nixer for another €60 you'd be out of it for €120.

You don't need top of the range performance parts for an Opel Corsa that is just doing normal day to day driving around. I have only ever used the cheaper brake parts and have never had a brake issue.

Sounds like a handy job for someone who knows what they are doing. Anyone around Tallaght reading this able for the job?

Hellrazer

TheBoyConor wrote: »

If you buy the parts online you can get the pair of disks for €32 and a set of pads for €12.50. the kicker is shipping at €20. That is on onlinecarparts.co.uk

Still, at €65 for all the parts and surely you'd get a fella to do it as a nixer for another €60 you'd be out of it for €120.

You don't need top of the range performance parts for an Opel Corsa that is just doing normal day to day driving around. I have only ever used the cheaper brake parts and have never had a brake issue.

Youd probably pay the same in a factors here.
Problem is you`ll find it hard to get a mechanic to fit parts that they haven't supplied.
Bikerman - If you want pop me a pm. One of my lads is working from his own garage while were closed.Hes Opel trained aswell.

Toyotafanboi

Brake pads and discs replacement is a straightforward task to a qualified mechanic. He's forgotten to mention the caveats though.

Parts can vary, even within model years, if you order the wrong bits, it's your issue to resolve, you'll have to swallow the total cost of the parts or the cost of shipping back to the UK and restocking. There's also the delays, costs and risks associated with this.

Cheapest isn't best. I'm not saying the most expensive is either. Cheap components generally dont have the lifespan of better quality ones. If the €12.50 brake pads might last 20k kms of your driving style, the €20 ones might last 50k kms, the same applies to discs. Cheap pads are more prone to delamination which is very dangerous and cheap discs are generally more prone to warping.

You have no comeback from a mechanic doing a nixer. If your car gets damaged, that's tough luck. If the parts fail, which they might because you bought bargain basement brakes (the only item stopping your 1000kg car doing 120km/h with you and your nearest and dearest inside), that's a you problem. If he forgets to tighten a single bolt and you lose a brake caliper or a wheel comes lose and your crash, that's your problem, not his.

There's the cost of your own time. Trying to buy an item online you dont know much about, picking it up from an post depot or parcel motel, travelling to mechanic for the nixer etc. Downtime for the car if the parts you got are wrong or the mechanic notices further work needed or breaks something and isn't working in a workshop environment.

And that's aside from the economic factors where none of your money really helps our economy. The brakes are coming from the people who brought you Brexit and the mechanic doing a cash nixer is actually counter productive to his industry. I know nobody really cares about that but still.

You'll also need a fella willing to fit parts he didn't source.

If all that works for you for a saving of €75 ish, then it definitely is a viable plan that will work, plenty of people do it.

Whocare

Just want to say one thing don't buy cheap brake pads and definitely don't buy mintex pads I had pad separate from backing plate on pads few months old and no joke nearly caused fatal crash ran straight out at Junction if there was car or truck coming it was going to be end of it

turbostan

TheBoyConor wrote: »

If you buy the parts online you can get the pair of disks for €32 and a set of pads for €12.50. the kicker is shipping at €20. That is on onlinecarparts.co.uk

Still, at €65 for all the parts and surely you'd get a fella to do it as a nixer for another €60 you'd be out of it for €120.

You don't need top of the range performance parts for an Opel Corsa that is just doing normal day to day driving around. I have only ever used the cheaper brake parts and have never had a brake issue.

Is this for the 257mm discs or the 284mm ones?
Is this car petrol or diesel?
Lots of assumptions in your post there bargain hunter!!
How long is a piece of rope??????

Bikerman2019

Thanks everyone.

On a referral from here, a proper mechanic did the job for a fair price and did a few little extra jobs as well.

The person who referred is on here, thanks, you know who you are