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New brake pads - CMax

  • 14-09-2019 7:12am
    #1
    BlazingSaddler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭


    I had a main dealer service on a Grand CMax yesterday, told me new brake pads needed front and back. Now I’m no mechanic so won’t be doing them myself but they were looking for €315 parts and labour. This sounds very high to me, would you agree? I since got a price at the local tyre place (I also need 2 new tyres) , who I trust but I didn’t know did repairs for €130. It’s a no brainer right??


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  • #2
    macnug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭macnug


    Im no mechanic either but brake pads a easy and fairly quick to do so yea €300+ is madness but that main dealers for you. Just dont let the pads go down too far or you can mess up the caliper piston and then it becomes a bigger job.


  • #3
    Audioslaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭Audioslaven


    BlazingSaddler wrote: »
    I had a main dealer service on a Grand CMax yesterday, told me new brake pads needed front and back. Now I’m no mechanic so won’t be doing them myself but they were looking for €315 parts and labour. This sounds very high to me, would you agree? I since got a price at the local tyre place (I also need 2 new tyres) , who I trust but I didn’t know did repairs for €130. It’s a no brainer right??

    Its not very bad tbh for a main dealer and you cant compare a dealer with other garages so say the pads in the dealer are 50 euro each so 100 for parts, then maybe 2 hours work at around 160 so they are a little bit dear but not day light robbery. They may do a flush as well f0r that so it's not very bad imo.


  • #4
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    And they wont be fitted by a tyre fitter too :)


  • #5
    Carb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Carb


    Does it definitely need them. Apparently my car needed discs and pads at every service with the Ford dealer, even when I had got them changed elsewhere between services.


  • #6
    Jimbob1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,239 ✭✭✭Jimbob1977


    I got front and rear brake pads done last month on a C-Max. Parts came to €149 incl. VAT


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