$683 for front brakes?
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$683 for front brakes?
Hello everyone! SO I was quoted that figure for new rotors and pads here at Northpark Lexus San Antonio. The service advisor mentioned that they were "updated parts" for the car now available. They weren't able to duplicate the grinding brake noise coming from my front left/drivers side. He also mentioned that my pads still had life on them. Hmmmmm.
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Hello everyone! SO I was quoted that figure for new rotors and pads here at Northpark Lexus San Antonio. The service advisor mentioned that they were "updated parts" for the car now available. They weren't able to duplicate the grinding brake noise coming from my front left/drivers side. He also mentioned that my pads still had life on them. Hmmmmm.
Your still getting ripped off. I just rotors (Slotted/drilled. Blanks are probably cheaper) and pads (lexus oem low dust) for a little less than $300
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Firstly, new rotors? How old is the car? What was the explanation for new rotors? Normally new rotors for front oem are around 150 each. Pads depending on what type pad could be 80-100 for the set. So your quoted in excess of 230 for install. Thats a bit high. As a good mechanic could do something of that type job in around 1.5 hours. Depending on labor cost, 80-110 an hour they are extremely high for labor cost. If your breakdown in parts are how I put it.
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Exactly. It looks like it's time to consider somewhere else to go for this work. Any recommendations for the San Antonio area anyone? THank you all for your input. It's great to know that the community here is supportive. The advisor I dealt with was trying to discredit this forum as not being "lexus authorized information" or something along those lines. I quickly provided some evidence on how Club Lexus forums have been my place to go for answers and solutions to my problems.
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I would recommend doing the job yourself. It is something that can be done with basic hand tools and in a couple hours even with having to jack the car up and crawl around on the ground. This is something I always do. I have not paid for a brake service in almost 10 years.
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Exactly. It looks like it's time to consider somewhere else to go for this work. Any recommendations for the San Antonio area anyone? THank you all for your input. It's great to know that the community here is supportive. The advisor I dealt with was trying to discredit this forum as not being "lexus authorized information" or something along those lines. I quickly provided some evidence on how Club Lexus forums have been my place to go for answers and solutions to my problems.
There has to be at least a couple Lexus Tech that have personal shops in that area...check the San Antonio sections
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I would recommend doing the job yourself. It is something that can be done with basic hand tools and in a couple hours even with having to jack the car up and crawl around on the ground. This is something I always do. I have not paid for a brake service in almost 10 years.