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km449
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Could anyone give me some idea as to what cost I should expect for supply and fitting of new front discs and pads for my 97 auto estate. Would be through a local garage, not a FMD
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Re: Brake costs?
« Reply #1 on: May 16th, 2006, 6:49pm » |
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what engine is it?
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km449
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It's a 2.3
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Re: Brake costs?
« Reply #3 on: May 16th, 2006, 7:18pm » |
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just bought a set of disks (again) for my 24v and they were £75.00 ish from Fords
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Re: Brake costs?
« Reply #4 on: May 16th, 2006, 8:03pm » |
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both front discs from local autopart dealer cost £20 plus vat ,pads £15 plus vat took hour to fit.
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Hi KM. I've got a 2.9 Ultima 12v and i've just bought front and rear discs and pads for my car.
REAR Discs were £18.50 for a set, and pads 8.50. These were Mintex discs and Lucas pads.
FRONT Discs are Mintex again £21.00, with Mintex Pads £12.50. I've replaced the rears, and I will be replacing the fronts in due course.
All these items were bought on Ebay. I have a fairly tight budget, so I have to shop around a bit.
All the items were brand new, and in their original boxes, so I made a good saving.
Fitting was really easy using the guide on this site. http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/frontrearbrakes.htm
I'm hoping that the 'picture' problem can be sorted before I do the front ones, as the pictures for the rear renewal (click on them) were a very big help.
Hope that gives you an idea of cost. Fitting isn't difficult. 
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mr._floppy
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Re: Brake costs?
« Reply #6 on: May 16th, 2006, 8:53pm » |
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I know some garages get rather snotty when you source the spares cheaply yourself and only require them to do the fitting, but that's just tough , we all know they make a stonking profit from supplying the parts.
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Spannerdemon
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Yeah..............AND for their exorbitant Labour Charges!!
Sure as hell, THIS Scorpio owner isn't paying somebody £42 an hour (on top of the cost of their well marked up parts) to do what I can do myself!!
Go On KM. Amaze yourself. You CAN do this job. It really isn't difficult. 
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mr._floppy
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Re: Brake costs?
« Reply #8 on: May 17th, 2006, 12:41pm » |
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Indeed, and when you tackle the job yourself ( if you follow the excellent
information on this site ) you know the job has been done properly 
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Re: Brake costs?
« Reply #9 on: May 18th, 2006, 1:57am » |
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You can get front discs & pads for as little as £30.00. But for good ones (I hate to say it) Halfords do Ferodo discs for £20 each & Ferodo Pads for £25.
I've found that cheap brake discs warp to easily & cheap pads seem to blacken your alloys quite quickly.
I've recently fitted Ferodo's from (I hate to admit it) Halfords, & they seem to be top notch.
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