What's reasonable price to change front rake pads?

[alibkord]

**CORRECTION: Sorry, this quote was for pads AND disks. My bad. Please ignore.**

Will ask moderators to delete thread.

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Hi All,

I bought a Wrangler 04 a couple of months ago and just took it for a service. The mechanic suggested that I change the brake pads on the front wheels as they only have 2-3mm left on them.

The quote he gave me is $445 for replacing just the pads on front wheels.

Is it a reasonable price or am I being ripped off?

Thanks,

A.

[glend]

There are heaps of them on ebay (au) for around $70. It's not hard to change them yourself. Jeep parts are notoriously expensive through Jeep Parts Departments at dealerships. Do as much as you can yourself.

[alibkord]

Do as much as you can yourself.

Thanks a lot for the reply.

There are two problems to this:

1. I don't have a garage and proper tools
2. I'm a bit clueless about car mechanics (embarrassingly)

But I get from your comments that I'm being ripped off a bit.

[Cpage66]

What suburb are you in?

[alibkord]

What suburb are you in?

North Sydney

[Miraz]

But I get from your comments that I'm being ripped off a bit.

This is what's involved - http://www.jeepz.com/forum/brakes/33675-jeep-brake-pad-change.html

So either they are selling you an extremely expensive set of pads, or an outrageous amount of labour.

[rainman]

you can always give them the pads. then hey can only charge for labour.

[alibkord]

Thanks everyone for the replies. It was a mistake, the quote was for replacng pads and disks. My apologies.