Brake pad replacements in London - advice
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Hi all
I need new front brake pads for the V8. Stratstone charging £500 for them fitted. I know a very nice man who can do them in Derby for much less! But is there anywhere in London anyone knows of that might be competitive? When enquiring about tyres Kwik fit said they could do it (and do it regularly) but can they be trusted? Am i super naive?
Thanks very much.
I need new front brake pads for the V8. Stratstone charging £500 for them fitted. I know a very nice man who can do them in Derby for much less! But is there anywhere in London anyone knows of that might be competitive? When enquiring about tyres Kwik fit said they could do it (and do it regularly) but can they be trusted? Am i super naive?
Thanks very much.
The pads themselves are not difficult to fit, there are a few things to consider as in i would not use copper slip on the pads which a lot of mechanics like to spread like butter this just attracts dust to stick to it, so just a bit of care and attention and making sure everything is clean and free, if you have a garage who carries out repairs on mainstream cars they would have no problem with this job and as usual always available to offer advice if any questions needed to be asked,
buy a jack and do them yourself in your lunch break maybe?
fook me, but £500 to fit some brake pads is really taking the mick ...is that including the price of the pads surely?
Give some other dealers a ring - when I live in Brentwood and used Grange, they were less than that, inc the pads
fook me, but £500 to fit some brake pads is really taking the mick ...is that including the price of the pads surely?
Give some other dealers a ring - when I live in Brentwood and used Grange, they were less than that, inc the pads
also not a fan of the ebc pads, seem very good for other applications but not the Aston's, as for part ceramic these i believe are hawk which are available for some of the earlier Aston's but as far as I am aware are not available for the vh chassis cars, still not found anything that compare to the standard pagids,
IIRC OE pagids are "E" marked, others may be for track only.
Changing pads on these are pretty easy, Im shocked at the prices that keep coming up on here!
Pads are circa £250 but £250 to fit??
(Mustn't shout too loud, I knicked a clutch job from them at christmas after they quoted £5k! In the end it cost the guy £1500
Changing pads on these are pretty easy, Im shocked at the prices that keep coming up on here!
Pads are circa £250 but £250 to fit??
(Mustn't shout too loud, I knicked a clutch job from them at christmas after they quoted £5k! In the end it cost the guy £1500
retail prices for genuine Aston Martin brake pads for the V8 Vantage and DB9 including vat are,
front pads £280.68
rear pads £250.00
handbrake pads £67.61
wear indicators front £23.90 each two required
wear indicators rear £21.47 each two required
fir tree ties for front wear indicators six required about 6p each
labour rates and fitted price vary greatly between dealers and specialists
front pads £280.68
rear pads £250.00
handbrake pads £67.61
wear indicators front £23.90 each two required
wear indicators rear £21.47 each two required
fir tree ties for front wear indicators six required about 6p each
labour rates and fitted price vary greatly between dealers and specialists
Edited by rick-derby- on Thursday 27th May 00:35
Rick,
Do the wear sensors have to be replaced when the pads are changed or can the old ones be re-used as long as the haven't broken the circuit to trigger the warning on the dash?
This was the set-up on my old 911 however sometimes due to the heat the wear sensor just crumbles into a million bits when trying to recover them.
Cheers
John
Do the wear sensors have to be replaced when the pads are changed or can the old ones be re-used as long as the haven't broken the circuit to trigger the warning on the dash?
This was the set-up on my old 911 however sometimes due to the heat the wear sensor just crumbles into a million bits when trying to recover them.
Cheers
John
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