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You take it in for an oil change and check up and they call you telling you the brakes need to be replaced. 
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Tell them the brakes worked on the way over here.
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Neglecting something on a car, like brakes might end up costing you triple of what it would have cost you in the first place.Originally posted by Kidicious
Tell them the brakes worked on the way over here.
When they ment brakes, they ment pads. Pads for all 4 wheels cost around 80$ for your car and takes about 1 hour to change.
No biggy. You can even do it yourself.
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No, they certainly don't mean pads.
I've got 4 wheel disc brakes and they said they have to replace a lot of it, they quoted me $400 for the front and $400 for the back but I told them I'm not paying more than $300 and eventually got that...
But I don't know enough about cars to know if I'm being conned or not. But I don't want to risk it with brakes..."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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I had to replace a battery on my car this weekend. The old one was leaking like crazy and wouldn't hold a charge.
It's like a 10 minute job to pull out the old battery, clean the leads of the copper sulfate that's built up on them (blue gunk from leaking acid) and put in the new one. As I'm doing it, two different sets of neighbours come out and act very impressed that I "know how to do that" (note that I'd never changed a car battery before; I simply thought it wouldn't be very hard to figure out, and it wasn't). Then they start asking me unrelated car questions as though I've become an auto expert in their eyes.
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Car battery replacement is one of the few things I know how to do (I haven't owned a car ever in my life and only drove one regularly for maybe three years). That, changing oil, and replacing the starter (which I had to do on the car I drove in high school, twice... cavaliers
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Yes, you are being conned.Originally posted by Asher
No, they certainly don't mean pads.
I've got 4 wheel disc brakes and they said they have to replace a lot of it, they quoted me $400 for the front and $400 for the back but I told them I'm not paying more than $300 and eventually got that...
But I don't know enough about cars to know if I'm being conned or not. But I don't want to risk it with brakes...
You can get 4 discs and pads for +/-250$, takes 2hours to change everything.
What year is your car?! 2004? You shouldn't have to change the discs yet. Discs are supposed to last atleast 80k km if always used with good pads.
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Yeah, 2004. I'm aggressive-ish on braking and drive in a LOT of bumper to bumper traffic, don't know if that matters.
How exactly can I call them on this? I've no idea what I'm talking about.
He mentioned something about the drums as well which confused me -- do disc brakes still have drums?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Umm... I'm pretty sure it's going to take Asher longer than 2 hours if he doesn't know what he's doing. $300 to replace or machine the disks isn't that much I think.Originally posted by Spec
Yes, you are being conned.
You can get 4 discs and pads for +/-250$, takes 2hours to change everything.
What year is your car?! 2004? You shouldn't have to change the discs yet. Discs are supposed to last atleast 80k km if always used with good pads.
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Suggestion: Take the car to a different mechanic
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They're talking Canadian dollars, not USD. $300 is actually a decent amount of money in $CD...Originally posted by Kidicious
Umm... I'm pretty sure it's going to take Asher longer than 2 hours if he doesn't know what he's doing. $300 to replace or machine the disks isn't that much I think.<Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
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Do you feel vibration when you break at high speed? That is generally a sign with disk brakes that something is wrong.Originally posted by Asher
Yeah, 2004. I'm aggressive-ish on braking and drive in a LOT of bumper to bumper traffic, don't know if that matters.
How exactly can I call them on this? I've no idea what I'm talking about.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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I could tell you if your discs are still good by looking at them...Its just something you get used too. You could also find the specs on the net and mesure the thickness of your discs to see if they are still within specs.
Have your discs ever been resurfaced/turned? Thats what they usually do. Are your discs OEM? If so, they should last up to 120k...And even if you are hard on brakes, its really the pads that take the grinding, not the discs.
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Yes, past month or so. SlightOriginally posted by KrazyHorse
Do you feel vibration when you break at high speed? That is generally a sign with disk brakes that something is wrong.
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I called Mazda Canada to inquire as to part pricing (which is standardized?). They told me the same thing the dealer did with regards to the price for the parts...and that they need to replace both the discs AND the pads, as policy.
Are you referring to non-Mazda parts, Spec?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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