Brake Discs

[Crusoe101]

How long is a piece of string.....

Depends on car/ make of parts used etc.

I used to be able to get through a set of discs on my Scooby in about 10K

If your saying you got 63K from one of discs then you have dont very well

[stackpole]

Originally Posted by TonyEnglish

A friend of ours took her car to Kwik Fit for a new exhaust. When she returned she was told that they had taken the wheels off to inspect the brakes and it needed pads and discs all round. They quoted her the price - I can't remember how much it was but it was a lot. She said she'd speak to her husband. He went back there to ask them exactly what they had checked and more importantly, how they managed to get the wheels off without having the key for the locking wheel nuts.

And then did the kwik fit bloke run off down the road and hide?

[Mich the Tester]

I drove an Alfa 166 2.4 jtd, which is a bloody heavy car, for 170,000 (100,000 miles) kilometers before needing new brake discs. The pads were replaced a couple of times, but not the discs. But then maybe it depends on how big and think the discs are; on the Alfa they were great big heavy metal things. And perhaps I have a more relaxed driving style.

[Moscow Mule]

Kwic Fit really are world class shysters.

On my first ever car, when fitting new tyres they charged me £x (can't remember how much) to "fix the tracking".

Utter bollocks as my mechanic saw the bolts were still rusted on when he serviced the car 3 weeks later...

[Cliphead]

Had front discs and brakes changed last month but went to Kwik Fit for a quote anyway - £245

Most expensive quote from local garages £130 and had it done for £115.

[AlanR]

When i worked as a permie in Bristol, a colleague had a mobile tyre firm come out to where we worked to replace a tyre. They turned up, he went down to the reception and told him which car was his and went back to work. about 30 minutes later gets a phone call from reception to say his car was finished and could he come and pay the bill.

Before paying he went to check all was ok only to find his car still had all teh originakl tyres fitted - the guy had put the new tyre on the wrong car!! It wasnt even the same make let alone the same colour!!

[TonyEnglish]

Originally Posted by Crusoe101

How long is a piece of string.....

Depends on car/ make of parts used etc.

I used to be able to get through a set of discs on my Scooby in about 10K

If your saying you got 63K from one of discs then you have dont very well

Didn't understand the last bit but my point is that a few months ago they didn't ask to change the front discs but did change the back ones. Then a few months later another garage decides that the front discs have now gone into a poor state and that I should get them replaced (£160). I'm suspicious of garages at the best of times, but especially so when it comes to brake discs as it seems to be the most common scam.

As Churchill said, I'm going to get them checked elsewhere.

[Moscow Mule]

Originally Posted by TonyEnglish

As Churchill said, I'm going to get them checked elsewhere.

If you've got a jack and a spanner, it's reasonably easy to check them yourself -

http://autorepair.about.com/od/regul...ke_inspect.htm

[Moscow Mule]

Originally Posted by Moscow Mule

If you've got a jack and a spanner, it's reasonably easy to check them yourself -

http://autorepair.about.com/od/regul...ke_inspect.htm

Then again, why have a dog and bark yourself. YMMV.

[DiscoStu]

Some useful info here.