a local acura dealer (gary force acura) (nashville) quoted me

143 for the front pads
153 for the rear pads

(to change them)

is this a fair price or should i go to a local shop?

 

They are raping you with a big stick..pads only cost $40

 

$300 seems steep for pads & install........I'd look around for less than half that

 

Get yourself some Vaseline before you pay this amount of money for brake pads...
RAPe'N YOU RAPe'N YOU RAPe'N YOU

 

Python2121 - If you choose to go to an Acura dealer, you'll loose your manhood. Get your pads installed somewhere else like pepboys. You'll save alot of money.

I on the other hand let my family's mechanic do it for me, he charges $40.00.

 

i do it myself

 

ok well thats why i was asking. ill go get them at a local place. i cant do them myself as i dont even have a house right now (ahh life as a student) but ill do them at a local shop

 

Good plan, the dealer rapes you without lube, OUCH

 

are the pad at pep boys good?

 

Yeah, pep boys carries a number of brands of pads

 

i called up 2 local places and they both said 150 for the front and 150 for the rear

wtf!

 

i asked how much specifically just for labor and the guy goes "rrrrrr u going to get them at autozone?...mmm well this is for a premium set of pads"

im sorry but i saw the group buy i know how much a fuckign set of premium pads and even blanks are

 

how much work is involved with installing them myself?

 

Changing pads is pretty easy. I've done it myself, took me 30 minutes for the front, 30 for the back.

 

do you think you could post some quick instructions? i dont need anything too detailed

 

if it were for rotors, that price might be more fitting, but pads are pretty easy

 

do you think its beyond my experience

my experience with regular cars is an aem intake and changing oil, thats pretty much it, but i built a formula sae car w/ my team

 

No doubt about it, you gonna get fucked at the smacura dealer. Go to Autozone or O'reilly's and get some ceramic pads. Then, if you got a good set of tools, slap those biatches on. But don't put them on backwards. hahahahah (No someone who did that.) Pretty fucked up rotors after that. Oh well glad it wasn't my shit. Oh, your calipers might be a little tight, get some wd40 or rust-out. makes the bolts come out easier. Air tools, even better.

 

i can bring it by the shop we work on the car at i just dont think we have a jack anywhere (we dont need jacks on <400lb cars

 

Changing pads is easy. Just remove the wheel, then there's 2 bolts per caliper I think. Those are 12mm I think. Remove those, remove caliper, install new pads, and I think that's it. It's really easy...don't know if I forgot anything.

 

Oh, and you will need to turn the thing so it'll go back in...I forgot what it's called, someone help me.