Hi All,

can anyone please advise if replacing front discs, pads and a driver side calipher are a big job or complicated to do?

i have to replace mine.. so wanted to know how much on average a non lexus garage should charge?

also cars only done 70k miles.. and the discs need replacing.. this is a bit early no? I would have thought the discs would have lasted a little longer...:-S

thoughts welcome.

Izzy

Off the top of my head it was about 2 hours labour when I had it done at WIM, but really can't remember - must have been in the ballpark of about £150 (but that is a bit of a guess)

70k is pretty decent, my car's done 55k and I'm on my fourth set of front discs

[quote name='IZZZY' date='22 September 2010 - 11:49 AM' timestamp='1285152547' post='732861']
Hi All,

can anyone please advise if replacing front discs, pads and a driver side calipher are a big job or complicated to do?

i have to replace mine.. so wanted to know how much on average a non lexus garage should charge?

also cars only done 70k miles.. and the discs need replacing.. this is a bit early no? I would have thought the discs would have lasted a little longer...:-S

thoughts welcome.

Izzy
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70k disk life is not unreasonable. If wear doesn't get them, rust does... The job is probably 2 - 3 hours or so, given that the caliper assembly has to be shifted off the wheel assembly to change the disks anyway, this doesn't add a lot of labour. An easy job you could do yourself if you wanted using standard tools and bleeding tubes etc. If the offside caliper assembly needs to be changed, I would check the other one is absolutely OK while at it, because the nearside has a harder life through water and stuff near kerbs etc.

Do it yourself in about 30minutes easy job with a jack, axle stands and a decent socket set.