'93 nissan sentra, what kind of ballpark (parts, labor) am i looking at for front pads rotors and new wheel cylinders in the back

7/16/2007 9:26:37 PM

partsamerica.com is advance auto's site...look it up for parts...labor i dunno, it's about a rip off to not do it yourself its so damn easy

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7/16/2007 9:42:30 PM

1.8 hours for the wheel cylinders plus bleed/flush, 1 hour for the front pads/rotors.

7/16/2007 10:00:07 PM

well if i do it myself i have to drive to ashville and probably take a day off work, so for 3 hours labor i'd probably just have a shop do it.

7/16/2007 10:46:52 PM

If you came to my shop you'd be looking at 139.99 for the front, 153 for labor on the wheel cylinders and we'll probably charge 30 each for the parts plus 59.99 for a brake fluid flush.

Total would be ~450-500 plus tax.

If you do it yourself you'll spend maybe 30 on pads, 30 to turn rotors at a shop, 20 each on the wheel cylinders. If you still want to have a shop do it, call me to set an appointment

7/16/2007 11:02:15 PM

ouch, $85 an hour for a nissan? no thanks

7/16/2007 11:09:37 PM

From my understanding 85 an hour is about the average rate. It's the same rate for every vehicle.

7/16/2007 11:11:55 PM

$65 is more common from what ive seen

[Edited on July 16, 2007 at 11:16 PM. Reason : especially in ashville where the car is]

7/16/2007 11:15:55 PM

My shop charges 95. But yeah 85 is kinda standard.


But, yeah do it yourself.
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7/17/2007 12:17:37 AM

regardless of wether its 65 or 85 you'll save a ton doing it yourself.

7/17/2007 12:23:28 AM

$65 is cheap.

7/17/2007 12:32:08 AM

but there are shops out there with cheap labor rates, they will just charge you twice as many hours

7/17/2007 12:34:44 AM

well i wont save very much having to drive there and back and take a day off work

7/17/2007 12:37:23 AM

if your mother was your brother then your aunt would be your sister

7/17/2007 12:42:42 AM

^ nuh uh.

7/17/2007 1:09:24 AM

i did my saturn in the parking lot of my apartment complex in a couple of hours, save yourself some money and do it yourself, or go get an estimate from a shop and get raped

7/17/2007 8:24:52 AM

cost of gas + lost wages > cost of labor

7/17/2007 10:07:10 AM

yeah i dont think people in this thread know how to read

7/17/2007 10:57:05 AM

don't bother having the rotors turned without at least looking into new ones first.. they're gotten dirt cheap so there's no reason not to just get new ones

7/17/2007 11:00:30 AM

yesh, i'll see what the shop says but i'll probably just get new rotors

7/17/2007 1:48:30 PM

If you need new rotors even more reason to do it yourself. Shop will charge you like 80 bucks when you can get them for 20 yourself. Plus you don't have to send them out to be turned like you would with your old ones so its even easier.

7/17/2007 2:03:26 PM

wow some people are retarded

7/17/2007 4:09:12 PM

^some folks are retarded. A great deal are of average intelligence. A few are really smart...and of course, genius is a rarity, though it does exist.

Best bet: if you really don't like working on your own shit, then just start calling around and getting quotes from any and everybody in the area. It's really kind of hard to fuck up a brake job if you get new rotors (though I have definitely seen it done).

If you bought all the tools to do the job here in town, did the job in the evening, and factored in what you consider your time to be worth, then you'd likely consider having a shop do it, because your total DIY investment (your time included, mind you; you MUST place a value on your time) may very well equal or eclipse a shop's charges.

And for all the other dyed-in-the-wool wrenchers in this thread, you all know damn well that it's only easy when everything goes without a hitch and/or you've done it before (and usually multiple times before). How many times did YOU take five times your original allotted time to do a job? How many times have YOU made multiple trips to the parts store for more tools or to try and rectify an unforseen need or circumstance?

I work on my stuff because 1) I have everything I need, purchased over many years; 2) I have often been financially unable to afford to take my car to a shop but have been either able to spare the time or justify the time lost; 3) I have the skills and ability to do so because of my years of exposure to the trade.

It's definitely not black and white. Sure you can save a lot of money if you do it yourself...but in no way expect that to be a universal truth, especially if you are somewhat unsure of what you're doing or if the overall condition of the car (frozen bolts, broken components, etc.) poses a potential hurdle.

You're going to have to decide that for yourself.

7/17/2007 5:26:11 PM

he already said that it would cost more to do it himself because the car is in asheville and he is somewhere else where driving and fixing it himself (read: lost wages) would cost more than getting a shop to do it

this isnt a debate about whether or not he should fix his shit himself

he just wants to know what a fair price is

you people need to learn to fucking read

7/17/2007 5:48:43 PM

And I'm sure that people on this site know more about what it's going to cost than a bunch of shops, which is the why the first piece of advice I offered was to start going apeshit with the telephone...so quit being such a fuckstick.

7/17/2007 6:01:27 PM

well then i guess you didnt need to write a fucking dissertation on whether or not you should wrench on your own vehicle

7/17/2007 6:05:50 PM

True, true...maybe somebody else got something out of it. Perhaps not.

But it's really not like you were forced to read it, you petulant fuckstick.

In fact, if it chafes your buttocks that badly, why don't you PM underPSI or another mod and get me suspended?

7/17/2007 6:21:36 PM

huh? what the fuck is going on in here?

7/18/2007 9:28:16 AM

The usual petty shenanigans.

Do what you have to, Brian, though...

7/18/2007 11:40:47 AM