Average cost of new brakes

**zul8r2002** · 06-20-2006, 07:38 PM

What is the average cost of new brakes per set at a local shop?

Is ceramic best?

Are the stock brakes ceramic?

Z28

Thanks

**BrandonDrecksage** · 06-20-2006, 08:07 PM

do em yourself..not hard at all..took me about 2-3 horus to do all 4..that includes jacking up each corner to take off the wheel with new rotors. bembo blanks and autozone rotors are good.

**zul8r2002** · 06-20-2006, 08:24 PM

I wish I could but have no tools or time at all. I was just going to have a shop do it with maybe stock ceramic brakes, but was curious about the pricing.

**01camaross** · 06-20-2006, 08:36 PM

my guess would be 500 ish at a dealer at least. but im a do it yourself kind a guy.

**CaptainCaveMan** · 06-21-2006, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by 01camaross

my guess would be 500 ish at a dealer at least. but im a do it yourself kind a guy.

A local tire shop (that you trust) will be alot cheaper than the dealership.

**TMF** · 06-21-2006, 09:23 AM

Yea, like CCM said (trust). If you go to any brake shop they'll have you into a $500 brake job. Have your rotors cut and new pads, that's prolly all you need. If you could do it yourself, it's under $100.

**SeVeReDiStOrTiOn** · 06-21-2006, 09:56 AM

Brakes are a must do yourself....any shop will rip you a new one when it comes to brakes.

**Wyoming T/A** · 06-21-2006, 07:17 PM

shouldnt cost over 3 hrs labor total front and rear, pads will run 50 to 80 for each set of 2

**Neil** · 06-22-2006, 08:28 AM

I replaced the front pads at about 15,000 with 'lifetime' pads from Autozone (Bendix). I have 111,000 now and I'm about to replace them again for free under the lifetime warrantee. I've done it twice before on other cars I've owned and I have never had a hard time getting them to honor the warrantee. I don't think alot of people actually use the 'lifetime' warrantee since:
1 - You have to keep the original paperwork (almost 7 years in my case)
2 - Most cars don't last long enough to have 3 sets of break pads (original should go at least 30,000 - first replacment set should go about 90,000) By that time the car is either in the junk yard or you've sold it.

I think the pads originally cost about $70. I used semi-metalic. Works just fine for me.

I had the original rotors machined when I first replaced the pads at 15,000 and they are still fine (highly unusual for an f-body). No warping at all. I was hoping they would warp so I could justify replacing them with cross drilled rotors (for looks, no real performace gain).

Do it yourself. It is real easy. 3 hours is a generous estimate. You probably can do it in 1.5 - 2 hours if you have all the tools (including a pump jack, not the jack that comes with the car). All you have to do on the fronts is remove the two caliper bolts and slide the caliper off the rotor, compress the caliper piston (buy a caliper tool for this, $5. You can do it with a C-clamp, but the time and frustration saved by getting the cliper tool is well worth the $5.00) and put the new pads on and bolt the caliper back on. It really is that easy.