What's reasonable price to change front rake pads?

**CORRECTION: Sorry, this quote was for pads AND disks. My bad. Please ignore.**

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Hi All,

I bought a Wrangler 04 a couple of months ago and just took it for a service. The mechanic suggested that I change the brake pads on the front wheels as they only have 2-3mm left on them.

The quote he gave me is $445 for replacing just the pads on front wheels.

Is it a reasonable price or am I being ripped off?

Thanks,

A.

There are heaps of them on ebay (au) for around $70. It's not hard to change them yourself. Jeep parts are notoriously expensive through Jeep Parts Departments at dealerships. Do as much as you can yourself.

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Originally Posted by glend

Do as much as you can yourself.

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Thanks a lot for the reply.

There are two problems to this:

1. I don't have a garage and proper tools
2. I'm a bit clueless about car mechanics (embarrassingly)

But I get from your comments that I'm being ripped off a bit.

What suburb are you in?

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Originally Posted by Cpage66

What suburb are you in?

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North Sydney

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Originally Posted by alibkord

But I get from your comments that I'm being ripped off a bit.

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This is what's involved - http://www.jeepz.com/forum/brakes/33...ad-change.html

So either they are selling you an extremely expensive set of pads, or an outrageous amount of labour.

you can always give them the pads. then hey can only charge for labour.

Thanks everyone for the replies. It was a mistake, the quote was for replacng pads and disks. My apologies.