It looks like due to age, wear and such that it would be wise for me to put new roters and pads on teh front of my Kia Sedona Mini van. It has over 144,000 miles on it, I have no idea the last time brakes were done on it since I have only owned it a year. I have a mechanic who will allow me to buy…

Without knowing where you live, very hard to say. You’ll pay a very different labor price in Manhattan than you will in a small town.

I found a web site where you can buy a subscription to the repair manuals for your car that would give the flat rate hours (and would also show you how to do it yourself). I won’t post the URL because I can’t vouch for it and there may be others. But that sounds like a useful way to get repair inf…

You should be able to call a place like Midas and your local dealership and get price quotes over the phone.

If you spoke to the mechanic about bringing your own parts, why didn’t you ask him about labor charges? This is the only fellow on earth who can give you a correct answer to your question. I suppose you are trying to determine in advance whether his quote might be excessive. What if it is? Insul…

I don’t advise stuff like this. Its true that brake jobs are relatively simple - but any problems that arise will be in your lap. This kind of strategy can pay off but in the long run can be one that doesn’t actually save any money - in fact, it can cost more especially when you add in aggravation…

Alldata estimates 1.0 hours for the pads and 0.3 hours per rotor. What’s his hourly rate?

I’ve never worked on Kia Sedona brakes, but in doing the brake replacement work on 5 different vehicles that my wife and I own(ed), I find that doing brakes is a pretty straightforward process. The only thing that would give you trouble is if the rotors are attached to the hub in an unusual manner.…

I have issues just checking my fluids, I have found that the rotors will run me about $100 for a pair and the pads about $35 per side, so I am in about $170, just hoping to keep the labor under $100.

You can buy parts at www.rockauto.com for less than half of those prices. At your prices, your all in cost probably won’t be lower than $350. How many quotes did you get? Why not just shop around some more for more quotes. How do you know you need to replace the rotors?

Labor costs and time to replace both pads and roters

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brm7675 September 21, 2011, 6:27pm 8

I had the brakes checked at another place and was told for brakes/rotors I was looking at over $350 for parts and labor, thus I am not to sure if that is high, but figure I should be able to get my mechinac to put them on for cheaper then that if I buy the parts myself. Just wasn’t sure how difficult it is to replace all that stuff.

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