Am I being ripped off???

[DCMC]

If someone else is working on my car I'm being ripped off.

 

[CBODY67]

I have not seen any rotors with the "QuietCast" branding. Not to say they aren't around. Might a curious inquiry be made to the seller about what makes their rotors allegedly quieter?

My mother had a '95 New Yorker. Brakes as quiet as any other Chrysler we have owned. BTAIM

One of our Mopar club members ran the Chrysler Dallas Training Center. He noted one time that Chrysler sent him some brake pads to check out for performance and such. He commented that with them put on, in the slow moving traffic after a Ranger's baseball game, that the squeaked worse than any other production pad he'd had on his 300M.

Enjoy!
CBODY67

 

[CBODY67]

If someone else is working on my car I'm being ripped off.

At a car club event we had today, at lunch a member noted that he'd bought his son a Rane Rover for college graduation. It was used, so he took it to the local dealer to get checked out. There was a windshield washer nozzle that needed to be changed. With the $85.00 part, the total bill for that was over $800.00. Which is when he found out the dealership labor rate was $265.00/labor hour. YIKES x3!

 

[Gerald Morris]

As an aside on being pricey, I've been watching the "Waltons" (TV show from 1975) . John Walton breaks the axel on this Model T truck and the mechanic wants $9 to replace it. John Walton is outraged at the price. I mean what is a fair price for turning rotors? Paul

The dollar today buys what a PENNY would have bought in Walton-time, so John-Boy would be dropping $900 nowadaze to replace that axle....

$400, given the cost of shoptime isn't too unusual, ATC*. Stick with the rotors you have, unless the things have really gone taco on you. Rather than shave them, I've oft done well to let some cheap caliper pads smooth them off, then would replace the cheapos w good pads once satisfied things were NOT "groovy."

*All Things Considered

 

[Gerald Morris]

There are some rotors that are branded as "QuietCast". Maybe higher carbon steel content. Also the placement of shims between the caliper and pad arms and the brake knuckle stop.

I'm not necessarily talking about C-body rotors - for me it's the rotors on my 300m's. The ONLY concern I have when I buy factory closeout $14 rotors on rock auto are - will they squeel and no matter what I do, no matter what pads I swap in, no matter what backing grease I try, I can't stop the squeel.

Do they squeeeeeeeal like a pig?

 

[marty mopar]

Am I being ripped off???​

The answer to that question is easy: Send me 500.00 in unmarked 100-dollar bills.
Then I will answer that question for you.

 

[spstan]

Am I being ripped off???​

The answer to that question is easy: Send me 500.00 in unmarked 100-dollar bills.
Then I will answer that question for you.

OK what's your address. Paul

 

[marty mopar]

4374 E. Butte Ave.
Florence, AZ 85132

I live here rent-free year round and that includes meals too.

Currently I am learning how to tunnel using minimal tools.

 

[Big_John]

4374 E. Butte Ave.
Florence, AZ 85132

I live here rent-free year round and that includes meals too.

Currently I am learning how to tunnel using minimal tools.

All you NOS parts guys have that same address.

 

[Fireater1968]

I like my mechanic (been with him since I had a 1986 Caprice) BUT I think he's getting pricey (maybe inflation). I asked for a quote on a front brake job for 1975 New Yorker. Nothing fancy . Replace brake pads and turn rotors (no new calipers, no new rotors). His quote was $400. Then I asked if I brought in the rotors off the car to turn and he said $50 a piece. I can buy new rotors on E-Bay for $70. So I submit to the board; is that A high price to turn rotors? I mean I do the labor of taking them off and all he does is put them on the machine and watch them turn.

As an aside on being pricey, I've been watching the "Waltons" (TV show from 1975) . John Walton breaks the axel on this Model T truck and the mechanic wants $9 to replace it. John Walton is outraged at the price. I mean what is a fair price for turning rotors? Paul

true but remember he has to charge for his time. my co worker had her front brakes done on her honda with oil change and something else minor 1100 canadian. its expensive to pay rent and everything else you pay to keep the shop doors open these days. 400 to turn rotors with probable repack wheel bearings and new pads doesnt seem that bad.

 

[Russell Petry]

I like my mechanic (been with him since I had a 1986 Caprice) BUT I think he's getting pricey (maybe inflation). I asked for a quote on a front brake job for 1975 New Yorker. Nothing fancy . Replace brake pads and turn rotors (no new calipers, no new rotors). His quote was $400. Then I asked if I brought in the rotors off the car to turn and he said $50 a piece. I can buy new rotors on E-Bay for $70. So I submit to the board; is that A high price to turn rotors? I mean I do the labor of taking them off and all he does is put them on the machine and watch them turn.

As an aside on being pricey, I've been watching the "Waltons" (TV show from 1975) . John Walton breaks the axel on this Model T truck and the mechanic wants $9 to replace it. John Walton is outraged at the price. I mean what is a fair price for turning rotors? Paul

I agree with several others who posted here, $400 is a fair price for that job. I completely replaced my entire braking system, including pads, shoes, calipers, drum cylinders, brake lines, hoses, master cylinder and rebuilt booster. It took me about 2 days of hard work to replace all of that plus clean and re-pack bearings and replace those seals. This was on my 77 NYB.