COME ON DOWN and guess the price of BMW 335xi brake parts! (and we have a winner!!!!)

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
08/15/2017 at 10:41 • Filed to: None

I ordered a bunch of crap for my brakes with my usual amount of online price and coupon sleuthing, which is significant thanks to my oh-so-useful OCD. Below is a list of parts. See if you can guess how much I just spent, including shipping, with my wife’s permission!

StopTech Sport brake pads F&R
UroParts brake pad wear sensors F&R
Pagid High Carbon rotors F&R
StopTech braided stainless brake hoses F&R
2 500 ml bottles Wilwood EXP 600 Plus brake fluid

My mechanic is supplying whatever other little incidentals may or may not be needed, and yes I know I’m a wimp taking my car to a mechanic for a brake job but I don’t want to mess with replacing the hoses. The rear ones are... difficult.

The winner will receive a coupon good for the ability to purchase an unlimited quantity of delicious !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! bean-based Cheeto substitutes at the regular retail price they would also pay without the coupon.

Ok....go!

UPDATE: And the winner is DucST3-EnthusiastAlwaysWantsToUpgrade, who !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which was the closest-without-going-over number to the real price of $504.18. Congratulations, you can now look forward to a large 21 oz bag of scrumptious bean-based Cheeto substitutes! Tell him what he’s won!

DISCUSSION (31)

StoneCold > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 18:47

“I’m going to go...Three thousand, four hundred, and six dollars, and twelve cents, Bob!”
$3406.12

I swear, if someone sandwiches me...

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 18:47

hmmm $500?

interstate366, now In The Industry > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 18:52

$2,100

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 18:54

I’ll be conservative: $660.

Textured Soy Protein > StoneCold
08/14/2017 at 18:56

You have the wrong number of digits.

Textured Soy Protein > interstate366, now In The Industry
08/14/2017 at 18:56

You have the wrong number of digits.

Textured Soy Protein > BaconSandwich is tasty.
08/14/2017 at 18:56

A little too high!

Textured Soy Protein > DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By
08/14/2017 at 18:59

A little too low!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 19:05

A good source of fiber? Try raisin bran, that makes the toots pretty good.

wafflesnfalafel > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 19:10

I’d like to pass the first prize package...

$795.00

(And no wimpiness there - I never touch brakes, I’d f’m up...)

Textured Soy Protein > wafflesnfalafel
08/14/2017 at 19:13

Beanitos White Bean Mac N’ Cheese Crunch are the size and shape of poofy Cheetos but approach the density and crunch of crunchy Cheetos, while tasting more like actual cheese. They are legitimately good.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 19:22

That’s a bit surprising. My Prelude’s brake stuff over the last few years was four figures, and I bought some of the equivalent parts from the same brands you did. Granted, King Motorsports (the US arm of Mugen) isn’t the cheapest place around.

Rico > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 19:25

$600?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 19:27

I played this game, I told the shop to go pound sand and bought all my parts from Turner Motorsport for $500 (rotors included)

Textured Soy Protein > interstate366, now In The Industry
08/14/2017 at 19:31

I just priced out StopTech Sport pads, Wagner e-coated rotors, StopTech stainless lines, and the same 2 bottles of brake fluid, for a 1999 Prelude. Total is $332.31 shipped.

You must be bad at online shopping?

Textured Soy Protein > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/14/2017 at 19:32

I bought the parts myself and I’m bringing them to the shop.

Textured Soy Protein > Rico
08/14/2017 at 19:32

Too high!

Stapleface > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 19:39

I was originally going to guess $389. But since you said $500 was too low, I’m going to say $579

interstate366, now In The Industry > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 19:47

That and I had calipers in there too. Those were about $500, because direct from Honda.

B_dol > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 20:04

Doing some performance driving in the future - why the upgrades? Rotors, pads and the like are some of the easiest pieces of maintenance once you get over the initial fear.

CSL M3 rotors, pads and fluid for the 07 M coupe set me back about $900

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 20:08

Idk man, it’s two bolts per caliper. Takes me 20 minutes per axle at this point.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/14/2017 at 20:14

He just said he’s replacing the lines as well and doesn’t want to mess with it

Textured Soy Protein > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
08/14/2017 at 20:17

Breaking rotors loose from hubs is annoying. Rear lines are extra annoying. The car’s going to the shop anyway to look at clutch hydraulics and sort out a driveline vibration. I’m willing to pay for the labor for them to install parts I buy myself.

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 21:31

550

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 22:10

$325

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Textured Soy Protein
08/14/2017 at 22:11

$525

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
08/14/2017 at 22:13

$60 for pads,

$60 for 4 sensors

$50 for lines

$40 for fluid

So that’s $110, then $100 a corner for the rotors? Plus shipping

$525?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Textured Soy Protein
08/15/2017 at 06:16

$487

DucST3-Red-1Liter-Standing-By > Textured Soy Protein
08/15/2017 at 11:09

WOO!! So many Beanitos!!!!

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Textured Soy Protein
08/15/2017 at 11:13

I don’t think I’ve ever had a rotor stuck to the hub on one of my BMWs. Aside from the time the locator bolt seized on my e36 and I hulk smashed the rotor off the car. I also switched to stainless steel locator bolts for the e46, best $10 I’ve ever spent .

Granted now that I do track days I am swapping the pads and rotors twice every few months, so my rotors don’t get time to seize anymore.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Textured Soy Protein
08/15/2017 at 11:50

Eh, couple of whacks with a 4lb and the rotors normally pop off but yeah if you don’t have the time to do it I can see that.