Doing the rear brakes on the Pathfinder tomorrow

"Wacko" (wacko--) 01/26/2018 at 21:45 • Filed to: weekend wrenching

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So Monday I brought my Pathfounder to the dealer for my oil change. I’m at 70000 kms. Get a call from the dealer saying my rear brakes and rotors need to be replaced. She tells me 480.oo + taxes cnd

I tell them nope, i’m gonna do them my self.

Cost me 170 with taxes for the rotors and pads.

Then change the oil on my wife’s Elantra.

I just went to turn up the heat in my garage, cause I don’t want to freeze my ass off.

Ash78, voting early and often > Wacko 01/26/2018 at 22:00

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Compared to your cost, that’s a pretty good deal for a dealership to offer. I usually see about 4x the price of materials for a professional quote. But maybe you bought OE parts, which are usually pretty steep to begin with (but generally a good bet).

Urambo Tauro > Wacko 01/26/2018 at 22:09

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Wow. Did the dealer quote for the brake job include replacing brake fluid?

hillrat > Wacko 01/26/2018 at 22:23

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Have you done brakes before?

dogisbadob > Wacko 01/26/2018 at 22:36

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coated rotors are awesome

404 - User No Longer Available > Urambo Tauro 01/26/2018 at 22:40

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Canadian.

Wacko > hillrat 01/26/2018 at 23:23

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This car no,

Just did the rears on the wife’s Elantra this fall.

wafflesnfalafel > Wacko 01/27/2018 at 00:08

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I’d definitely go slotted and drilled full carbon (ok, maybe not...)

awmaster10 > Wacko 01/27/2018 at 03:46

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What year?

Wacko > awmaster10 01/27/2018 at 08:24

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2014

boxrocket > Wacko 01/28/2018 at 01:07

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You already need rotors on a 2014? Were they that warped/putted, or just doing them to give the pads a new surface?

Wacko > boxrocket 01/28/2018 at 09:09

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rust is the killer

The ends of the rotors get all rusty and expand. Then it eats the pads faster.

Ad in the fact that there are no straight flat roads here. I can’t get more than 4 years out of a set of tires. I even replaced the summers in my path just this summer. So I get about 25000-30000 kms on one set of tires.

I’ve been driving here for over 20 years. my 50000kms brake jobs, and my 4 years tire purchases are the norm.

Ps 4 years normally means 2 sets of tires, winters and summers.......

Wacko > wafflesnfalafel 01/28/2018 at 09:10

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Basically only find drilled and slotted on Amazon....

Didn’t by them cause 7 passenger cuv doesn’t equal race car

boxrocket > Wacko 01/28/2018 at 09:22

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I gotcha. I work as a service advisor at a large dealership near Saint Louis, and was a tech prior to this, so I was curious.