So take a guess what it costs to replace the brakes on all 4 corners for a SLR?

[Frank Dukes]

:eek2:

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[Chester Copperpot]

Ninety three THOUSAND dollars for brakes? Jesus that's the cost of a ZR1 with all the possible incentives and a quicky out back for the salesman.

 

[Frank Dukes]

yeah my jaw seriously dropped. a friend of mine works there.. the stuff he puts up is amazing.

 

[Breze84]

God fucking damn

 

[radioguy6]

thats unbelievable. Says they paid cash too....they hand the service tech a briefcase of hundos?

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

9 thousand would be a robbery even.

 

[Frank Dukes]

its just a quote i believe. theres no labor charge there even.

 

[Turk]

That's ridiculous. I expected around 30k, I think lambo and ferrari brakes cost about 10k.

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

AutobahnZ06's mom had a SLR before her SL55AMG. So many people bumped into her, then they freaked when they find out the bumper alone is 25k unpainted.

shit aint cheap.. but come on... 100k for brakes on a 500k car?... which can be had for cheaper then 500 now.

 

[radioguy6]

$260 for a light bulb, but only $8.50 for a brake wear sensor, what a deal!

 

[Turk]

So we are talking brakes costing 20% cost of car, so that would be like me paying around 14k for brakes on the M3? If that were the case, I wouldn't buy one. This is a ripoff.

 

[CrawlinTBSS]

exactly.... obviously there is mad markup. i mean thats a ferrari dealer too, go figure.

19k for a rear rotor ...wtf they better b 24k gold then.

 

[Frank Dukes]

eh i dunno you guys made me curious and i found this..
http://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w212/404751-god-you-serious.html

Originally Posted by MVS
Quote from Park Place Mercedes for 2005 SLR:

199-420-03-72 Brake Disc $22890.00 x2
004-420-47-20 Brake Pad $1600.00
199-420-04-72 Brake Disc $24,720.00 x2
004-420-98-20 Brake Pad $2280
211-540-17-17 Brake Pad Sensor $11.20

Makes the labor seem meaningless.... LoL

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Seems like your dealer is adding a mark-up to the parts. For example 199-420-98-20 has a MSRP of $21,190.00 according to parts.com. FYI, parts.com will sell you the rotor for $17,796.

 

[Frank Dukes]

so 18k for ONE rotor if you get it on the cheap side.

 

[Turk]

AMG sucks.

 

[Outlaw]

Fuck. That. Noise.

 

[Theautoguy]

Rock Auto sells the pads for about $80/set. Sand the rotors, Rock Auto Pads and sell that money pit!

I'm sure it's not that easy but WTFN.

 

[Frank Dukes]

from my buddy...

Rotors are cracked bad

 

[10sec]

There isn't a robot assembly line for cars like that, there's not enough of them made. I can't believe it's that much $ for a brake job, however for what a shit Merc costs in parts/labor, it's understandable.

BTW, a quick google search showed a full job including rotors is only $41,000. Even if that is true and it's not $90k, that's still STUPID insane.

And who the fuck pays cash!?!? Jeezus.

 

[Turk]

If its a quote he didn't pay cash.

 

[02BlueGT]

IIRC, those are the carbon ceramic brakes on the SLR, so they are bound to be a little expensive.

They would have to throw in a lifetime supply of happy endings for me to pay 90k for anything even resembling brakes on a car

 

[Dan00Hawk]

That would be a good car to take to Midas or PepBoys for their "Lifetime Brakes" deal...

 

[cacicgtp7]

There's no way even with the technology those rotors cost more than 1,500 bucks a piece to manuf. Pads are $1,600??? Good one. You can get a entire Baer brake or Brembo setup for as much as one set of pads.

90K? I would just trade in the car. For the replacing of brakes you can get a used Ferrari 360 Modena.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i was pissed to see how much brake parts on a pos porch are...

sounds cheaper to install a chute on that thing and pay someone to drive behind you to pack it up everytime

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Lol at $1500 tops for a carbon rotor.