My car went for its MOT today and failed , It needs new front pads & discs , f/ns caliper binding , power steering leek , rear brake pipes corroded , hand brake ajusting , the rough price ive been quoted is about 300 - 500 pounds to do the job including the MOT fee ( 50 quid ) , does this sound about right , OR am i having my pants pulled down ? , he said the rear brake pipes are a bitch to do and the tank has to be dropped ?? is this true .dont look like i will be going tunnel run now as im having trouble finding the 300 - 500 pound . not somthing i have laying about at this time of the month .. .


PLEASE HELP any advice will be nice cheers WAZ

 

thats a big window to work from cost wise,
Depends what the Power steering leak is and how hard the rear brake pipes are to do,
The rest is really easy to do so you could save some money and do the rest.

 

The fronts i could have done but im up against time , i need it done by thursday , and i dont have the tools or time to try and locate the parts and fit them , also i dojnt like messing about with the brakes side of things ...lol

 

seems reasonable,for disks pads and service i was 2200 from subaru

 

You can do the hand brake adjustment and the pads and discs on the ground.Hand brake takes 5mins to do and you dont even need a jack.front pads and discs an hour to do(with jack+axle stands)If you need the metal brake pipes done and not the rubber flexy pipes it is a big job and would help having a ramp.I take it hes going to cut the old metal pipe and bend and join new pipe to suit above petrol tank or did he quote you for a complete original length of brake pipe from subaru that will just connect straight in??? One more thing dont mean to scare you but my mate bought a 00 sti and the power steering hose broke going to the resevoir and spilled all over the manifold causing no power steering and a fire at 70mph.Not good.destroyed the engine loom,samcos,bonnet etc.try get it sorted if its a bad leak.

 

Thanks for all the replys , i will just have to wait till wednesday to find the final price ...will let you know soon ...

 

were did you take it to get an mot? if you wanted some body to do your car for you me and a friend could do it in his unit in northampton? were is your power sterring leak?

 

took it to shelltunes near the lumbertubs pub . power steering leek im not sure , i had the same problem before same place underneath where you put the fluid in .think it was the seal last time ... . ???? , they said your looking at the best side of 400 quid , but i did not know anywhere else to take it so i gave them the go ahead ... ..

 

if its the o ring seal its a 15min job and you could of done it your self with a 10mm socket !! the price seems rather steep to me but im used to doing my own work!! dont really like shelltune think there **** but iv only dealt with them once a few years ago

 

You live in Northampton and didn't know about Zen performance?

If its not too late I'd swallow the £50 MOT, take it to Zen and let them sort it out, what you describe doesn't sound like a £500 job to me!

Edit - but if you need it done by Thursday I don't think theres many choices...

 

To be honest i did not think ZEN did mot's , Ive used Zen before and had no problems what so ever , i visit paul a few times on passing by the door . , I took the car to Shelltune because its just down the road from where i work ( easy to walk to work from there ) and i did not think that there was much wrong with it , just the Mot and the handbrake, the thing i thought it would fail on was the emissions having a full de-cat but it passed..so i get what i deserve really for taking it to a non- scooby garage..
i will know next time.. .

 

i dont think zen do do mots but i think they can do a pre mot check dont hold me to that tho

 

Thats what i thought ...lol bloody ZEN useless...lol

 

There is an MOT garage on the same estate, a few units down IIRC

 

I was always told never ever go to a garage that do MOTs and repairs as often theyll screw you over. (unless theyre a very reputable garage)

But ive always been warned not to go to cheep places that can fix the problems themselves as they lie their ***** off to get your cash, and obviousley turning up in a scoob is just going to be pound signs to their eyes, little do they know we are always broke!!

 

Got the final bill today .... im still in shock £495 all in . The front calipers were both seized so they said , new front discs and pads. handbrake cable , Rear brake lines , power steering leak , + mot fee . picking the car up friday when i get over the shock ... OR is this not a bad price ? cheers WAZ

 

you got screwed m8 you prob could of saved yourself best part of £250 quid getting the parts yourself and getting a m8 to help to the work.