Gridlock Mikey

The rear brakes on my MY00 started doing the "Metal tag against the disk" thing. Best I change the pads then i thought. Wonder how much they cost? Not had to buy any before so.......who knows!
I looked on a few web sites and phoned a few places and found that most folk wanted to sell me "designer" pads of one sort or the other. Which is fine except we are talking about rear pads here and the OE ones had lasted me nearly 60k miles. I didn't see the need to have owt expensive.
Most of the designer pads were between £87 and £144 plus VAT etc.
I finally got them from a recommendation off of scoobynet £35
You wanna know how much the feckin dealer wanted? [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] £189 + VAT he even tried to feed me the "It'll preserve ya warranty sir" bollox.
Didn't have the heart to tell him that they'd replaced my clutch while the car was fully decatted! No warranty issues there

At least Dick Turpin wore a bloody mask!!!!

Mikey <Off to go and cut that bloody metal prong thingy off>

[Edited by Gridlock Mikey - 9/17/2003 10:53:29 AM]

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Mikey..........some people pay that price

Until the idiots that do wake up and stop paying stupid prices they will continue to do it.

[Edited by STi wanna Subaru - 9/17/2003 11:15:54 AM]

Simon C

Thats why I'm spec'ing pads elsewhere for my sport. Pads for my 205 gti were only £35 a set of greenstuff!!!! There is no way on this planet I'm paying 80 quid for a set of oem's.

Simon

DrEvil

The other thing is that brake discs and pads are classed as perishable (sp?!) items and unless a manufacturing fault is present, do not get replaced under warranty or effect the warranty on the whole car... hmm...

ZIPPY

Mike, i couldnt agree more, i was at the reception of my dealers when an unsuspecting Scoob owner complained that he couldnt get rear brakes for his MY00 anywhere and was all set to cough up £90+ when i put him in touch with (You know who) and he bought the dealer only pads (NOT) for £35 delivered.
Ohh the dealer wasnt happy i blew them out the water.

Zippy

Shark

Not sure where your dealer is getting his price. Current retail is £62.09 + VAT, giving a parts price of £72.95.

David

scoobypig

Yep the dealers charge crazy prices for pads. And they're sooo easy to fit.
Only a fool would get them from the dealer.

bezza1

can anyone recommend a part sales company. I have had a coupla good quotes from cats and carbs- for discs and pads, they will be Lockheed. Any good?

ScoobyDraven

Gridlock, was this Beechdale by any chance?

Gridlock Mikey

One of them yes

I nearly passed out to pay any further attention

Just think right, out of god knows how many scooby owners out there, maybe 25% of us have enough knowledge of the brand and know enough contacts to be able to see right through the greedy dealer network.
What about the other 75%. Poor Ba5tards

There are many examples of this type of interaction, you know, where the dealer assumes that you are a total and utter plumb.
"You have to buy a whole MAF and Airbox assembly..."
"Heatshields don't come off, we have to weld it..."
"Are you sure your car judders? That's unusual, shall we inspect it for you and charge you anyway?"
"They all do that sir"
"We'll stick our diagnostic box on, that'll tell us if your MAF is at fault...."
"Fit OE only otherwise your warranty MAY be affected...."
"The UK cars are not noticably slower than the imports..."
"You'll not find many garages that will touch imports...."
"Prodrive have stated....blah...blah...blah...."
"Are you sure? S202? And that's a subaru is it? "
"RB5, Terzo, Catalunya.......yeah they are all imports, that's why we don't have any here!"

These are just a few choice statements that i've been fed by various dealers over the last 3 years. Thank god for scoobynet, otherwise I could have quite easily ended up in that ripped off 75%.

The list is endless

Mikey

ozzy

Mikey,

I got some prices for the OE stuff back in January

Front Discs £264.52
Front Pads £115.61
Rear Discs £218.67
Rear Pads £71.44

All inc. VAT, but obviously fitting is on top. These are for a MY99/00.

I think your Dealer has given you a price for the rear discs, not the pads.

I've just bought some OE pads from Godspeed for £30 inc.VAT and a set of his lovely grooved & vented discs for £145 inc.VAT.

No way was a paying Dealer prices and I even fitted them myself.

Stefan

chiark

People may, or may not, wish to see the cost of PPP for WRX in the USA. (see "PPP Stage 2")

*Sonic*

I work in the IT Industry

And we have the equivalent of the Subaru Dealers, its called PC World

Pro Boy

Like that

Ajax

chiark:

Prodrive Hat
MSRP $15.00

High quality hat made of 100% cotton. Each hat comes in black with Prodrive embroidered on the front and with a white trim.




Nice hat!

Mortywrx

any one got Godspeeds URL please

cheers

Darren

Gridlock Mikey

www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk

I think

Mikey

Gridlock Mikey

Ajax,

Absolutley

Mikey <Nice hat!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA >

owbow

better off phoning Ian @ Godspeed as he's v busy and a little slow to reply to mails, www.godspeedbrakes.co.uk

o.

scoobymoo

I need new pads all round and new front disks pronto for my MY99 and looking at this thread I'll be sourcing my own. How easy are they to fit? The pads look like they are easy but what about the discs? Anyone know of a step by step fitting guide?

ozzy

They are very easy to replace. All you need is a trolley jack and some axle stands.

I didn't replaced my fronts since I went for the Godspeed upgrade and was getting some braided hoses and new fluid. Never done that before and didn't fancy taking the chance bleeding the brakes. After watching the lads at my local garage bleed the brakes it looked very easy. Having said that there was two of them doing it, so an extra pair of hands would be a great help.

Anyway, back to the point. If you're just replacing the pads and discs, then it's very easy on the fronts.

The rears are also easy, but the only tricky part involves the handbrake. If the rear discs haven't been off the car (mine were the originals on my MY99), then have a tendancy to stick. When I tried mine I had to man-handle the discs off the car and almost broke some of the handbrake parts (fortunately they aren't too expensive if you do).

Then someone pointed out that there is a adjuster behind the rear wheel to loosen the handbrake shoes and avoid them jamming. Having a big can of brake cleaner also helps loosen them off if they're a bit rusty.

I've put up the procedures I went through to replace my rear discs.

The procedure is more or less the same for the fronts.

Stefan

Gridlock Mikey

Crackin' thread you ran there Ozzy! 'spect

Mikey

Higgs

i had performance discs and pads fitted all round 2 my old scoob and it only cost £500 fitted and they where much better then the standerd ones never faded once

Scoob99

iTrader: (1)

AT LEAST DICK TURPIN WORE A MASK

Yeah I found out at my expense when mine went in for a service last time.
Cheers
Colin

chiark

Thinking more...

10,000 mile service: 59 quid plus vat for labour. 45 minutes.

Ouch again.

scoobymoo

Just had a chat with my dealer and he said 350 all in for new front disks and new pads all round fitted, cheaper than I was expecting and they'll do the prodrive pads and disks for 500 so I'm going to go for them.

Squizz

For a 60K service, my dealer charged me £170 labour (not inc vat!), and they reported a "Knocking noise from the engine".

I returned there this morning, coz I'd discovered why it was knocking.

Muppets hadn't refitted my induction system properly and it was rattling. I'd have done it myself, but they'd lost the washer and nut and there were three big scratches on the drivers side front wing. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Raised voice and gestures, followed by a fix, polish and promise of 20% off next service.

I *may* return there to redeem that 20%...

[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

[Edited by Squizz - 9/18/2003 9:46:17 AM]

ozzy

Well my 60K service just cost me £528. £220 was labour and £120 for a new timing belt. They also replaced by key fob batteries (£5), but I'd just replaced them myself a week or so earlier.

They also used their own spark plugs even though I left a new set of NGK 's in the car for them.

Stefan

akshay67

I asked my local dealer how much it would cost to fit a downpipe. He refused to do it unless I purchased a new heatshield because 'the heatshield cracks and I'll be back at the garage complaining about the noise'.

Gonna do it myself.

The only thing I'd ever buy from my dealer is an oil filter.

akshay67

Just to add, another dealer/subaru specialist recommended off here said I should expect to pay another £50 on top of the downpipe fitting because often the 'doughnut' from downpipe to centre section buggers up. On further questioning he changed his story from 'often' to 'very rarely'. Eitherway he lost my custom for trying to pull a fast one.