Re: Subaru brake pads cost *HOW* much?!?!?

"Daryl Walford" <dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Toby Ponsenby wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 May 2008 19:20:36 +1000d, Daryl Walford Blathered on
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>>> Jason James wrote:
>>>> "Daryl Walford" <dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> nathanh wrote:
>>>>>> My 2001 Subaru Liberty needs new brake pads. I was quoted $100
labour
>>>>>> and $170 parts for the front pads and a similar price for the rear
>>>>>> pads. This is for parts numbers 26296-AE220 and 26696-AE020. My
last
>>>>>> experience with changing pads was $40 a pair and half an hours work
>>>>>> but that was many (many) years ago. Is the mechanic trying to rip
me
>>>>>> off or is this a fair price for Subaru parts and service?
>>>>> Is the quote from a Subaru dealer?
>>>>> If so the prices don't surprise me as they sure know how to charge.
>>>>> Good quality pads fitted by someone other than a dealer should cost
>>>>> you less than half that.
>>>> Toyota are the same,..terrible prices for any job eg close to $1000
for
>>>> a clutch. As to things like CV boot changes, a local private
>>>> transmission and steering place did one wheel for $150. Then did the
>>>> other side a few years later for the same price. Didnt want to get
>>>> involved myself,..need the car too much. Not like an Austin 1800
>>>> unfortunately.
>>>
>>> Its much easier to replace a driveshaft or CV joint in any FWD Jap car
>>> than an Austin 1800, for a start you don't need to spend an hour
undoing
>>> those stupid rubber cross couplings.
>>>
>>>
>>> Daryl
>>
>> The euro manufacturers are still in there trying like hell for their 
>> dealers, what with weirdo pattern cap screws and demands to remove half

>> the ****en suspension to do the jobbie.
>> I wouldn't want to mention VW for fear of hurting their feelings, of 
>> course.
>> By this time to-morrow I'll know whether their suspension dismantling 
>> ****e is a bluff or not:-)
>>
>>
> I'm trying to remember which Euro cars I've done that sort of work on,
the 
> only one I can remember was an early Passat and it was that long ago I 
> can't remember if there was anything particularly difficult or not.
> I've replaced CV's etc on dozens of Minis and 1800's and I remember them

> being pricks of things compared to Honda Preludes, Ford Lasers and 
> Corollas.
> I've never even looked under our Impreza so I've no idea what the set up

> there is but I doubt its anything different to the other Jap cars.
>
>

They are different, or at least they were up until fairly recently with an

pin locking the splined inner CV to the output shaft externally.

Nothing hard about removing them though.