Ceramic or semi metallic brakes?
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Ceramic or semi metallic brakes?
I was wondering which are better? I priced front ceramic brake pads $38 for the standard set and $48 for the higher grade set at Autozone. I haven't priced or found semi-metallic pads but I have heard from a racing mechanic about the bad side of ceramics and metallic pads. I delivery pizzas, wings, pasta , and soda. I range between 5 to 20+ deliveries a day on dirt/gravel and chip/seal/asphalt. I also put 16-100+ miles a day on my 2001 Honda Civic.
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Factory front pads, $44 over the net. Plus shipping.
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&catcgry1=CIVIC&catcgry 2=2001&catcgry3=4DR+LX&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=FRO NT+BRAKE
I looked up a LX sedan, but you get the idea.
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/auto/jsp/mws/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&catcgry1=CIVIC&catcgry 2=2001&catcgry3=4DR+LX&catcgry4=KA4AT&catcgry5=FRO NT+BRAKE
I looked up a LX sedan, but you get the idea.
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Just had a quick look here.
http://www.hondapartscheap.com/auto-...ont-brake-scat
Seems like $44 a side to me
Edit maybe not... at be that is both sides... kind of hard to tell.
http://www.hondapartscheap.com/auto-...ont-brake-scat
Seems like $44 a side to me
Edit maybe not... at be that is both sides... kind of hard to tell.
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Did you not click the online wholesale dealer catalog link provided and check it out?
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Brake pads are sold as sets---enough to do a pair of wheels.
Front pad SET is $44 from the dealers online at wholesale price.
Retail prices are higher.
One SET is enough pads (4) to do all two wheels on one 'axle' (one end of the car).
If you check the parts pictures, I think most Honda catalogs show 4 pads and the set of backing shims that come in a set.
You would need one set to do all the front brakes, and another set to do all the rear brakes (if rear disc brakes).
(Hondas brake shoes for drum brakes may be sold individually, but we almost never see them worn out bad enough to replace. The cars in my area seem to rust apart before the rear shoes wear out.)
You should ASK that dealer what THEIR price includes, not a bunch of us clowns on the internet. We ain't trying to sell the job to you, they are.
That sounds like one set of pads and resurfacing the rotors.
The price sounds average for the above work, I think an ordinary brake job at our shop is within about ten bucks of that (per 'axle').
Replacing a pair of rotors would drive the price up quite a bit higher.
HTH
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Just had a quick look here.
http://www.hondapartscheap.com/auto-...ont-brake-scat
Seems like $44 a side to me
Edit maybe not... at be that is both sides... kind of hard to tell.
http://www.hondapartscheap.com/auto-...ont-brake-scat
Seems like $44 a side to me
Edit maybe not... at be that is both sides... kind of hard to tell.
Front pad SET is $44 from the dealers online at wholesale price.
Retail prices are higher.
One SET is enough pads (4) to do all two wheels on one 'axle' (one end of the car).
If you check the parts pictures, I think most Honda catalogs show 4 pads and the set of backing shims that come in a set.
You would need one set to do all the front brakes, and another set to do all the rear brakes (if rear disc brakes).
(Hondas brake shoes for drum brakes may be sold individually, but we almost never see them worn out bad enough to replace. The cars in my area seem to rust apart before the rear shoes wear out.)
Lee Summit Honda quoted me $216 for the parts and labor.
That sounds like one set of pads and resurfacing the rotors.
The price sounds average for the above work, I think an ordinary brake job at our shop is within about ten bucks of that (per 'axle').
Replacing a pair of rotors would drive the price up quite a bit higher.
HTH
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Did you not click the online wholesale dealer catalog link provided and check it out?
Nope
Yep
Brake pads are sold as sets---enough to do a pair of wheels.
Front pad SET is $44 from the dealers online at wholesale price.
Retail prices are higher.
One SET is enough pads (4) to do all two wheels on one 'axle' (one end of the car).
If you check the parts pictures, I think most Honda catalogs show 4 pads and the set of backing shims that come in a set.
You would need one set to do all the front brakes, and another set to do all the rear brakes (if rear disc brakes).
(Hondas brake shoes for drum brakes may be sold individually, but we almost never see them worn out bad enough to replace. The cars in my area seem to rust apart before the rear shoes wear out.)
You should ASK that dealer what THEIR price includes, not a bunch of us clowns on the internet. We ain't trying to sell the job to you, they are.
That sounds like one set of pads and resurfacing the rotors.
The price sounds average for the above work, I think an ordinary brake job at our shop is within about ten bucks of that (per 'axle').
Replacing a pair of rotors would drive the price up quite a bit higher.
HTH
Nope
Yep
Brake pads are sold as sets---enough to do a pair of wheels.
Front pad SET is $44 from the dealers online at wholesale price.
Retail prices are higher.
One SET is enough pads (4) to do all two wheels on one 'axle' (one end of the car).
If you check the parts pictures, I think most Honda catalogs show 4 pads and the set of backing shims that come in a set.
You would need one set to do all the front brakes, and another set to do all the rear brakes (if rear disc brakes).
(Hondas brake shoes for drum brakes may be sold individually, but we almost never see them worn out bad enough to replace. The cars in my area seem to rust apart before the rear shoes wear out.)
You should ASK that dealer what THEIR price includes, not a bunch of us clowns on the internet. We ain't trying to sell the job to you, they are.
That sounds like one set of pads and resurfacing the rotors.
The price sounds average for the above work, I think an ordinary brake job at our shop is within about ten bucks of that (per 'axle').
Replacing a pair of rotors would drive the price up quite a bit higher.
HTH
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