How much is a brake job?

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Sep 9, 2002

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How much is a brake job?

I want to know about how much a plain old brake job costs. Nothing fancy, no after market parts, just Honda brakes, the pads, rotors + labor. I'm trying to figure out how to justify a rear disc conversion. I seem to have found someone who has a way to get me stuff cheap.

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Here in Dallas, it's $155 at the local dealer, including the machining of the rotors, if necessary. For $50 more, they substitute the OEM pads with AEM's.

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HAHAHA, and the conversion is $800 just for the caliper parts. Jeez, it just ain't worth it.

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rear conversion is expensive, the money can be better used else where, i mean i have the big brakes in the front, stock calipers too, u really dont even need back brakes. u would be amazed at how much faster u stop after breaking in the big brakes.

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Can we use the Acura 1.7 EL rear brakes on our car? I live in Toronto and there is an abundance of wrecked asian cars around here. Reference the stereotype concerning Chinese drivers (no offense to anyone) and you'll understand why I can probably get 1.7 brakes cheap.

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I have researched this and it is possible but the best, safest, and most economical way is to get take the majority of the Si brake system... you need almost all of it.

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[hr]Originally posted by: badcivic2002
I have researched this and it is possible but the best, safest, and most economical way is to get take the majority of the Si brake system... you need almost all of it.[hr]

This was my intention. I can not find diagrams or numbers for the 02 Si, so I went off the 00 Si numbers. it's about 400 Per side, excluding rotors and pads. But I have a very good friend whose Uncle owns a Honda dealer and he was going to see what he could do... So we'll see.