Stealth01
06-03-2010, 08:29 PM
OK, so a few months back, I went to Just Brakes at Tutt and Powers (near the Stetson Hills King Soopers) because my brakes were squeaking. They checked and told me I Had 4mm on the front and 6mm on the back, and that I was probably fine for another 5k-10K miles. I thought that was pretty decent of them, so today, when my brakes were squeaking REALLY bad, I went back.
They told me it needed:
Front Rotors
Front Pads
Rear Pads
Rear Rotors Machined
They also said the front calipers weren't releasing properly, which was causing them to crystalize the pad material. So they had to "overhaul" the brake calipers on the front end.
Total cost: $577
So I took it to Bob Penkhus, who I trust implicitly to tell me the truth. Their diagnosis of what I need:
New Front Pads
New Front Rotors
Back pads were still at 6mm, back rotors were fine, front calipers functioning perfectly.
Of course, their total for those two things was $469, but they didn't try to push their service or anything. Just told me what needed fixed and let me decide.
So I'm ordering new rotors and pads for the front tonight and installing them next weekend. Just in time for the trip. Doing the Rotora rotors (plain) for $159 and whatever pad I decide I want, possibly even the Autozone Duralast Gold pads.
But I'll never go to that Brakes Plus again. They used to be honest, but not any more. Today, the front desk dude tried to tell me that my Droid phone was messing with their credit card machine. LOLOLOLOL.
He tried telling me how light my car was (Bwahahahahahaha!) and how Mazda had such a PROUD rally heritage (wha?) and then proceeded to give me his version of why Ted Haggard shouldn't start a new church because he wasn't following Christ's teachings, and blah blah blah blah.
Anyway, they were OBVIOUSLY bullshitting me about the front calipers and the back pads/rotors. I even had Penkhus specifically check the caliper operation and they said they were fine. I'll avoid the scheisters at Just brakes from now on!
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They told me it needed:
Front Rotors
Front Pads
Rear Pads
Rear Rotors Machined
They also said the front calipers weren't releasing properly, which was causing them to crystalize the pad material. So they had to "overhaul" the brake calipers on the front end.
Total cost: $577
So I took it to Bob Penkhus, who I trust implicitly to tell me the truth. Their diagnosis of what I need:
New Front Pads
New Front Rotors
Back pads were still at 6mm, back rotors were fine, front calipers functioning perfectly.
Of course, their total for those two things was $469, but they didn't try to push their service or anything. Just told me what needed fixed and let me decide.
So I'm ordering new rotors and pads for the front tonight and installing them next weekend. Just in time for the trip. Doing the Rotora rotors (plain) for $159 and whatever pad I decide I want, possibly even the Autozone Duralast Gold pads.
But I'll never go to that Brakes Plus again. They used to be honest, but not any more. Today, the front desk dude tried to tell me that my Droid phone was messing with their credit card machine. LOLOLOLOL.
He tried telling me how light my car was (Bwahahahahahaha!) and how Mazda had such a PROUD rally heritage (wha?) and then proceeded to give me his version of why Ted Haggard shouldn't start a new church because he wasn't following Christ's teachings, and blah blah blah blah.
Anyway, they were OBVIOUSLY bullshitting me about the front calipers and the back pads/rotors. I even had Penkhus specifically check the caliper operation and they said they were fine. I'll avoid the scheisters at Just brakes from now on!
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