new brakes and rotors and pads senors .
 

Hi all I am doing some maintenance on the 4.8is the rear brakes rotors and pads are shot and calipers, also the parking brake, so I am also doing the front rotors and pads so I have piece of mind knowing I have a total new system.
Any guess cost, I have a quote of $1400 & tax from Mavis tire they said OEM,

Well... you can buy all the parts with reputable brands, (such as Zimmermann, Textar, etc..) for about $700.

I guess it takes 7 hrs (100/hr) to finish the job..... :dunno:

white....maybe us CA $. In USD, I'm thinking around $5 for a f/r set ?
While auto brake bleeders exist, I still prefer to do that followed up by a old-skool pedal bleed. IMO, it results in a firmer pedal.

DIY or INDY. I would not use a big brand shop. What's wrong with the indy Mspec u have been using ?

OP just to be clear so your replacing pads, rotors, for the front and pads, calipers, rotors and parking brake in rear and they are using BMW parts and quouted you $1400 all in?

Thats not a horrible price if you have to pay to have it done with all BMW parts in my opinion. I think brake prices have gotten stupid with these shops gouging the shit out of people for honestly some of the easiest DIY now for cars.

Yes, what happen is the rear parking brake seized and cooked the pads, I only drove for about 5 miles and let it sit and then they unlocked,The calipers seals are shot and I need news ones , the fronts are just rotors and pads and a sensor, I would do it ,but I rather have a pro do it, after all it's the braking system , Mavis also gave me a price for 2 new Michelins latitude for the 4.8is $900 with alignment and balancing.

FWIW you can replace the seal on the caliper without replacing the entire caliper, provided the piston is in good shape.

Tire Price seems fairly in-expensive...
Just going off the cuff

$420 per tire
Generall about $40 mount/balance from my PREFERRED INDY
X2
Add another $160 or so for a alignment

Not sure where the #'s play or how OCD you are, but Redline over in Greenbrook is my go to shop for tire/wheel services. Might cost you a bit more than Mavis.

But then again, Mavis has got some killer pricing on tires. I only know this as family came over and got one of their sidewall punctured. Tire size was one of those usual 20" not in stock sizes. They decided to do all replace all 4 corners and Mavis cost per tires was $40 less PER tire than than even Tirerack, which I found surprising.

You have 65K miles on your X5 and the rear calipers are shot (no good)? Thats awfully strange. In any vent you can pick up a good pair of rear calipers pretty cheap to cut the cost down.

I got all new Centric rotors and pads for $302 + free shipping on Amazon. Two sensors @ $14 each brought it up to $330. My independent mechanic charged me $180 for the install, but he was also installing two new control arms and ball joints.


Centric E-Coated Premium High Carbon Rotors:
Front 125.34050 $54.20
Rear 125.34051 $52.49
Centric Posi-Quiet Ceramic Pads:
Front 105.06810 $52.64
Rear 105.06830 $36.38

Total = $302.40



http://www.xoutpost.com/1056931-post76.html

Labor as well might be a regional thing...
OP is in Gotham City - everything is expensive out here.
My indys rate is now a buck forty. Found out on my most recent visit, but he's still charging me 1st cousin rate ;-)

The front brakes are really easy to do. Check this DIY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg26AAfBgYc

:iagree: with this - Redline is a great shop if you need the work done and their tire balancing is fantastic.

Debating overhauling my brake system (sensors, pads, rotors, parking brake shoes and hardware, caliper seals) preventatively just so I don't get seized calipers in the future and although it may take me a weekend to DIY I should be under $500 for all parts.

I've upgraded to the Turner bushings when I got a frozen caliper on my previous bimmers - if I even needed to rebuild the caliper.

Never a good consensus what causes them to freeze as I'm pretty religious if not overly OCD when it comes to fluid maintenance...kinda likes trannys. fluid may extend it, and others are at 150K without touching a dime...