[lo_xyooj]

$1700 wow that's alot of money..I'd speculate on going M BBK + Indy would be around that ball park or plus a couple more hundred...

[mbanks21]

Originally Posted by lo_xyooj

$1700 wow that's alot of money..I'd speculate on going M BBK + Indy would be around that ball park or plus a couple more hundred...

I agree. I'm sure you can get a nice BBK for around $2k, maybe find a slightly used for under $1500.

[Wires]

Originally Posted by Jmpascual

Yea, I was trying to figure out why they were charging so much. I'm definitely not going to pay that money to replace some pads and rotors.

Everything at BMW is 2x real world prices. Doesn't matter if it parts, service or their lifestyle products.

It costs extra for the free water and coffee when you're waiting.

[Kronos357]

Im getting mine done today at a dealer and they're charging me about 1,200 US dollars and thats for rotars, pads and the sensors.

[jh_f30]

Originally Posted by Kronos357

Im getting mine done today at a dealer and they're charging me about 1,200 US dollars and thats for rotars, pads and the sensors.

Did you check prices on parts at FCP Euro? If you have the ability to DIY, you probably could've saved a decent amount of $.

[1N54E92]

Originally Posted by jh_f30

Did you check prices on parts at FCP Euro? If you have the ability to DIY, you probably could've saved a decent amount of $.

$550 parts and get a local shop to install $250

[1N54E92]

Originally Posted by Jmpascual

So my free maintenance expired and I made the mistake of not extending it. Anyways, my brakes (pads) needed to be changed and I went in to find out the cost. The dealership says it will cost me $1700 dollars. I asked why and they said that they're gonna replace the sensors, pads, and rotors. I highly doubt it costs that much. Is there any other things that they might replace around this time? My car is 3 years old and has about 60000 miles in it. Am I better off replacing only the pads myself or somewhere else? :

I bought parts from a local BMW dealership, $550, paid an local shop to install $250.

[Romeo190]

Originally Posted by Jmpascual

So my free maintenance expired and I made the mistake of not extending it. Anyways, my brakes (pads) needed to be changed and I went in to find out the cost. The dealership says it will cost me $1700 dollars. I asked why and they said that they're gonna replace the sensors, pads, and rotors. I highly doubt it costs that much. Is there any other things that they might replace around this time? My car is 3 years old and has about 60000 miles in it. Am I better off replacing only the pads myself or somewhere else? :

I would check out breakperformamce.com for a rotor upgrade you can obtain the sensors from them as well and a dcend pair of OEM spec pads for the break and probably ull spend about 1000.00 and you can probably spend a like 3-400 on installation save urself some money in the long run it might be a Lil cheaper. I did my rotor upgrades with them and the rotors have been really good no complaints

[bprevost]

I got them replaced by dealer, it cost me $1,500

[bentobox]

The time to change my brake pads has arrived. Got the brake system warning notification.

I'm not here to debate if dealerships are expensive or not. I just want to record my experience. Personally, $1,700 doesn't sound too bad to me. Especially with the high inflation rate and gas price at over $5/gal.

Anyways, I'll be performing the work myself. Replacing the front brake pads, front rotors, rear brake pads, and sensors. Everything is OEM BMW parts except for the sensors.

I bought the parts from Pelican Parts. Never had a bad experience with them. The delivery was delayed but that wasn't their fault.

I spent a total of $972.11 on parts.

[Desertnate]

FYI for everyone.

The last time I was at my dealer, he pointed me to their "value service" deals BMW now offers.

For my RWD 435i they are now showing front rotors/pads/sensors for $511 and $429 for a pads/rotors/sensors.

Those rates seem to include labor too since I recently got an oil change and brake flush and I was charged exactly what is on the listing. My indy can't beat that and they don't offer loaners, which is very handy for me.

Of course this all assumes you want to stay OEM or OEM equivalent and not do any upgrades to the pads or rotors.

Here is the link to find the rates I use. I'm sure its similar nation wide as this program with through BMW and not the dealership themselves.

https://www.newboldbmw.com/bmw-value-service.htm

The interesting part in this is the SA demonstrated how those rates are not in their system. When someone calls and they use the job ordering software, it still give the old, much higher rates. They have to go in and manually adjust every job order for each Value Service item.

[ramman434]

Jeez, these prices are huge. Before it was totaled last month, I changed the brakes in my F10 back in September. For new pads, sensors, discs, & SS lines, it cost around $550 through FCP Euro & forget who I bought the lines from.

Did it all myself. I hope no one's still paying $1700+ at the dealer.

[Itogliano]

Originally Posted by bentobox

The time to change my brake pads has arrived. Got the brake system warning notification.

I'm not here to debate if dealerships are expensive or not. I just want to record my experience. Personally, $1,700 doesn't sound too bad to me. Especially with the high inflation rate and gas price at over $5/gal.

Anyways, I'll be performing the work myself. Replacing the front brake pads, front rotors, rear brake pads, and sensors. Everything is OEM BMW parts except for the sensors.

I bought the parts from Pelican Parts. Never had a bad experience with them. The delivery was delayed but that wasn't their fault.

I spent a total of $972.11 on parts.

Those are some expensive brake components. If you had gone OEM instead of OE it would be about 50-60% of what you paid, just for future information. And $1700 for a brake job is absolutely outrageous. That's almost double what a specialist race shop would charge

[Itogliano]

Originally Posted by Desertnate

FYI for everyone.

The last time I was at my dealer, he pointed me to their "value service" deals BMW now offers.

For my RWD 435i they are now showing front rotors/pads/sensors for $511 and $429 for a pads/rotors/sensors.

Those rates seem to include labor too since I recently got an oil change and brake flush and I was charged exactly what is on the listing. My indy can't beat that and they don't offer loaners, which is very handy for me.

Of course this all assumes you want to stay OEM or OEM equivalent and not do any upgrades to the pads or rotors.

Here is the link to find the rates I use. I'm sure its similar nation wide as this program with through BMW and not the dealership themselves.

https://www.newboldbmw.com/bmw-value-service.htm

The interesting part in this is the SA demonstrated how those rates are not in their system. When someone calls and they use the job ordering software, it still give the old, much higher rates. They have to go in and manually adjust every job order for each Value Service item.

$60 for wiper blade change LOL

[Desertnate]

Originally Posted by Itogliano

$60 for wiper blade change LOL

I had to laugh at that one too. The service adviser also tried to convince me the air filter change at $35 was cheaper than what I could do myself. Not sure how getting the filter for $25 and doing it myself in 5 minutes is more expensive...

Not perfect pricing for everything, but some of them are considerably cheaper than what they used to charge and competitive, if not cheaper, than many indy places. For me that's a win since the closest indy is 30+ miles away and they don't offer loaners.

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by Desertnate

The last time I was at my dealer, he pointed me to their "value service" deals BMW now offers. I'm sure its similar nation wide as this program with through BMW and not the dealership themselves.

IMO this is BMW trying to drum up more service business to offset the drop in sales due to Covid related problems. BMW market share is up, but sales of 243,000 units is down from 324,000 in 2019.

[S4NoMore]

Originally Posted by Itogliano

Those are some expensive brake components. If you had gone OEM instead of OE it would be about 50-60% of what you paid, just for future information.

I don't know about that. I'm shopping for parts to do the "M Sport" S2NH brakes in the not too distant future, and came across this thread. For Zimmerman rotors and Textar pads from FCP Euro, it's about $920, plus tax. This is around 20% less than Genuine BMW parts.

The Newbold BMW value service offer for my car puts this job at $942, which is awesome. I wish I could take advantage.

I looked at my area dealerships and they don't have that same online portal, sadly. I called around, no specials to report. Bummer.

[TheM3Chase]

Dude, I got quoted $1700 just for rear shocks 😭

[cfm56d7b]

Originally Posted by TheM3Chase

Dude, I got quoted $1700 just for rear shocks 😭

Regular or adaptive shocks?

[TheM3Chase]

Originally Posted by cfm56d7b

Regular or adaptive shocks?

Regular shocks 💀

[cfm56d7b]

Originally Posted by TheM3Chase

Regular shocks 💀

Eye opening quote for regular shocks. Do these shocks come with palladium based outer coating to deflect attention of enterprising individuals from removing the catalytic converter?

[capt_slow]

Originally Posted by S4NoMore

For Zimmerman rotors and Textar pads from FCP Euro, it's about $920, plus tax. This is around 20% less than Genuine BMW parts.

Considering FCP has their great warranty, that $920 will be a one-time expense as your next set of pads and rotors will be free.