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12-04-2020, 02:39 PM | #24 |
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$1400 lmaooo I'll do it for half AND buy the parts for you.
What a joke. OE parts suck as well, way too dusty and rust easily. Zimmerman/Akebono is the best setup for a daily.
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Lets try to be clear, BMW only replaces the same parts with the same. Assumptions are Performance rotors 430€, Pads 140€, Sensor 20€. Makes it 715$, the rest is labour :-)
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I know OEM parts are in the ball park of $600-700. Didn't say I'd use OEM lol
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You are looking at at least $800 to 1k for just the rotors and pads for those plus labor. Otherwise rotors and pads of lifetime quality and better pads are going to run about what you said... then find a local shop to do install. Also don’t forget our new fluid in like Motul and flush it. Oh and you need new brake sensors as well another $100+. My MSport by an Indy who also sourced the parts with upgraded pads with labor was $1420 about....$300 was labor for that. So parts could have been sourced myself for maybe $900+ as a guess at the lowest taking out his slight markup. BTW Indy charged $237 per 370mm rotor OEM...FCP wants $289 direct to you for those same oem fronts. So not sure how buying yourself is always cheaper?!?! Last edited by techlogik; 12-05-2020 at 08:45 AM.. |
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"Zimmerman is an OE manufacturer to Porsche and VW/Audi and have been making replacement BMW rotors for years." The M-sport brakes are Brembo, which definitely isn't BMW. |
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Please let us be more precise. The calipers are Brembo but the rotors are BMW. Off the German Zimmerman homepage: Zur Herstellung von Bremsbelägen, Bremsscheiben und Bremstrommeln werden Rohteile aus Gusseisen mit Lamellengraphit (Grauguss) verwendet. Die Zusammensetzung des Graugusses orientiert sich an der OE-Spezifikation. Um die Eigenschaften von Grauguss für die Haltbarkeit und Bearbeitung einer Bremsscheibe positiv zu beeinflussen, werden dem Grundmaterial unterschiedliche Bestandteile zugesetzt. Diese Zusammensetzung ist bei Otto Zimmermann abgestimmt mit der Zusammensetzung der OE-Scheiben. Anteile wie z.B. Kupfer, Molybdän, Kohlenstoff und Titan in der Eisenlegierung werden bei jeder einzelnen OE-Scheibe analysiert und für die Zimmermann Rohlinge umgesetzt. Raw parts made of cast iron with lamellar graphite (gray cast iron) are used to manufacture brake linings, brake disks and brake drums. The composition of the gray cast iron is based on the OE specification. In order to positively influence the properties of gray cast iron for the durability and machining of a brake disc, different components are added to the base material. At Otto Zimmermann, this composition is coordinated with the composition of the OE panes. Shares such as Copper, molybdenum, carbon and titanium in the iron alloy are analyzed for each individual OE disk and implemented for the Zimmermann blanks. So can we now bury the myth that Zimmermann produces for BMW?
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Zimmermann still the best bang for the buck OEM replacement blanks. Anyway, there are more cheaper rotor replacement out there. For OP quote of $1400, he should be able to get the front and rear replace together for it. |
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Jeez... You show us pictures of a crack drilled rotors... We know cracking drilled rotor is always a problem... Even drilled brembo crack. Also saw a blank rotor crack... But we don't know how old and a far along from its life that crack happens. I for sure haven't have that problem. I replace rotor with pads together. I use to resurface rotor but the place I go to charge way to much for resurfacing them lately. |
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Brembo pads with rotors come quite close to OEM for half the price
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Been using Zimmerman blanks on my BMWs for nearly a decade now. Track use and street use. Never had a problem.
OP look at FCP Euro to utilize their LRG program.
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Price should be like half of that. Don't use the dealership for that kind of stuff, unless you don't mind spending money, in which case Im assuming you wouldn't be posting here!
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This is an interesting post.
For a new BMW owner who bought their first BMW new, how do you go about locating an independent shop that you can trust? |
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Personally I have used non OEM brake pads and rotors for years with good success. They are wear parts and the installation job is relatively simple. It is one of the few things you can still do on a car and save some money. A good indy shop with parts you buy is fine if you don't want to do it yourself. But if you have time its rewarding to do yourself. That and rear shocks are pretty easy jobs to do. Funny but I have had issues with the brake rotors rusting out on BMW's from not enough use or hard braking. Actually using your brakes occasionally hard is not a bad thing sometimes.
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$1400 is almost the cost of M Performance brakes and calipers on ebay. Id say look for a cheaper option or just upgrade. Good luck!
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