Brake pad replacement, a question...

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Hi

Car is a 60 plate Mazda 6, FMSH low miles etc.

My Dad was quoted £326 for replacing pads all round by the Main dealer.

I was quoted £160 from a trusted indy using Ferodo pads and including the replacement fitting kit (metal guides etc) Mazda recommend using when doing so.

Up until now everything has been done via the Dealer as Dad is 81 so reluctant to use an indy, he still sees them as "back street" garages.

Would getting the pads replaced at an indy have any bearing on perhaps any future "goodwill" repairs? (they re charged his air con and fixed the leak for free in the summer and gave him a set of "as new" but secondhand mats), he's worried about "upsetting them" .



Cheers
Pete

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Ozzie Osmond said:

You'll be needing X-ray vision to see the inboard pads though! In many cases they can't even be seen by an MOT tester.

In car maintenance it's not good enough to look at one side and assume the other side must be the same. You need to get the wheels off and check properly.

By the way, does that main dealer price include changing the fluid? I wonder when "Dad" last had that done?

Doesn't include the fluid, I'll have to check but I think it (fluid) might have been done as part of the 60k / 60 month service done in July which highlighted low brake pads. The problem with Mazda is that there's no "service stamp book" per se, it's just a sheet of paper to say whats been done and the rest kept on computer record. Not ideal I'll agree, but that's Mazda UK for you...

Anyway, I'm going with the general concensus and getting the Ferodo pads from Mr Auto along with the fitting kit and depending on time, chucking it into the local indy or even doing it myself if I get the time and the weather holds out.