Who said running an M5 was expensive
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Phoned up my local dealer and got an okay price of £975 for front and rear discs pads and handbrake shoes. I was going to do it myself and phoned Partco and priced up everything apart from the front discs as these ar a BMW only item. All the items from Partco came in at just over £200 so phoned my local dealer to price discs, £380 for front discs. I phoned local dealer and after a quick chat he said he would do it all for £775 including VAT.
Not a bad deal and not worth doing it myself with non standard parts for that saving.
Not a bad deal and not worth doing it myself with non standard parts for that saving.
Jer_1974 said:
Phoned up my local dealer and got an okay price of £975 for front and rear discs pads and handbrake shoes. I was going to do it myself and phoned Partco and priced up everything apart from the front discs as these ar a BMW only item. All the items from Partco came in at just over £200 so phoned my local dealer to price discs, £380 for front discs. I phoned local dealer and after a quick chat he said he would do it all for £775 including VAT.
Not a bad deal and not worth doing it myself with non standard parts for that saving.
Still way too much IMO.Not a bad deal and not worth doing it myself with non standard parts for that saving.
The front and rear pads and rear discs are also used on other BMWs. The front pads are the same as the 540i too IIRC. The rear pads are used on the 330d models I think. You could have sourced them from a decent autoparts shop.
GSF or Eurocarparts would have had the front discs in stock too.
Jer_1974 said:
Phoned up my local dealer and got an okay price of £975 for front and rear discs pads and handbrake shoes. I was going to do it myself and phoned Partco and priced up everything apart from the front discs as these ar a BMW only item. All the items from Partco came in at just over £200 so phoned my local dealer to price discs, £380 for front discs. I phoned local dealer and after a quick chat he said he would do it all for £775 including VAT.
Not a bad deal and not worth doing it myself with non standard parts for that saving.
What the hell do you expect? Look at BMW's requirements of the way they expect their Dealerships to present themselves. It cost's millions. That's why your BMW Dealership charges over £100/hr (£200/hr if it's an ///M car!).Not a bad deal and not worth doing it myself with non standard parts for that saving.
Take your car to an Independant Garage......
Phantom56 said:
What the hell do you expect? Look at BMW's requirements of the way they expect their Dealerships to present themselves. It cost's millions. That's why your BMW Dealership charges over £100/hr (£200/hr if it's an ///M car!).
Take your car to an Independant Garage......
Mike, that's crap. You 'only' pay around the £100 regardless of whether it's an //M car or not. Yes, and I do concur, it is fTake your car to an Independant Garage......
king outrageous but just getting quotes in Switzerland for work on a SEAT came out with a labour rate of over £150 per hour. I hate to think what BMW charges. krallicious said:
Phantom56 said:
What the hell do you expect? Look at BMW's requirements of the way they expect their Dealerships to present themselves. It cost's millions. That's why your BMW Dealership charges over £100/hr (£200/hr if it's an ///M car!).
Take your car to an Independant Garage......
Mike, that's crap. You 'only' pay around the £100 regardless of whether it's an //M car or not. Yes, and I do concur, it is fTake your car to an Independant Garage......
king outrageous but just getting quotes in Switzerland for work on a SEAT came out with a labour rate of over £150 per hour. I hate to think what BMW charges. It could be much cheaper if you could buy non BMW standard front discs. I can't see anyone doing it themselves for much under £600. For the half day to do it and the time messing about as nothing is that easy it worth the extra to get BMW doing it.
I did phone a few places and all them said the would have to get the discs from BM.
I did phone a few places and all them said the would have to get the discs from BM.
Jer_1974 said:
It could be much cheaper if you could buy non BMW standard front discs. I can't see anyone doing it themselves for much under £600. For the half day to do it and the time messing about as nothing is that easy it worth the extra to get BMW doing it.
I did phone a few places and all them said the would have to get the discs from BM.
From experience, there isn't a huge difference between OEM BMW parts and non-OEM parts.I did phone a few places and all them said the would have to get the discs from BM.
£775 is pretty impressive for a dealer.
I got mine checked over last May and the dealer quoted £997+VAT for all the brakes which they informed me would need done soon - or another 10k miles as it turned out.
However the joy of doing the brakes at a non-franchise is that you can stick whatever pads in you want.
I expect most BMW dealers would get sniffy if you ask them to put in upgraded pads.
I got mine checked over last May and the dealer quoted £997+VAT for all the brakes which they informed me would need done soon - or another 10k miles as it turned out.
However the joy of doing the brakes at a non-franchise is that you can stick whatever pads in you want.
I expect most BMW dealers would get sniffy if you ask them to put in upgraded pads.
Priced up discs and pads for my 1992 E34 M5 3.8 the other day from Euro Car Parts, not that it needs them, just curious as to what they would cost. Front discs where around £125 a pair, rears between £65-£90 a pair depending on which brand you go for. Front pads ranged from £15-£50 a pair, and rears £15-£30. Didn't think those prices were too bad.
Think I am right in saying the earlier 3.8 E34 M5's had non-floating discs and the later ones, perhaps '94 onwards?, had the more expensive floating discs.
Think I am right in saying the earlier 3.8 E34 M5's had non-floating discs and the later ones, perhaps '94 onwards?, had the more expensive floating discs.
nickyd100 said:
Priced up discs and pads for my 1992 E34 M5 3.8 the other day from Euro Car Parts, not that it needs them, just curious as to what they would cost. Front discs where around £125 a pair, rears between £65-£90 a pair depending on which brand you go for. Front pads ranged from £15-£50 a pair, and rears £15-£30. Didn't think those prices were too bad.
Think I am right in saying the earlier 3.8 E34 M5's had non-floating discs and the later ones, perhaps '94 onwards?, had the more expensive floating discs.
All E34 BMW's (inc M5) have the same pads. These pads are also found on the E46 M3 too I believe.Think I am right in saying the earlier 3.8 E34 M5's had non-floating discs and the later ones, perhaps '94 onwards?, had the more expensive floating discs.
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