Brake fluid

[Phil W]

Would an indy not be cheaper?

 

[Jez]

Fox i today have had a quote breakdown for my hugeomgservice with the brake fluid change coming in at around £45 from my local merc indi - and you know how obscene merc service prices are...

I'd check an indi at the very least

 

[[TW]Fox]

Indy wants £48. I could have sworn it was less than that from BMW last time

 

[Gaijin]

I'm sure it was only about 40 quid last time. At that price its not worth messing about but £72 is a bit pathetic really.

Even £40 is a **** take. Do it yourself and learn something "new and exciting" in the process.

 

[Jez]

My £45 for the change breaks down to the fluid being a tenner, then £35 for 30mins labout given a standard £70/hour labour charge.

The £75ish quote you have makes sense assuming their labour rate is approx £130-140/hour, which it could well be?

 

[DannyDan]

The £75ish quote you have makes sense assuming their labour rate is approx £130-140/hour, which it could well be?

My local BMW dealer charge either £120 or £140/hour, can't remember which.

 

[Matt82]

for reference, ford would have charged my GF £55-£60 for the brake fluid change on hers

 

[iaind]

I paid ford £37 to do it, so by the time you add the BMW tax...

Kwik Fit?

 

[Matt82]

one of the saddest times i was ripped off i was charged £50 at some national tyre centre place

 

[Django x2]

my local BMW dealer want £90 to change the brake fluid in the 5. Good job I don't pay for it really.

 

[Dr Who]

Its a fairly lengthy task to drain it and refil it all and bleed, that usually accounts for the costs.

BMW Labour rates are excessive as is what they charge for Brake Fluid.

 

[[TW]Fox]

My £45 for the change breaks down to the fluid being a tenner, then £35 for 30mins labout given a standard £70/hour labour charge.

The £75ish quote you have makes sense assuming their labour rate is approx £130-140/hour, which it could well be?

Just had £68 quote from Scothall and thats with a 50% labour reduction for having a crap old BMW.

 

[Jez]

How does that break down? That still seems excessive unless they are charging for a whole hour

 

[[TW]Fox]

No idea, didnt ask about the breakdown, perhaps I should have done in hindsight.

 

[Matt82]

Its a fairly lengthy task to drain it and refil it all and bleed, that usually accounts for the costs.

BMW Labour rates are excessive as is what they charge for Brake Fluid.

there is no draining and refilling. they just flush the old through with new so there is no bleeding either

 

[Jez]

TBH i'd just use the indi at £48 if you cant find anything better, hardly a massive charge for something that only needs doing every 2 years

 

[Simon]

Most these 'Racing brake fluids' are nothing more than marketing, apart from SRF of course.

 

[Toker]

probably they just inflate the prices to try and turn people away since it's not much money for dealing with stinking brake fluid

 

[boxman2000]

I do track days a lot and personally would suggest Motul RBF600 from opieoils.co.uk

Issue with SRF is you need to get it to a reasonable temperature before you get a good bite - RBF doesn't need that. From cold mine are excellent, when warmed up they're something else!

Also would highly recommend you get something like Goodrich braided brake lines all round!

If you want to go the whole hog I couldn't recomend Carbotech XP8's more. Much better than Green/Yellow/Red Stuff etc

Have this setup on my Evo 9 and never had any issues

 

[MikeHunt79]

I'd just go for the normal stuff, I bought a few bottles of Comma DOT4 from wilko for £2 a bottle, works a treat