Front pads and discs for £650 @ OPC

Hi - I'd appreciate your thoughts on this cost (pads almost on the sensors now, discs 37k miles). quoted to me yesterday at a preferential £65 per hour labour and 10% off parts. Do you have any comparable Indie prices or opinions. All the best Des

Doesn't sound like much of a deal to me. The Porsche menu price is £705 including VAT! Give Tony a bell.......

Also think about having the discs skimmed. Most setups can take 2 or 3 skimmings before replacement. About £180 plus about £60 for new bits (dampers etc). JohnC 993turbo

I'd seek some advice from an independent garage - the OPC will judge the condition of the brakes on whether they will make it safely through to the next service. And Porsche specialist would charge around £450 for the same work with OE parts, or you can buy the OE parts yourself for £300. Get a price elsewhere and go back tot he OPC - they will often come down on price. With your PCGB member 10% discount on parts prices sounds like they aren't offering you any deal at all on labour rate. You can always call other OPCs for prices too

I had my rears done yesterday at OPC for 566 quid although one was rusted on so it cost me an extra 92 quid for them to get the thing rethreaded so with discount it was 622 quid (they did try to charge me 677 quid but I pointed out their mistake !!) I had fronts done at indy last month for 550 quid IIRC so I went to porsche this time as I thought with discount I would get it cheaper but he ho i didnt because of this rusted bolt. Same thing happened at Indy and they never charged me for rusted bolt just re thread it and spent extra 2 hours sorting it , Stayed nearly 2 hours past closing time to get car to me that evening where as I had to wait an extra day at Porsche. Indy for me now for everything. Had clutch done last month and tyres being fitted tomorrow so spent 2700 quid on car in last few weeks. Still hopefully the discs and clutch will last a good few years. Contis lasted 5 months though so changing to Pirellis to see what they are like.

[FONT=arial"]I'd agree that at £650 it's not a discount as you'd get the same with just your PCGB parts discount. These were the Porsche prices last time I looked in September so they may have risen slightly. [FONT=courier new"]Front Disc Left 996.351.405.01 £119.07 Front Disc Right 996.351.406.01 £119.07 Front Pads 996.352.949.03 £115.14 Front Damping Plate 996.351.088.01 4 £15.03 £60.12 Wear Sensor 996.612.365.00 2 £9.74 £19.48 Caliper Bolts 999.073.402.01 4 £1.58 £6.32 Total £409.14 Total inc VAT @ 15% £470.51 -10% PCGB discount £423.46 [FONT=arial"]You can get the same as above from Marque 21 but with OE parts for £261 inc VAT and P&P http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350136147074

Sheffield quoted me £568 for fronts all in. Booked in on 17 Feb.

indies will still be cheaper than opc , ours start at £340 +vat onwards including fitting..[8|] including sensors and dampers

Which is fine until I try to renew my warranty in October. I would much rather pay an Indie £400 or so, but Porsche have put a stop to that.

fair point [ ] but if you are on the old style warranty can't you have your work done wherever you choose.

Yes, but come the renewal in October any non-Porsche parts will cause the car to fail the 111 point check required to renew. I rang Hartech and 911 Sport and the OPC matched the best price for me. October will be the last time I renew, so after then it will be Indie's all the way.

it is a shame they did that the warranty system though as they must have lost more than they have sold.. don't know if your interested strickers but we are having a guy detailing on the 22nd feb from autoshine specialists valeting... top guy if anyone interested.. free feed too

Might just do that! Can't afford food after a service, new tyres and front discs.

I had bolts on the front and rear of my car that were rusted on, they both had to be re threaded so that pushed the price up a bit .

i have just paid £330 at an opc to have the front pads changed. an indi wanted the same money. what are your thoughts

If you are talking about a 996 - find another indy! Edit: And another OPC! Porsche menu price for C2/C4 front pads is £318 including VAT.

Like I said quote from OPC £568 front discs and pads. They are struggling, ring around.

discs and pads front jz machtech around £580 inc vat

think opc have lifted your leg at £330 for pads fitting... as rich says find another the robbing dogs

Get a steel thread insert fitted (HeliCoil, TimeSert, etc). Just as strong, if not stronger, than the original thread. Any decent indy, or a machine shop, will do it for you. When you reassemble the bolts in the ali threads, use Alu-slip anti-seize compound, and you shouldn't have the same problem next time.

My indy does it in situ. I don't know many indies in that area. Addspeed at Horsham too far? There's La Rose Porsche in Sevenoaks, I believe, but I have no experience of them whatsoever.

Did they kindy ask you to bend over too?? Sound a tad sarcastic but!! I'm sick of hearing stories about people getting ripped off by OPC's!! My local guy is fantastic put Brembo OE discs and pads on at a fraction of the cost AND I KNOW HE DID A GOOD JOB! The stories about shocking work at OPC's is getting silly now!!! see this link...........!!! http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=41462 sad deeeeep sigh!

I agree, Sheffield have been fantastic. Where they can they have matched the indie's quotes, standard of work has been top notch too.

Maybe OPC Sheffield have decided to (had to) get their act together then in the current economic climate.