Is this garage bill reasonable?

for a 1992 honda prelude, it needs 2 new front calipers as there seized apparently, an anti roll bar linkage, hand break tensioned properly as its not holding enough.





They rang today to say it's going to be at least 拢300 but could be over 拢400





This is only a back street garage and i think this sounds pretty pricey, do you think its pricey?|||i have asked a few questions about car repairs and garage fees etc, and it seems to me a lot people who reply saying" you would not work for free would you?.....blah blah" seem to be mechanics etc.


well i am sorry but myself and thousand of others have been ripped off by garages over the years and have the right to question why a job costs so much! all people want is honesty from there garage, i dont think this is to much to ask for.|||No its not, and if you were my customer, you wouldn't be for long with your price shopper attitude. Face it, that is why you went to the back street garage in the first place. You will never be satisfied unless they fix it yesterday, do it for free or pay you to do it, and give you a warranty for life on anything that ever happens to the car.





edit: Allen don't have a clue, they are making a profit on the parts so calling around won't tell you anything. You need to pay the price or take your car out of there, and expect to pay a check out fee if you do take it out of there. They don't take the wheels off and press back the calipers to see if they are seized for free, would you work for free, I didn't think so.





Think about this, would you walk into McDonalds and ask them how much they paid for a Big Mac or ask Walmart what they paid for a box of sugar coated cereal, no you wouldn't so why do it to this business or even try to check. Well the profit margin on big macs and cereal are over 500 percent. Either you like the price or you don't, so give the shop it's due or get out.|||hi there yes it is a bit expensive and as a back street garage it could be just repaired rather than changed.if you get a haynes manual it will explain what to do and if you try it yourself there is always the satisfaction of completing the work, jock|||You have no idea because you don't even know the price of the parts, ring round some auto factors and price the parts and then you will have a rough idea of what they are charging for labour.|||Hmmm. Tough one to answer as I don't know a lot about cars. But I'd imagine the parts cost at most 拢150 and the rest is going on labour at about 拢20+ per hour which is pretty normal. Can't see it being a 10hr job so something is a little fishy I think. Lesson for the day- don't go to a back street mech in future! If they're having a bad week you could be paying more for their services than you would if things were going well for them.|||ask local minicab drivers they usually know the cheapest places to get this type of work done on ur car or try eurocarparts and price parts u can also get repair kit for calipers if not to badly corroded[new piston and seals]or as other guy said try moter factors for parts if in uk go to ANDREW WATT CAR SPARES WEBSITE and put in model and year of car an engine size and it will give u price of parts there in glasgow but will give u a idea of price if in uk|||Try ebay for calipers - working examples! - and have a garage fit them, if you can't! ARB links and bushes should also be available there.|||For a back street garage does sound a little bit over but then again sounds like you have a lot of work to do. In my opinion think of it this way, if its going to cost you over 拢400 thats almost half (on average) for a replacement car honda prelude. I mean you can get 98reg for around 拢700 off autotrader.


What you can do, is phone othere garages and get a quote for the work that needs to be done (well rough quote), you won't have to take the car to be checked as you already know what needs to be done. Take the best price from there.


Its the labour cost that tend to increase the price.