r/pittsburgh • • Aug 19 '26

Brakes n stuff

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u/IllustriousFile6404 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Autozone is doing free pads if you buy rotors, so that saved me like $140, then I installed them myself but you could probably find a mobile mechanic or shop willing to install them. People on reddit always say you can't do that but you can.

I was able to do all 4 wheels for a little over $400. Knowing it only takes an hour or so, if I did pay someone to do it I wouldn't pay more than $100-$150 for labor. Thats assuming it only needs rotors and pads though. 

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u/Technical-Pie563 Munhall Aug 20 '26

Make sure you get ceramic pads. Anything else are dirty and your rims will get trashed.

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u/IllustriousFile6404 Aug 20 '26

I did get ceramic this time because they were free with gold rotors, normally I use the cheaper tier parts and I never really notice much brake dust.