Originally Posted by
phughes
I'm talking about the labor to make the part, not the labor to install it. You know, comparing apples to apples. I have no idea what it costs to have brakes done on a car because I have always done it myself. It takes less time for me to do it than it does for me to drive to the repair shop and wait for it. That and if I do it, it will be done right.
I was talking about both.
German labor to make Brembo or Zimmermann rotors isn't the same as the labor costs of captives on China. Nonetheless, the $400 rotor at a dealer can be bought for $189, proving that most of the price to the consumer is NOT in the manufacturing.
As far as knowing how much it cost to have brakes done on a car, it is written in this thread.