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Old 12-05-2008, 05:17 AM
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Found a great place to buy A full Touareg Brake kit....

$700 for parts......

Amazingly.....at 55,000 miles....most Touareg owners are on their 2nd brake job.

The rotors apparently are disposable....if you cut/resurface even once they will be below thickness specs.

Luckily the place is in Framingham...so off I go.
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must be that porsche influence.
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700 buckS!!!!! dayum - balla!
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Yea....the dealers typically charge $1800 for the front.....$1200 for the rear IIRC......



$700 blows......but the dealer is full on rapeage.
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why didn't you do it yourself
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^ He is the parts are $700
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I think he is, the 700 is just for parts!!!!!
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welcome to my world
700 is a little high for parts though.
my ml was $385.54
for all 4 corners
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ooooo

ouch

parts for my 150 are only $200.00
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Front rotors....$128 each --basically Brembo Pizzas
Rear Rotors $200
Front Pads $95
Rear Bads $63
HardWare Kits $25
Sensors $46
Rotor Bolts $10

And wow....he either forgot or didn't charge me $18 for the 3 special "triple square tools" which look like torx....but are not


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