400 to replace rotors and front brake PADS (not calipers?). Ouch.....

Once you complete this yourself, you will see how easy it is to do yourself. Do one side complete at a time, incase you have to refernce anything. (Normally, that is only required on the rear brakes with all those springs and stuff).

Don't just let the caliper hang from the rubber hose. After doing this job you don't want to bleed the brakes by accidently breaking that rubber hose and having to replace it. Tie that caliper up with something.

Rotor *might* be 'cold welded' to the axle. Just give the old one a few smacks to lossen it off. I've only seen this once, and ended up drilling a line from the centre of the rotor towards the edge to allow it to have a break apart point.


Buy the premium rotors, if you can afford, and don't cheap out on the front pads either. Some places will give you money back for returning the 'core' old used parts. This varies per store, but can be significant savings.

Oh yeah, don't forget a can of brake cleaner to rinse off the 'powder'. Don't use compressed air to clean that brake 'powder' off. Just spray it all down with brake cleaner.

Also spray the new rotor and pads with cleaner after installing to remove the crap initially on them and give them a nice 'clean' surface.

You'll save yourself a few hundred bucks and have confidence to tackle somethign else next time. If that fails, ask a mechanically inclined friend to help (buy beer). It really is a no brainer.