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05-20-21, 01:22 PM
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Hi all,
I want to upgrade my rotors and brake pads to z36 powerstop brand. one of my friend suggested this for towing purposes. I want to tow a trailer of 4500 pounds. I asked some independant shop. they are charging $560 for the four rotor and brake pad upgrade labor.
Please let me know whether that is worth the upgrade. Would dealer do this work? I want to give to a shop who just does right so they do not mess up anything.
Thanks
I want to upgrade my rotors and brake pads to z36 powerstop brand. one of my friend suggested this for towing purposes. I want to tow a trailer of 4500 pounds. I asked some independant shop. they are charging $560 for the four rotor and brake pad upgrade labor.
Please let me know whether that is worth the upgrade. Would dealer do this work? I want to give to a shop who just does right so they do not mess up anything.
Thanks
I'd suggest and independent shop or do it yourself and take the labor savings and dump it into a brake controller, cause at 4500 lbs (assuming the trailer has brakes) you're going to want a trailer brake controller so the GX doesn't get pushed around.
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SamLexRXGX (05-20-21)
05-20-21, 01:33 PM
#197
that sounds like an hour per wheel quote which is book time. If all you're doing is swapping rotors and pads any independent shop can do this for likely half the price. Or you could do it yourself for free, it's so easy it's comical, getting the tire on and off is the hardest part.
I'd suggest and independent shop or do it yourself and take the labor savings and dump it into a brake controller, cause at 4500 lbs (assuming the trailer has brakes) you're going to want a trailer brake controller so the GX doesn't get pushed around.
I'd suggest and independent shop or do it yourself and take the labor savings and dump it into a brake controller, cause at 4500 lbs (assuming the trailer has brakes) you're going to want a trailer brake controller so the GX doesn't get pushed around.
11-22-23, 07:34 PM
#199
usually you can go up in rotor size until you hit something. when i designed a system i was limited by the available rim sizes. thus the max rotor on this other vehicle was limited by the rim size as i put in the max rotor that could fit before hitting any available OEM rim
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