On Wed, 15 Nov 1995, craig wiper wrote:
> I redid my brakes when I built (rebuilt) my B a few years ago. It's now
> getting close to the time when I will need to redo the brakes again. I've
> worked on the car now for about 7 years and it finally is next to trouble
> free (I know I shouldn't think thoughts like that out loud!), and I'm
> finding that the longer I have it and the longer it runs well, the more I
> really don't feel like working on it. So, my question to the group is,
> should I trust a brake specialist to do a brake job for me and just pay for
> it like the majority of the world does, or should I find a weekend where I'm
> feeling either very antsy or bored, and do the work myself. The older I get,
> it seems, the easier it is to just pay someone else to do work and enjoy the
> benefits of that work without having to do it myself? What do you think?
If you haven't had a shop do work for you in the past, I think you will
have a problem getting used to the thought that someone is asking you for
$40-$50 /hour do work on your car, no matter what they are doing. Jobs
that you thought were small, because the parts are cheap, and maybe it is
"clean" work (no black 20W50 in your hair afterwards), will suddenly be
expensive. It can be frustrating if you are not used to it, is what I found.
My advice: ask how much it costs, and then decide! I would go to a
british car specialist, not a brake specialist, anyway.
Example: I tried refinishing my dash with wrinkle paint 3 times, simple job,
$7.95 for the can. Now I have decided that I can't get it right, I have no
choice but to have it done by a resto shop. Costs me $140!
Very frustrating, can spoil the fun...
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