KwikFit grease monkey

Mar 15, 2007 21 Replies

Not a bad price. But avoid Kiwk Fit, I have found them to be rip off merchants. Once they wanted to change brake pads and discs. But there was no wear on the discs at all. But they tried to convince me they needed changing. But after my dad (an engineer) looked at them and said they were OK, I took it to another garage and they also said the discs were OK and I only needed pads. And the price Kwik Fit quoted for discs was way over what the other garage would have charged for discs and pads if I had need them and that was for genuine parts.

Arguably there's wear on a disc the second the pad makes contact. So unless they were brand new they will be worn to some degree.

Did anyone actually measure the disc thickness and compare against the maker's figure? Otherwise it's just guesswork.

It always pays to shop around.

One question, though. If your dad's an engineer and he took the trouble to check the discs properly, why didn't he fit new pads for you? Getting access to the discs to check them properly is more than halfway there.

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