Rotor Replacement
 

My car is at 40000Km 2006 A4, and it seems like i need to replace the rotors. Is it normal at the 40K to replace the rotors - the reason is theres a little shake/vibration when I break at high speed?

How much does it cost and How long does the labor take? AUDI dealer charges 100/hr for labor + parts. Can I go somewhere cheaper? = Can I trust any audi mechanic other than the ones at the dealer for rotor replacement ?

Re: Rotor Replacement
 

Rotor replacement is a relatively simple job: I've replaced rotors on my family's B5 A4 and Allroad by myself just fine. I'd say it'd probably take 1.1-5 hours to do one axle in the shop.

It's impossible to say when it is "normal" to have to replace rotors because of vibration: this is a symptom of either a warped rotor or that there's brake material caked unevenly on the rotor, neither is really supposed to happen. Before you fork out the a few hundred dollars for new rotors, maybe you should try re-bedding in your pads, i.e., do a few ~90-30 hard stops after doing a few 70-30 medium stops to warm up the pads. If the vibrations is due to the latter, the bedding in could eliminate them.

Re: Rotor Replacement
 

It is actually better to go to an independent shop than a dealer for any maintenance. Reason being all dealers are flat rate where as independent shops are hourly (referring to employee wages), which means a mechanic at an independent shop will take the full allotted time to complete the work and a mechanic at a dealer will skip steps to push the job out as fast as possible.

Re: Rotor Replacement
 

im going to get my two rear rotors done as well. anyone know approximately how much this costs?

Re: Rotor Replacement
 

I am looking at replacing the complete set, so all rotors, pads, on all wheels it comes out to about $600 from tirerack.com for aftermarket stuff and for OEM $400 the dealer wants $890 for OEM. When you are setting in your brakes MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT INGAGE THE ABS MODULE!!!!