I would feel $20 each side is very reasonable. I know that to do the front pads and rotors, shops charge $300 and the parts are only $100. They make a KILL, and if your relative is complaining about $40 labor, then they need to go to the shop and find out what they would be paying normally. They probably feel it's too high, because they don't know what the shops charge.
Charging your relative doesn't mean that you don't love them. I cannot do everything for free either. I understand that time is money, and if it's saving my relative a lot of money, then I'm doing them a favor by only charging a little to do the job.How much should I charge to change the brakes on an car for a relative?I would just do it for a lunch or something back brakes are harder then the front if u use a vice to push down the caliper rather than bleeding the brakes.How much should I charge to change the brakes on an car for a relative?when will you learn never to work on relative car//you cant win//if something messes up you will hear it forever//always tell relatives you are too busy//dont sell them a car either..god forbid somethjing goes wrong and you dont fix it for free 3 years later//cars and relatives dont mixHow much should I charge to change the brakes on an car for a relative?I don't charge relatives for minor repairs, with major repairs i will ask for a similar worth favor or charge $10/hr.
One hour to change some pads/shoes is nothing for the fam.
Ken's family must suck, It doesn't matter to me, if the family member tries to hold something done as a favor against me in the future, i would(and have) just write them off. I have a petty cousin, and an uncle from another side who have lost any type of family hook-up. Seriously, it's family, we help each other. (incidentally the cousins wife and the uncles son will now bring their cars, and they still get fixed, but i won't deal with them directly)How much should I charge to change the brakes on an car for a relative?Yes it is high for a relative. You should be doing it for free. I do.
I'm happy if I get a six-pack for it.
The last time I had a shop do mine it was $60au. There's no way I'd pay a relative $40 , especially if I'd already bought the pads. Do you even have the tools to check disc runout, or to machine the discs? Or are you just doing the old 'change the pads'?
If all you are doing is changing pads, you should definetly doing it for free!How much should I charge to change the brakes on an car for a relative?that,s not a bad price ! that,s $20.00 a side. sounds like you gave her a break. i change my own brakes but i bet the garage would be charging more then $ 40.00. i don,t like to work on relatives cars. if something turns out the way they think it should,nt then i would,nt hear the last of it.How much should I charge to change the brakes on an car for a relative?I'm going to have to say that $40.00 isn't bad figure, but it's seems your sister in-law is either out of touch on what the avg. hourly rate is at a repair shop or just doesn't have the extra cash.
So if you know that her money is tight, then you do it for free or exchange for something like lunch or dinner on her.
Basically I never put a figure on auto repair for family, I just let them pay what they think is fair, for the most part my family over pays. because they know that I'm hooking them up at their convenience.
I think the key is to never give a figure up front, just let them offer compensation, maybe it nothing or maybe it's double. If nothing at least you know that they will owe you one when your in need. It' what family do for one another.
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