And unless you are noticing your car shaking excessively when braking at highway
speeds which is caused by the warping of your rotors you don't need to have the
rotors resurfaced. Even then they should be replaced and not resurfaced. Make
sure whatever place you go to, you explicitly tell them that. I've seen Honda
dealers scam people into that around the Philadelphia area.

Good Luck,
Nick




On 13 Aug 2006 16:46:29 -0700, wrote:

>
>I have a 2004 Honda Accord coupe and it has about 33K miles on it. I
>had the 30 K servicing done about 3 months ago.
>
>Couple of weeks after my 30K servicing, I started hearing the brakes
>squeal - very faintly. I could only hear if there is no background
>noise etc. The squeal has become louder (not too loud but it's easier
>to hear than at first) recently so I took it to a auto shop.
>
>The shop gave me a quote after the 'free inspection'. The quote is 400
>bucks! I thought it's a little high because I was expecting at most 100
>(don't ask me why I came up with my 100$ estimate - it's just that I
>thought nothing fancy is needed.) Granted, I am a auto-dummy with very
>very little idea about cars. But still!!
>
>The quote mentioned what they will do for the 400$.
>1) resurface the break rotors
>2) remove & replace brake pads (FRONT)
>3) clean and adjust rear drum brake (LABOR only)
>4) 45 point brake inspection! - lot of items listed on the quote
>5) brake flush package - lot of items listed on the quote
>
>
>Is 400$ justified and necessary to fix the brake squeal? I was told
>that brake pads need to be replaced but I called another shop and they
>said they charge 140$ for the brake pads. But maybe there is more to
>the squeal than just the brake pads.
>
>Regardless, I will have to get this problem fixed because Idon't want
>to take chance with the brake pads. I will get this done in a week.
>
>In the mean time, I appreciate any advise you may have ...
>
>TIA,
>Tian