Why is one Jeep brake quote so much cheaper than the other?
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I have two quotes for my Jeep Compass, and I keep looking at them like the numbers might change. The front pads are worn, and now the brakes make a thin scraping sound when I stop at the lights. I work in Al Quoz, so I walked into two garages on my lunch break. The first one wrote a price on a small paper and said it covers everything. The second one quoted almost double and gave me a long list with pads, discs, labour and a brake clean. Money is tight this month, so my heart says take the cheap one. My head says brakes are not the place to save. The car has about seventy thousand kilometres, and I drive in heavy traffic every day. I looked online for an Affordable brake pad replacement for Jeep in Al Quoz, but every page said cheap and best at the same time, so I could not tell what is real. How do I know if a low price still covers a proper job? Should I ask them to write the pad brand on the quote? Do the discs need changing now, or can they wait if they are still good? Is it normal for a garage to show me the old pads after the job? How long does a front pad job take, and what should it cost on a Jeep like mine? If you did a brake job on a small budget, please tell me what you paid, what you chose, and what you would do differently. Easy answers help me most.