Hey all

Have a 2021 mk4 octavia vrs and i am not far from needing front pads and discs changed

Been quoted £750 by a trustworthy indie garage and on akoda website it goes for about £800

Just checking how much it has cost other people to get both front pads and discs changed at a garage?

What makes you think the discs need replacing?

4 hours ago, Sp2025 said:

Hey all

Have a 2021 mk4 octavia vrs and i am not far from needing front pads and discs changed

Been quoted £750 by a trustworthy indie garage and on akoda website it goes for about £800

Just checking how much it has cost other people to get both front pads and discs changed at a garage?

Why take it to a garage ! Do it your self

It will depend if you go original skoda parts or aftermarket. Did my mk2 octavia for around £70 in parts using apec discs and pads. Its not a VRS so factor a bit more for larger discs. You could put your reg in https://www.partsinmotion.co.uk/ and see what price decent disks and pads are. Cant see it taking more than an hour or two labour to change them.

Alasdair

15 hours ago, RADIOTWO said:

Why take it to a garage ! Do it your self

Don't you have to tell the car that they've been replaced? Also you need to know what you're doing for a start.

I wouldn't have a clue what to do, so leave things alone! If you aren't trained to do it or know what you're doing leave it alone, otherwise you could either kill yourself or someone else as it's brakes or give yourself a bigger bill.

On 29/08/2026 at 11:08, TheWanderer said:

Don't you have to tell the car that they've been replaced? Also you need to know what you're doing for a start.

I wouldn't have a clue what to do, so leave things alone! If you aren't trained to do it or know what you're doing leave it alone, otherwise you could either kill yourself or someone else as it's brakes or give yourself a bigger bill.

No you don't have to tell the they have been replaced (the car will already know LOL) no joking apart doing the front pads/disks is poss one of the easiest jobs you can do, and as long as you use some common sense, and have every thing prepared, the job will take about 1 hr and no you won't die after fitting them, and these days there is Youtube that will show how to do it if you get stuck, thats the problem with people now, they just would pay over the odds for jobs

If you have a basic knowledge and are used to working on cars then fair enough have a go, but If you know nothing about mechanics especially brakes get someone else reliable to do it whether its a garage or a friend with experience. Have had a few friends that tried themselves and made an arse of it. The following I have had to sort for them.

Pads fitted but not behind the part of the carrier that secures them.

Pads fitted with outer pad as inner and vice versa

Slider pins not tightened enough and not lubricated

Discs not running true due to corrosion on stub axle

Air in system after caliper change (they didnt know how to bleed system properly and thought the brakes would bed in)

I could go on and on.

Worse one was a friend that got a so called mobile mechanic to do hers and he only put one bolt back in each caliper. She had to brake suddenly on motorway and bang no brakes and just managed to control car before hitting central reservation.

Alasdair

^^ exactly why I will never tinker with the brakes on my car. If I break something that stops it moving, fair enough; if I break something that stops me stopping - that's very bad news!