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Originally Posted by 3002 tii
I haven’t pulled the prices myself but if Bilstein B4 is an option, I would go with those as they’re generally priced below OEM. And for rotors, cheap generic blanks from ATE or Zimmerman are typically $250 for all 4 corners.
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If going all aftermarket:
Front strut: $150 x 2 = $300
Rear shocks: $120 x 2 = $240
Front rotors: $200 x 2 =$400
Rear rotors: $100 x 2 = $200
Pads: $75 x 2 = $150
Sensor: $12 ea x 2 = $24
About $1,300 for parts. Let's also assume that the shop doesn't go by book hours and quotes for a more aggressive timeline. Honestly, if I have the right tools I can probably do the whole front and rear suspension in 3 hours, and all the brakes in 1.5. I've seen shop hourly rates as low as $80. So optimistically, a friendly indie could potentially charge $400 total for labor, and $150 for 4 wheel alignment.
Total comes out to be about $1,850 US dollars, or about $2,400 Canadian. That's probably going to be the low-end of the estimate if you provide your own sourced parts. Either way, the parts are still a large bulk of the cost of repairs.
The front rotors on the Z4 sDrive 35i is a compound, 2 piece rotor with aluminum hats. They're not cheap. If OP want to save another hundred bucks or two, one CAN swap in E9X one piece iron rotors. They're much cheaper and technically FIT.