02 / Brakes & Suspension

Mobile Brake Repair,
Done In Your Driveway

Squealing, pulsing, or a pedal that goes soft. Ceramic pads and proper rotors fitted where your car is parked — front pads from $189, in about ninety minutes.

Book an Appointment Call (773) 397-0433
— Know What You Need

Pads, rotors,
or someone
selling you both.

Brakes are the single easiest job in the trade to overcharge for, because almost nobody looks at the parts that come off. A pad set is inexpensive; the margin lives in adding rotors, calipers and a fluid flush to every ticket regardless of what the car actually needs.

Here's the honest version. Pads wear out and get replaced — that's normal, roughly every 30,000 to 60,000 miles. Rotors only need replacing when they're below minimum thickness, badly scored, or warped enough to pulse the pedal. Plenty of cars go through two sets of pads on one set of rotors, and we'll tell you when yours is one of them.

Every worn part we remove gets photographed with a measurement beside it before it goes in the bin. If we say your rotors are at 22.1mm against a 23mm minimum, you'll see the caliper gauge reading. That's the whole difference between a mechanic and a salesman.

$189
Front pads, all in
$120
Labour only, you supply
12mo
Labour warranty · 6mo parts
100%
Old parts photographed
— What Happens

Ninety minutes, per axle.

01
Inspect & Measure
Wheels off, pad thickness and rotor runout measured with a gauge, not a glance. You see the numbers before we start.
02
Confirm the Job
If your rotors are fine, we say so and the price drops. If a caliper is seized, you get a photo and a decision — never a surprise on the invoice.
03
Strip & Clean
Caliper off, slide pins cleaned and re-greased, hub face wire-brushed flat. Skipping this step is why cheap brake jobs judder.
04
Fit & Torque
Ceramic pads and new hardware, every bolt torqued to the manufacturer's figure with a calibrated wrench. Wheel nuts too.
05
Bed In & Test
We bed the pads on a short drive, check the pedal, and recheck the torque. You get the old parts shown to you before they leave.
— What We Fit

Quiet, honest stopping power.

Pads
Akebono · Bosch QuietCast
Ceramic as standard. They're quieter, kinder to your rotors and cleaner on the wheels than the semi-metallics most shops default to.
Rotors
Brembo · Centric Premium
Coated to resist the salt Illinois roads throw at them all winter. Blank rotors for daily cars, drilled or slotted only if you actually want them.
Hardware
New clips & shims, every time
Abutment clips and shims are a few dollars and they're the reason brakes squeal. Reusing them is how corners get cut. We don't.
Fluid
ATE · Bosch DOT 4
Brake fluid absorbs water and boils. If yours tests above 3% moisture we'll tell you, and a flush is $119 whenever you want it done.
— Pricing

Brakes & Suspension, priced upfront.

Two figures on every job: the full price with parts, and the labour-only price if you supply the parts yourself. Both are starting prices — the labour figure covers the time a typical job takes, so if your vehicle makes it run longer it rises to match. Confirmed exactly before any work begins.

Front Brake PadsPopular

Ceramic pads, hardware kit, caliper slides cleaned and greased.

1h 30m on site
$189from
$120from
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Rear Brake Pads

Ceramic pads and hardware for the rear axle, e-brake adjusted.

1h 30m on site
$179from
$115from
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Front Pads + RotorsPopular

New rotors and ceramic pads on the front axle. The proper fix for pulsing brakes.

2h on site
$359from
$180from
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Rear Pads + Rotors

New rotors and ceramic pads on the rear axle, hardware included.

2h on site
$339from
$170from
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Brake Fluid Flush

All four corners bled until clean, fresh DOT-spec fluid, firm pedal restored.

1h on site
$119from
$95from
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Caliper Replacement (each)

Seized or leaking caliper replaced and the circuit bled.

1h 30m on site
$229from
$120from
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Front Struts (pair)

Loaded strut assemblies fitted as a pair. Alignment recommended after.

3h on site
$449from
$220from
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Sway Bar Links (pair)

The usual cure for clunking over bumps. Fitted per axle.

1h on site
$159from
$110from
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Both columns are starting prices. Parts cost what your vehicle needs and awkward jobs take longer, so full-size trucks, vans, European models and performance parts usually land above these figures on both counts. We price your exact vehicle and get your approval before we begin. Prefer to source the parts yourself? That is fine — you pay the labour column only, and our labour warranty still applies.

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— FAQ

Common questions.

The usual signs are a high-pitched squeal at low speed (the wear indicator doing its job), a grinding noise (pads gone, now damaging the rotor), a pedal that pulses under braking (warped rotors), or a pedal that sinks slowly (fluid or a master cylinder issue). Any grinding means stop driving it and book today.
Yes — brake work is jack-and-stand work, not lift work. We need a reasonably flat, hard surface with about six feet of clear space beside the car. A level driveway, garage or car park space is perfect. Soft asphalt on a hot day or a steep slope are the two situations we'd ask you to move for.
Only if they measure below minimum thickness, are deeply scored, or have enough runout to pulse the pedal. We measure and show you before deciding. On a lot of cars the first pad change is pads only — and if that's your car, you pay $189 rather than $359.
Around 90 minutes for pads on one axle, or two hours for pads and rotors. Both axles together take about three hours. We book a two-hour arrival window and the work runs from there, so a morning slot is usually done well before lunch.
For a daily driver, yes. Ceramics run quieter, produce far less of the black dust that coats alloy wheels, and are gentler on rotors. Semi-metallics bite harder when hot, which matters if you tow or track the car — tell us and we'll fit those instead at the same price.
Yes, including F-150s, Silverados, Transits and Sprinters. Larger vehicles carry heavier rotors and a bit more labour, so expect roughly 20 to 30 percent above the car prices — confirmed exactly before we start rather than added at the end.
Yes. Every job on this page lists the labour-only figure beside the full price, so front pads become $120 and front pads with rotors become $180. Order what you like, mention it in the booking notes, and we bring the tools rather than the parts. Our labour stays under a 12-month warranty; the 6-month parts warranty only covers parts we supplied.
Because both halves move with the vehicle. Ceramic pads for a Corolla and pads for a Cayenne are wildly different money, and a seized caliper bolt or an electronic parking brake adds labour on top. The figures here are the common case. We look up your exact year, make and model, quote the real number, and get your approval before a wheel comes off.
— Hearing a squeal?

Don't wait for the grind

Front pads from $189, fitted at your address. Same-week slots.

Book an Appointment Call (773) 397-0433