RE: Cost of refitting brakes in place of UFO brakes

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

I've had that thought too and somebody at a dealership was actually
going to check out a V8 he'd heard about that'd been trashed just
recently. He didn't know if it'd been converted, though.

I'll start looking for 200 non-q's now :-)
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com, redmond, wa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626
  O-


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>From: 	Tom Forhan[SMTP:TFORHAN@hr.house.gov]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, March 05, 1996 7:31 AM
>To: 	quattro-owner@COIMBRA.ANS.NET; quattro@COIMBRA.ANS.NET
>Subject: 	Re: Cost of refitting brakes in place of UFO brakes
>
>     The (relatively) low labor cost has me wondering if you UFO
>     folks ought to be searching the nations junkyards for 200s.
>     What could they want for the whole front end...$500?
>
>     At least until the word gets out how much money you would be
>     saving ;-).
>
>     Tom F.
>     90 200 TQW IA Stage I
>     90 Syncro Westie
>
>
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>Subject: Cost of refitting brakes in place of UFO brakes
>Author:  QUATTROOWNER (INTERNET.QUATTROO) at HR
>Date:    3/4/96 7:28 PM
>
>Peter Said:
>
>I just talked to my local dealership (Barrier in Bellevue, WA) about
>retrofitting my 91 200qw, which has the UFO brakes, with regular 200
>sedan front brakes. Here's the break-out:
>
>        Parts:  $4100.-
>        Labour:  $469.-
>        Alignment:       $129.95
>        --------------------
>        Total:  $4898.95
>
>Yikes.
>