Or did I spend too much... :):mad::):confused:

So today I went to Midas to have my brakes checked. Turns out their diagnosis is that I needed new rotors and pads. They showed me where there were cracks on the rotors, identified by Midas as "heat cracks". Their recommendation was I needed to replace the rotors as they could all the way across the rotor at any time and catastrophic brake failure. The pads were down to 10%. When it was all said and done, we got new rotors and pads for $520.

Now I am fairly handy and have done a number of things to maintain my truck, although not the brakes.

Did I pay too much?
Did they treat me like a sucker, or was it just time for brakes?
What would have been the cost if I could have done it myself?
If I wanted to do it myself, where could I have found out how to do it? I don't think there's a TDR how-to on that.

I appreciate any comments!

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