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$1400 is probably not too bad for the work being proposed. As others have said, you may not need all of that.

Another thing to keep in mind, just because the pad wear light comes on, this doesn't mean you need to stop driving it. It's not like the oil pressure light...you would want to stop driving it if that comes on. There should still be plenty of pad material left for you to safely drive around, while you figure out what you want to do (don't try to do any DEs!). I just offer this up because sometimes shops will scare people into thinking that the car is unsafe to drive, "You must spend $1400 before this car is safe to roll out of our shop". Not true (assuming it is just the wear sensors?).

You could post some pics of your rotors here as well. There are a lot of folks who could probably help to point out if there are signs of excessive scoring or warpage. FWIW, I usually don't replace rotors every time I replace pads. For example, it is common to replace a set of front pads during the course of a DE weekend, but not rotors.

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