MLPTK

Looking for a recommendation on replacement brake pads and rotors. I just want to replace with OEM compatible equipment nothing fancy. Lot's of different suppliers and price points. How do I choose? Will be doing the work myself but need to know more about how the shims fit in.

Thanks in advance

SteadyEddy

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I have a couple of questions for you to ponder. Why are YOU changing them? Are you out of warranty? If not, let them do it. If you are, then why not upgrade a little, maybe drilled or slotted or both, with the pads to match. I had mine done cause when you stepped on the brakes the pedal throbbed, so they redid the rotors and put on new pads. Just a thought.

SickES350

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cant machine drilled/slotted rotors. slotted eats up the pads quickly.. and drilled are prone to cracking. try R1 concept rotors. and posi quiet cermanic brake pads. i have them on my car and they function fine.

MadMax96

So brakes are covered under some sort of warranty? I thought it was considered a wear item and not covered (like tires, bulbs, wiper blades).

If you can turn a wrench a brake job is pretty simple - because dealers charge so much for this job I think some people think it's super complex.

I'm actually looking forward to doing the brakes on this car when it comes time. The brakes on my '99 LS w/ the 4 piston calipers and brake pad wear sensors were a little more of a pain than the typical job.

To the OP - I normally would say to go w/ the OEM Toyota parts and not the junky crap from AutoZone, but I've read that the Toyota rotors are prone to warping also. I think a good place to start would be what TireRack carries.

Good luck.....

MLPTK

Car is out of warrenty by about 8K miles. I've saved a lot of money and done brake jobs on Volvos and Audis for years so I don't think Lexus will be much different. Albeit at the expense of some scrapped knuckles etc.

racingt

My front rotors warped at 11K miles and had them serviced at 15k miles, the dealer turned the front rotors and replaced the pads at all four corners under warranty. At 25k now with no return of warped rotors yet....These brakes are sooooo weak!

SickES350

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agreed.. brakes are pretty weak... =/ i had no luck finding some performance ceramic pads for this car...

garsarno

Just had the fronts done last month / rotors, pads and shims. All OEM Toyota parts as local auto parts suppliers did not have after market parts in stock. Have about 2,000 miles on them (replaced at 38,000 miles or so) / no problems.

alckc

does anyone have the oem part number for the front brakes pads.