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Just starting feeling the warp vibration again. This set of Raysbestos and stop tech pads is only 1500 miles old. This is my 5th set of rotors on this 08 IS-F. Car has 53k miles. This is getting pretty frustrating. I have reset pads, I've had lug torque checked and rechecked. I have had the hub looked at. I am out of ideas and running through $$$ like crazy. The dealer is useless other than offering to replace rotors for about $1500. This is a daily driver, highway almost exclusively. The vibration is very noticeable at 75mph, hard to feel stopping from 30mph (for now). What else is there to do? Happily taking suggestions. Thanks
suggestion........BUY OEM STUFF. It is designed for this car and for what its intended and is usually the best over the broadest spectrum ( nobody lives on the track ). I am one of the very few who hit s the track all the time with my F ( going this saturday again) and oem is excellent for the tracks I have hit. The lexus engineers know a thing or two... it works well.
I stopped modifying my car with the ISF because I wanted the engineers to do the work and not some company trying to market cheaper parts for a race car. You have to pay to play. Just my 2 cents.
suggestion........BUY OEM STUFF. It is designed for this car and for what its intended and is usually the best over the broadest spectrum ( nobody lives on the track ). I am one of the very few who hit s the track all the time with my F ( going this saturday again) and oem is excellent for the tracks I have hit. The lexus engineers know a thing or two... it works well.
I stopped modifying my car with the ISF because I wanted the engineers to do the work and not some company trying to market cheaper parts for a race car. You have to pay to play. Just my 2 cents.
The first 3 sets were OEM. None lasted more than 7k miles. At this pace on OEM, it costs about $5.00 a mile to drive this car. That is Ferrari-esk. Not Lexus.
7k on aset of rotors. LOL do you race downhill at a 45 degree angle . LOL damn dude thats ridiculous. I would have a tech look at your system . Something is wrong or you drive like a bat out of hell
Just changed front pads. Measured rotor thickness with caliper. The inner part read 28.1, middle 28.6, outer edge 28.3. Any issue with the uneven readings?
I use OEM rotors and Carbotech pads using extreme braking on a short track and I have never had a warped rotor ever in the 3 years of having my car. I've had cracked rotors for sure but never a wobble in my wheel because of warped rotors
Just changed front pads. Measured rotor thickness with caliper. The inner part read 28.1, middle 28.6, outer edge 28.3. Any issue with the uneven readings?
No, but those rotors are very near toast. 28.0 is minimum thickness, and the root (inner part) is the worst place to have a thin rotor.
Yeah probably time to get a new set. The Brembo branded ones is priced right except it's not coated like OEM or Raybestos. Raybestos just as good as OEM?
I changed out my OEM rotors at ~48K miles, and they were still over minimum thickness. If they hadn't started cracking so badly from track use, I could have easily gotten 50-55K out of them. I'm very gentle with my brakes on the street, but I punish them at the track!
I finally picked up a brand new oem set from eBay for $390. The seller was awesome, I can't believe they arrived the following day!
I have a great experience with the sellers and the rotors.
Originally Posted by mikersoft
I changed out my OEM rotors at ~48K miles, and they were still over minimum thickness. If they hadn't started cracking so badly from track use, I could have easily gotten 50-55K out of them. I'm very gentle with my brakes on the street, but I punish them at the track!
-Mike
I need to rty to strtch mine a bit. Baiscally after 2 sets of pads on track I just do a fresh set of rotors AND pads. They have told me I had some meat on my rotors left but I just play it safe and go with fresh pads and rotors
If you buy our 2-P replacement rotors, chances are you will never need to replace the rings if all you do is street driving. Here they are after about 8 hard track days.
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