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Old 02-01-15, 01:03 PM
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Ok so I am coming up on 38,000 miles on my 2010 LS 460L. Back in August when I had the 35,000 mile service at Lexus of Omaha. The service folks said I was down to 5 or 6 mm on the front and 6 or 7 mm on the rears and they recommended having the brakes done in the next 5-10K miles. I am ok with that even though I would have no more than 45,000 miles on the car. The car spent it's first 3 and half years on lease in FL coming off lease with 17,xxx miles. I am guessing given that FL is fairly flat that the car did not spend much time coming down long 6 percent grades in the mountains smoking the rotors. The brakes feel fine although they may pull just a little to the right. So my question is do/ has most folks change out the OEM Rotors after the first brake pad change? I am guessing you would really need to smoke the brakes to warp them? Are the OEM Rotors that Lexus uses inferior in any way?

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Old 02-01-15, 01:08 PM
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I have machined rotors on 460 and 600 and had good luck getting them feel new again. I wouldn't change the rotors unless they are below specs.
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With the price of aftermarket rotors I changed mine out at the same time I changed my pads. A lot of members claim the oem rotors to be of low quality.
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Originally Posted by is150
With the price of aftermarket rotors I changed mine out at the same time I changed my pads. A lot of members claim the oem rotors to be of low quality.
Truly.

There is an overwhelming consensus that Lexus rotors are prone to warping as were mine. I replaced with aftermarket and haven't had an issue since. I think I paid 55 dollars for the pair with free shipping. For that price and virtually zero labo,r (since the calipers will be aside for pad replacement), it's a no-brainer. Alll the postings on Ebay I saw had a warranty against warping.
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