hlippy4

Am I nuts..........i need brakes and rotors for a 96 LS400..........I called my local lexus dealer......they want MORE THAN $1500..........it seems in my humble opinion they are criminals..............

R1 concepts has rotors and pads for less than $200 on the bay with almost 20k positive feedback...........anybody use them? My mechanic will put them all on for a few bucks.

Also quick question......are the rotors with the drilled holes better than the standard..they cost about $30.00 more.

thanks
HJL

dfkd

Unless the road to work is a track with a hammerhead in it there's no real need for drilled rotors. They look cool but they are prone to cracking. Under normal driving conditions they really aren't necessary.

avalon42

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MadMax96

Thankfully you realize that $1500 is robbery. I was dreading to read "I just paid $1500 for brakes - did I get ripped off??" Heheh..

For $1500 you better be able to take them with you and put them on your next 2 cars!

lorenzo816

Do it your self.
With some basic metric tools and also some anti-seize, brakeklean, and some anti-vibration/anti-squeel goo, you can do the entire car's rotors and brakes in a few hours.

all for the cost of 2 sets of pads and four rotors.

should come to around $400 total.
screw $1500 unless you got that kind of time/money (cough cough ego cough)

eagle33

$1,500 at the stealer sounds right. If you put Toyota rotors and brakes = $500, front and rear brake antisquil kit (required when changing pads) = $100
$600 just parts and $120 per hour labor for one day of work. Just right. You can put cheap rotors and pads yourself = $400 but I would recomend OEM rotors and pads.

lorenzo816

Shop around.
I use OEM Lexus/Toyota Pads with Mountain Rotors from Japan.

(Drivewire had the rotors and I think I got pads from irontoad last time)

PureDrifter

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for the 95+ LS best oem-type rotor avail is the Brembo OEM replacement available from Tirerack.com.

for $68/each front its a damn good rotor

omarg

Can't beat that PD! Dealers (even toyota) charge way too much. Maybe to discourage people from keeping their car and buy a new one. What losers.

GSteg

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I hope this isn't the same dealer that wanted to charge me $12 per bottle of ATF

mobilyte

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you can reuse your existing shims, unless they are completely trashed. just clean them off and make sure you grease between the pad/inner shim and inner/outer shim.

i think book time for brake service is around 1 hour per axle. i dont know how that one forum member figured a whole day to replace rotors and pads on all four corners

CK6Speed

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I agree. If you want OE quality non drilled rotors Brembo blanks are a great choice. I don't really consider OEM rotors to be of that great quality anyway. They are good, but not $600 good. I've been using aftermarket rotors like Brembo/Bradi on everything from my NSX to Legend in drilled and slotted for years and they have never cracked or warped on me ever. I personally never resurface rotors and just get a new set when I need new pads since they are cheap. Brake pads usually last me about 40K-50K+ miles.

skperformance

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I never resurface either and i never track a car so they have never cracked on a drilled one.