r4z0r3ck

the 350 is worst than that. After a 50 mile commute it sometimes gets BLACK! around the corner of the spokes.

gsrthomas

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Mine were black at the corner of the spokes. The dust likes to collect on the corners more because the dust can't escape as easily around the corners. I just didnt take a picture of that.

There is no difference in brake dust btw IS250 and IS350's. The difference is in driving styles on how much dust you collect on the rims.

Evitzee

I can hear the BMW boys laughing and rolling around on the floor about the namby pamby Lexus owner's who are emotionally scarred about brake dust appearing on their wheels. C'mon, do IS owners want performance or not? Or do we trade off something as distinctive as braking performance for a possibly less efficient replacement in a supposedly PERFORMANCE CAR? And we wonder why Toyota doesn't want to offer things like manual transmissions and AWD in their higher performance platforms. Sheesh.

sirkfc

Not too many of the people screaming and demanding for new brake pads here even mention what other possible tradeoffs there are. There might not be much, but it's curious that nobody is even asking.

You know, I bet if you removed the front brakes, you'd get much less brake dust on the front wheels. There are still brakes on the rear wheels, so that'll be fine! Worked fine on my bicycle...

kilo6_one

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LOL............. yeah who needs front brakes. they are overated

gassman

So far I have not had this problem. After a day or 2 the dust is noticable, but not like everyone is reporting. Is this unusual to not have exess brake dust?

tt061880

I doubt they're laughing, they're just complaining about it as much as we do but it just sad that BMW doesn't do anything about it. My gf drives an E46 330CI and she cry about brake dust all the time. Her car's braking performance is nowhere near as good as the IS350 I have. Even after I use the TSB to change out the brake pads, I still get better braking performance than hers. For thsoe of us that drive a lot like myself(22k in 9 months), brake dust is a pain in the neck. You can count on washing your wheels amost every two days if you drive a lot, if you dont' the brake dust gonna stick to your wheels and destroy it and I don' have time to do that.

Pnuge88

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EVERYONE DO THIS SO WE CAN GET A TSB FOR OUR CARR!!

omgitsroy

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i know the 250 is bad but to tell you the truth... i have two friends that have the 250 ... and it really can't compare to how bad the brake dust is on the 350.... i've seen both cars many times.. it really doesn't compare...

yes your 250 brake dust is bad, but in comparison to the 350... it's not all that bad..you have to understand that for the 350 .. it actually turns really really dark gray .. close to blk...

TimboIS

You could say ANY car in Cali need the TSB then. Every car on the road there has the problem.

Dj Rando

Ok, I am in the dark here. I don't quite know what everyone is saying that there is an option with lexus to fix the dust on the 350? I know nothing about it. Please inform.

linh811

54 miles???

My roundtrip to work and back is less than 2 miles and thats how mine look after a clean wash then going to work and home... Admittedly there are about 10 stop signs and 3 lights in those 2 miles...

flyfl1pguy

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im calling them right now. . .
Phone: 1-800-255-3987

sirkfc

With the barrage of complaints Lexus is going to get about the brake dust, they are going to assume that they got the sport/luxury balance of the car wrong.

They are going to take these data points and figure out that even their youngest buyers of the IS250 only care about their car appearance and/or getting a free set of brake pads. With this data in hand, can you blame them if they assume that upping the HP on the IS250 will not be a priority? After all, these TSBs will have to be paid for somewhere. Whether its via R&D for an upgraded engine in the future, or price increases on IS's, the people complaining run the risk of Lexus further going away from sporty intentions for the IS car.

Just clean your wheels if you care that much or grow a pair!!! Stop being so prissy about your shiny wheels.

G35TOIS350

wont be much better with an EBC pad. will have red/clay colored dust instead of black.