I have 36.6K miles & have been told that I need to replace all brake pads; however, two weeks ago during safety & emissions inspection at a gas/service station, I was told I had a month or two of pad life left, last week when I had a tire/wheel re-balanced at NTB, I was told I need new pads, ASAP. Don't know if it was a case of up-selling by NTB or not, but how do you go from a few months of life to immediate need for replacement in one week? BTW, I'll try to get a 3rd opinion to confirm which assessment is accurate.

Neither place said anything about the rotors; however, I did go over my records from service performed by the dealer during warranty period & learned the two front rotors were machined in April 2009, because they were "warped/high spots" found on them.

When I do replace the brake pads (all around), should I replace the front rotors too or perhaps all four?

At this point, I got approx 36,500 miles on the orig brake pads before I was told pad replacement would soon be needed, the least amount of miles I've ever gotten on a set of brake pads, perhaps its the AWD impact, as I don't think I'm a hard braker & as you can see I don't put a lot of miles on a car annually, I am thinking about going with OEM pads (they have been quiet w/little brake dust). The dealer quoted $95/pair for pads & $199/pair for rotors. Is anyone selling '06 GS300 AWD OEM pads & rotors for less?

 

Had to replace front pads with rotors at 33,000. Sewell said do both at the same time...

 

How come you guys change pads after 30k miles? Most of the 3gs out here in the gulf change both front and rear pads after 10k Kms. I am not talking about 1 or 2 people, the entire community of a gulf forum out here claim that they regularly change every 10k kms. Do we get crappy pads over here?

 

THats funny....I had my brake wear out at about 35k and the dealership replaced them under warranty. They at 48k miles the front brakes were making a lot of noise and they replaced them under warranty as well. My service guy is the man. He can't be beat. He always takes great care of me and that why I keep going back

 

Thought I read that there some sort of audible pad alerts on these cars for pads that need to be changed...is that right?

 

Yeh, i noticed that the rear pads produce different sounds than the fronts.

 

I need to get some new pads for myself......

 

Those are actually pretty good prices from the dealer for those OEM parts.

 

I replaced original pads at 52k miles (could have gone another 5-10k miles) and did not replace the rotors because there was plenty of material left. If they are not warped and there is plenty of material left then why spend the money? Take a wheel off, measure with a micrometer and check against specifications.

I replaced my pads with Akebono Pro-Act ceramics from TireRack for $50 a set. They are as dustless and quiet as stock with the same stopping power. (ps. Akebono makes the pads for Toyota.). On the other hand, you can get good prices on lexus parts through online dealers as well.

steviej

 

I replaced my pads with hawk ceramics and found oem spec cross drilled and slotted rotors and did all four myself for under $500

 

replaced pads @ 23k and 45k.

Currently riding on Centric PosiQuiets. Screw OEM brakes. There is no advantage and twice the price.

 

I8ABMR,

You definitely got some serious "Bro Luv "from your dealer svc mgr to get free brake pads covered under warranty. Sadly my warranty just timed-out on Wed of last week.

 

damn are u serious ? I was quoted 65$ for front pads and 65$ for rear pads.. I got an employee discount and picked up all pads front and rear for 90$...That is kinda high in my opinion for oem pads... And this is in Miami, so you know they tax over here...

 

i was told there's 2 versions of pads made by lexus..... the guy told me next time i get serviced they should ask me.... quiet and dusty or loud and non-dusty *shrugs* its not time for me yet so i haven't spent time researching, i'm prolly gonna get something less dusty though, my rims take 25 minutes to clean completely =\

what supposedly makes our brakes squeak is the shims between the pads n the calipers

 

If it makes you feel any better , he did tell me I will need rear brakes at the next service.