praetor

With just a tad over 400 miles on my FSport, I noticed a lot of brake dust collecting on my front rims. It's sort of blends in with the gun metal rims though. Anyhow, it's not a big deal to me as the brake dust blows right off with a wipe or air nozzle.

terrycs

I wash my car about once a week. It's bad enough where I have to rinse brake dust off my driveway after washing my car!

SW17LS

Easier to wash off sure, but it doesn't keep it from collecting.

larryinWA

Try not to use compressed air. That dust is nasty stuff for you to breathe.

Rexus300

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Barely any break dust on my GS350 F-Sport AWD with the forged 19 inch rims. Now with 15,000 miles. I do not need to clean the rims until after 3 weeks which is great.

ChuH

Brake dust issues is only on F-Sport RWD. F-Sport AWD uses the same brake pad and rotor as standard non F-Sport models.

JOELC

I have been in contact with every brake manufacturer from Bendix to EBC over the winter waiting for a ceramic low dust pad. It seems Centric, one of the largest oem brake manufacturers has one out. I have ordered it and received it. I will be putting them on the 2nd week of april and i will let you know if they fit and how it goes.

Just wanted to send a quick update for all those dying to get something on before this season. The dust completely scored my OEM wheels over the winter. No way I want another summer of bad dust with my summer wheels on.

Will keep you posted.

hypnotized

I have an IS250 that had some considerable brake dust issues. I have read about owners having the pads switched for free with less than 50,000 miles via factory warranty. I am not sure if that is true or not.

I switched to the Lexus OEM low dust pads I purchased from Sewell Lexus. The difference was night and day with dust. It went from cleaning wheels every few days to rarely any build up at all with my weekly normal car washes. I did not buy OEM rotors though. The pads with the club Lexus discount were a great deal. As I recall, the OEM low dust pads were less than the cost of Autozones best ceramic pads available. The OEM rotors were about $100 each so I cheaped out. I feel the OEM low dust pads and Autozone rotors I have definitely do not brake as firmly as the standard pads OEM pads and OEM rotor combination I previously had equipped. The combination lacks that firm grab sensation. I am not sure if the lack of grab is due to the Autozone rotors or the OEM low dust pads. This maybe only reflect my situation though. Let me know if you have any questions. Powder coated black wheels also help you ignore brake dust!

JOELC

SO AFTER TWO YEARS OF WAITING AND JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING THE FRONT AND REAR PADS FROM CENTRIC FIT PERFECTLY!! FINALLY A CERAMIC LOW DUST PAD FOR THE RWD GS350F SPORT!!

ONLY ISSUE IS YOU MUST REPLACE THE ROTORS WITH LEXUS OEM. I TRIED AFTERMARKET AND THEY DIDNT WORK. THE ROTORS ARE A TWO PIECE CONSTRUCTION. BETTER USE THEM TO BE SAFE.

PART # FOR THE PADS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

FRONT: CENTRIC 105.11180 POSI-QUIET CERAMIC

REAR: CENTRIC 105.13911 POSI-QUIET CERAMIC

GOT MINE ON EBAY FOR APPROX $30.00 A SET. AGAIN, THEY FIT REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHER BRAKE RETAIL COMPUTERS SAY. CENTRIC IS THE ONLY COMPANY THAT DID THE RESEARCH AND PUT THEM ON THE MARKET. OTHER COMPANIES HAVEN'T EVEN GOT OUT OF BED ON THIS ISSUE YET!! CENTRIC IS THE BOMB!!!

HAPPY DRIVING!!

ChuH

Just curious have you install it yet? Base on Centric website and part number you provided they listed the part for the standard RWD but exclude F-Sport.

http://centriccatalog.com/Inquiry/Ap...3&m=75&mm=5861

Chu...

JOELC

After almost 2 years of research and disgustingly dirty wheels, all the while waiting for a ceramic pad to fit lexus's "so called" new brake pad part number, turns out any pad that fits the 2011 is 350 or the gs 460 or even the gs350 will fit the 2013 rwd f-sport!!

for example:
Ebc red stuff part number dp 31589c d1118 will fit the fronts.
Bendix cq ceramics part number 1586 will fit the fronts.
Akebono proact ceramic part number act1118 will fit the fronts.

Etc etc. Etc

f**'n lexus man! It really bugs me why they would change a part number when the pad is the same part as in previous years!! This stupid logic cost us all a lot of headache and needless wait for a low dust pad.

Anyway, happy shopping.