Wow...I just got the shock of my life lol...went to price front brakes for my lexus and liked to have passed out..just pads are around 400.00 at lexus what pads are you guys using that are just as good as factory but with a decent price....thanks Elton

 

Lol welcome to the Lexus world. Some use Project Mu and hawk hps.

 

There's plenty of open threads that discuss this subject. You can get a bargain deal from eBay on the textar pads. SpeedFreaks offer a really good deal on the project mu HC-800, but that's $40 shy from what the dealership quoted you on the oem ones. The dealership would also recommend you to replace both, rotors and pads for optimum performance. If not you can just measure your rotors and if there within specs, just replace the pads. Again, existing threads go further in depth. As a matter of fact, I recall a member who actually started a thread comparing most of the pads available for our cars.

 

I actually just seen the Textar pads on eBay for hell of a deal this morning.

 

Wow....really what is ballpark price and would the hawk pads be a choice

 

Textar is a great choice!

 

With that being said will the textar pads wear out the stock rotors quicker than stock pads...and I'm not going to talk about brake dust...lol

 

rotors on ebay (brembo) $253. Ebay oem pads $290. BOOM You can do non oem and save more. Stop Tech, Project Mu, and many track options.

 

+1, you can get the rotors for $400ish too, Brembo OEM.

eBay FTW.

 

Thanks man I just want quality pads with non problems I've heard horror stories about using aftermarket pads on these cars and I don't want any problems got to get it right on the first time around thanks again

 

Not that I've and others have noticed. Dusting is the same as oem. I couldn't tell the difference in feel compared to OEM.

 

Many, Many threads on this subject. Start Here:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...rake-pads.html

And

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ke-rotors.html

And you may want to contact site sponsor Speed Freaks:

http://speedfreaksusa.com/c-642080-f...exus-is-f.html

The above are just starting points.

You have many choices in pads and rotors. stock, street, dual purpose, track.

Lou

 

I'm on my fourth or fifth set of pads / rotors.

Had oem for 3 times. Then tried the textar. Now on to winmax W2.

Cannot yet comment on the W2 because I just put them on new rotors. They were squeeling like crazy before since I had textar old rotors.

I was not happy with textar ones.

 

Thanks that's what I wanted to know....good information about textar...I just don't want to make a big mistake looks like I will have to buy oem pads300.00-400.00 I'm going to check around on Monday to see what else is out there...Thanks guys

 

Project MU HC-800 got them for $380 front and rear! Just installed the fronts as they were pretty worn out.