shabang15

2016 IS 200t F Sport

My front brakes need replacing for the first time since I've bought the car brand new. My Lexus dealer is saying I need to replace my rotors ( I call bs) and they're saying that resurfacing isn't the same because Its the performance brakes. Have any of you been told this same thing before?

JNP1227

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Dealer told me the same thing. I had mine resurfaced once due to it the rotor still having a good amount of thickness left on it. Worked fine until now (5K later). Planning on replacing them shortly

shabang15

I go to school out of town so I called up my dealer back home to see if I was being ripped off because the dealer here at my school is known to upcharge and charge for extra stuff, turns out that my service adviser said the same thing. Better off replacing it then resurfacing. I ended up buying the same OEM parts online for $225 compared to the $400 something my dealer here was asking.

4TehNguyen

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i have cars with well over 100k miles on original rotors, if they arent under minimum thickness they dont need to be replaced

shabang15

I originally wanted to resurface the rotors but as one of the guys said earlier in the forum he had to eventually replace the rotors 5k miles or so later. Everyone I've talked to told me that it was better off to replace then resurface

JNP1227

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I would just replace them. I wish i had just spent the money and replaced them because now I am going back to pay them to work on them again.

KirkL

Darqhelmet

rL-gT

It's a Good Practice to replace Rotors and Pads at the same time

Do you necessarily have to? No. Should you? Yes

I just replaced the pads on my 2016 IS. My Rotors were in good shape (No lip and minimal rust) so I just let them be.

KYLexusMkr

What is the life expectancy of the front pads? I currently have an 17 IS300 and have noticed a squeal from my front brakes. Just turned 15k on it, just seems a bit premature I’m thinking, but not sure as to why it is doing this already. Any insights would be appreciated.

Lexus3GIST

I just had my two fronts replaced at 18,000 miles. I could hear them squeeking whenever I'd stop. I got the low-dust pads (cheaper, last longer) and stop almost just as good. You'll notice a difference though.
For labor+both parts it costed me $280 at a toyota dealership compared to $800 at the lexus dealership.

Jeff Lange

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I can typically get through 2 sets of pads before I need to replace the rotors.

Your mileage may vary, (I got about 20-24k miles out of each set of pads)

Jeff

KYLexusMkr

halowan

I had my front pads replaced around 35k then resurfaced the front rotors too. Now, I am in dire need of replacing both the rotors and pads for front and rear. The car is now 72k. The rear pads is actually fine for another 10-15k, but I might as well change it. I drive a 350.

1Louder

Related question: I have a 2016 200t F-Sport and I just replaced the pads yesterday (at 18K). Pads actually had life left but the brake dust was insufferable so I went with Akebono. However while making the swap I noticed the rotor has a small lip. Difficult to measure but maybe 1mm. Rest of the rotor surface is fine. So how much wear can you have before you replace? Is there an indicator? Noise maybe?