Best Place To Buy Oem Brake Pads...besides Dealer.

[allenshelley]

I've seen several on-line sources, but I don't know what kind came on the car. Some say Ceramic, some say other things. I really don't want to spend the BIG bucks at the dealer just to get OEM pads...any ideas?

[dgorrie]

I understand they are ceramic at the dealer, and some replacements I got recently at O'Reilly (Wahner ThermoQuiets) are ceramic as well. You can get non-ceramics, I believe, but I don't see much advantage.

I put ThermoQuiets on the front of my '99 RX300 a few hundred miles ago -- no problems so far with noise. Plus, the ThermoQuiets don't require that you use all the old anti-noise plates, as anti-noise functionality is built-in.

I did start to put the remaining ThermoQuiets on the rear, but had a fitment problem. I think the caliper was stuck somehow, but have to readdress it to be sure.

If you want factory pads shipped to you, try http://newlexusparts.com (no "www"). Pretty good pricing for a dealership.

[allenshelley]

Thanks very much...I'll give "newlexusparts" a try. This is the first brake pad change on the car since new (I got 44K miles out of them), and they have been great, so I'd like to use the same pads.

[lexus_romeo]

Hi, I just paid for new pads from dealer. Had 20% left on front, which was replaced; have 35% left on back - which I'm leaving alone for now. 62k out of them! Bought RX300 AWD new from dealer...

[Lisalew]

What's the price difference in the ceramic and the other pads if done at the dealer? It's about that time for mine.

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