dubsta1

Lie down until the urge to replace your brake pads prematurely passes. The wear sensors on the front and rear brake pads won't trigger a warning on your trip computer until pad thickness is well under 3 mm. Start thinking about replacing brake pads when the pad thickness falls below 3 mm or wait for the warning message. Waiting for the warning message may mean having to replace a wear sensor -- they don't cost all that much. The wear sensor on my 00 LS400 front pads didn't trigger a trip computer warning message until over 71,000 miles. Rear brake pads last far longer than front pads. I had the rear pads replaced for the first time on my 00 LS400 recently during the 120,000 mile service and they could have gone longer. I had them replaced since I doubted that they would last until the 150K service and didn't want to make an extra trip just to get the pads replaced and the rotors turned. There are plenty of threads on this forum and opinions vary. Having done it both ways, I would never replace pads without resurfacing the rotors. You probably spent a lot of $$$ for your 06 LS430 -- why skimp when doing a brake job since it's needed so rarely. http://clublexus.com/forums/ls430/271372-replacing-brake-pads-on-my-ls430-was-cake.html instructions to replace http://www.sewellpartsonline.com/ order brakes here

Lie down until the urge to replace your brake pads prematurely passes. The wear sensors on the front and rear brake pads won't trigger a warning on your trip computer until pad thickness is well under 3 mm. Start thinking about replacing brake pads when the pad thickness falls below 3 mm or wait for the warning message. Waiting for the warning message may mean having to replace a wear sensor -- they don't cost all that much. The wear sensor on my 00 LS400 front pads didn't trigger a trip computer warning message until over 71,000 miles. Rear brake pads last far longer than front pads. I had the rear pads replaced for the first time on my 00 LS400 recently during the 120,000 mile service and they could have gone longer. I had them replaced since I doubted that they would last until the 150K service and didn't want to make an extra trip just to get the pads replaced and the rotors turned. There are plenty of threads on this forum and opinions vary. Having done it both ways, I would never replace pads without resurfacing the rotors. You probably spent a lot of $$$ for your 06 LS430 -- why skimp when doing a brake job since it's needed so rarely.