IS250_Okie

I just bought my 07 GX 470 on Monday went to Houston to pick it up. I am going from an IS 250 sooo needless to say I thought I was going to blow over lol it was quite scary...but I made it home at 75-80 mph. :)

2007 Blizzard Pearl w/Ivory Interior DVD, Tow, 20K, Rear Bucket seats, etc I have wanted this one for a long long time...FINALLY! YIPEEE!

Finally!!! We bought the GX 470 I have wanted for sooo long. My "new" GX is Blizzard Pearl with Ivory interior. We picked it up in Houston on Monday and I love it. I hate that I have to sell my IS but I need more room. The "soccer" Mom has run out of bag space :) lol

lol.... :)

That's crazy - whoever had the car must have driven it hard. I had the front brakes (and rotors) replaced for free at 27K with the TSB (they said the rotors had uneven wear so they threw them in). And I am still on the original tires at 43,000.

I drive 85% highway.

$1200 for tires? Did you price out alternatives to the OEM tires? I blew a tire on a pothole and needed a new one--Bridgestone Potenza RE092. The dealer was CHEAPER than all independent shops, and cheaper than Tire Rack when factoring shipping. It's a shame because there are better cheaper alternatives to those tires.

The OEM tires for the IS250 are waaaay too much tire for that car... you can do much cheaper with $150 tires that are still very performing for 99% of drivers...

You need to ask him for a list of what he is replacing and post that here. If it's for all 4 rotors, and pads, it still a bit high, and he's not passing any savings on to you. That would still equal full retail. Stock rotors are retail $240.00 a set. Aftermarket EBC's or Power Slots (which are better in my opinion.) are $185.00 for a set. Pads as Bartkat listed are around $50. So the way I see it, if you buy the parts yourself, your at $575-$600. Which, isn't that bad compared to all other cars. If you do some digging and bargain shopping you should be able to save some bucks there also.

But, I don't think you should have to replace the rotors at 35k miles. You should be able to have them turned and new pads installed for a couple hundred bucks at most. I don't know what condition your rotors and pads are in, so I can't say for sure. But if you haven't damaged them in anyway, you should be ok.

I appreciate all of your response and I will be checking around and asking him for a complete list tomorrow. I will re-post soon. Also I haven't damaged the rotors that I know of...not sure how I would with all normal wear and tear only. We just drive it as we would any normal car not using it for racing or anything special performance wise.....I

Have it done at a reputable independent shop. It should be cheaper. I can't imagine two discs and new pads will cost that much.

You could even order the parts from tirerack.com.

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