Rx 400 Park Brake Cable & Brake Parts

[billgatesisaconman]

Hi everyone, I put my 2005 Rx400 in for an m.o.t. last week and it failed on o/s park brake cable & shoe's, shoe's were cheap enough at £22 but Lexus wanted £95 for the cable,

I searched for a cheaper Uk alternative & as usual no one in the Uk wants to supply Rx400 parts ...

anyway I got one from Rockauto for £17.67 (£50.06 inc delivery) takes a couple of days but is about the only source I've found for Rx 400 parts without being fleeced by the main dealer,

Just a heads up if anyone is looking for brake parts on this site most are listed under Rx 400h 2007 not 2005 ...

[katabrontes]

Thanks for this source of parts. Very useful as they have both US and UK sites.

[ColinBarber]

Rock Auto are very good. Used them a few times in the past. I like the fact that you can pay for duty up-front so you don't have to pay a Royal Mail 'handling' fee.

[billgatesisaconman]

Shame theres nothing in the Uk that stocks parts as cheap as this .. the prices Lexus are charging are ridiculous ... i reckon that if I had a complete rear brake replacement done by them it would add up to about 3 grand .... lol ...

[ColinBarber]

it is a supply and demand thing, many more RXs sold in the US so parts are more readily available. Pads and discs are easy to source in the UK (Euro car parts etc) but after that and things get difficult.