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they fixed the miles but with that price increased.

Question: The squeak tab, can that damage discs or is it made from soft material ?

See attached OE Lexus

See attached. PAGID

It's waiting for ignorance. I saw a lexus and that's what made me join this forum. It's still on auto trader for grabs. Now this lexus, does not have any service record. I inquired and found this on phone. Their reasoning was lexus does not stamp anymore. Which you guys told me it isn't true. I still went there to see it and then it had stamps from some garage. Stamps were fresh and same pen and writing was used every year. I asked and the guy said yea it has service history! Well... I told he straight to his face he is lying and this is fresh stamp. Then I saw the car.... horrible. I even posted video here. And he is still selling it, a car dealer...

Good tip with the fitment ! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231718528302?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

gdh300 It's more like someone stops me from buying it. You are right. Madasahatter Not a fan of non genuine part. thanks for sharing. Craksta Mmmm kebab

caiu ce faci adi. Fortafermous. I would like to know if it adjust boot as chipping alone won't do much I think.

I can see on ebay oem lexus sport pedals. 70 pounds + shipping + customs so maybe about 100. Question is should I buy it. Will it be worth it. will it make me happy.... or will it make me think if I spend on things that I don't really want and should be saving.

Ahmed bai, I had to read your post a couple of times to make sense of it. :p

on a different topic I used this dvla website and saw a car with not certificate showing 20,000 miles less than the previous mot. How easy is it to reverse the meter ?

Would be good if we can compile all this John and make it sticky. This will bite again, at least me.

Can't recall much now but I bought the kit from brake parts.Co .UK http://brakeparts.co.uk/#!/shop/LEXUS/IS250/05-12/IS250%20GSE20%202.5%20PETROL/Rear%20-%20Brake%20Calipers%20and%20Wheel%20cylinders/BCK4535 The rubber boot I wanted to replace, they sent a non identical part. I sent them a picture of the original and they sent me a wrong a second time. I gave up and used to original one that had seen wd40 for days. I wasn't too chuffed about the rest of the kit as well. the only thing I used was the caliper dust cover as I had damaged the original one.

when it makes the sound pour some water on the belt and see if that reduces or fixes it. It's the belt then.

Notice the rubber boot went out of place and how excess grease made its way out. if grease can come out then water can go in.

Ishaq bai Those are refurbished calipers. you will get the same stuff you have on your car now. They will seize again. Like John said, getting them greased is the only way. I will check mine soon as I wish to see if ceratec grease I used from ECP made anything better and because I need to change the pads. Been maybe 5 months when I rebuilt the caliper. But the design is pish poor. The rubber boot is just sitting there without any lip anywhere to hold it in place and help seal. That's just basics and I bet a plumber can come up with a better design.

Ishaq jan My view is the design is just wrong. the water can seep through the rubber covers. Unless it's after market with a new design or OE original but with updates, the one I saw on 2009 and spent hours Un sizing, I know it will happen again. I think ECP doesn't have non OE calipers. Or do they?

The other thing that is bugging me is OE vs Bermbo vs PAIGD (German) vs Eicher( Euro car part and made in Scotland? ) vs Textar. Now OE is 47ish and all the other are near half the price or cheaper at least. I don't want to feel getting ripped off so question is, Is Lexus OE 0446622190 better than any of the others? I tend to use original service parts and fit with my hands when I can as I appreciate quality. I know engineering companies tend to buy off the shelf stuff then test them then make their own proc spec and ask the manufacturer to produce them with their part number. Sometimes there are a few changes they make during the process and feedback from the field (car service in this instance). But sometimes the off the shelf is just perfect and the engineering company approves it as is. Not sure if I am delivering my view point...

Thinking about the valved system, it isn't that hard for a shop to make it. Just an example will be, get one of those vaccum or electronic egr valves. have stock exhaust but add bypass exhaust pipe to it. when throttle opens full (high rpm) egr valve opens and uses the bypass pipe which will bypass all the baffles and catalytic converters. So no noise at low. is this something ISF has or does it do this at engine level ?

I am not after performance at the moment. I often hear people saying high octane transformed the car. so I wanted to experience that. ... I am now hoping I get better mpg. I didn't check the last one (wrote numbers down but didn't calculate ). But the one before that was 23.4mpg. I haven't chipped is250, sorry. I have chipped land cruiser's. And the chipping unit was called steinbauer. paid 1000 pounds so or for two ecu modules. I had tried the following on one of a car I used to own during teen years: these didn't seem to make difference Bigger battery Performance spark plugs, cables and ignition coil Intake these made slight difference but could been placebo headers exhaust Head shave for increased compression Bore increase for slightly bigger pistons fuel increase (started to Make black smoke but no power increase) This made difference : Supercharger Electronic fuel injection upgrade and dual stage fuel pump intercooler I stopped after that.

It would be nice if it growls only when you want it to growl. like at high rpms. At low it should be a lexus... Is that possible ?

So I have to go through a few refills ? Maybe engine ecu changes settings ? I have never used additives. Had been using 95 octane from tesco. I am very stringent when it comes to performance. I have spent money on performance chips in the past and all lost. The only mod that made a difference I noticed was when I put a supercharger in some cheap car.

I filled in 99 momentum but didn't notice any difference in engine sound or response. Thought I will share this. I will see if I get better mpg.

Once I gave someone a lift and he asked if the car is a hybrid because it's too quiet.... Growl vs super quiet.... Hard to decide. Because I have seen too many subaru, golf and hondas with f@t cans that it just ruined it for me. If there isn't a v8 no point in making it sound like one... it's just me now getting old.

thanks John, Ishaq jan. Yes they don't come with shims. lexus eBay quoted 26.04 for the rear shims. I will be reusing it depending on if they are not damaged. Going with original brake pads. I will do them later this year or next but wanted to gather everything I need.