mephistophelean

Just to say thank you to everyone on this.

I phoned Japex to book the callipers sorted and changed all the brakes and brake off at a local garage taking advantage of the ECP prices.

14 minutes ago, PCM said:

Get a quote from Japex in Kings Langley.

They will do a good, honest job - cheaper and as good.

Thanks PCM.  I just looked on their website and they appear to deal with the common calliper issues that John referred to above. I will call them on Monday to see if they can help.

2 minutes ago, Britprius said:

The pads come as an axle set so you only need one set at £50-99 for the front and one set for the rear at £57-99. The discs usually come as a pair (2). A pair for the front, and a pair for the rear.

The seized calipers is common on the Toyota Lexus range of cars, and this is not the seizure of the caliper piston, but the caliper pins which can usually be freed, and cleaned without replacement.

John  

Thanks John

Who could I take the car to advise me on whether they could do this? I assume some kind of Toyota/Lexus specialist? 

Apologies if this has been posted before. I tried searching and failed which is probably to do with my search skills.

I just had my wife’s Lexus IS250 back from Lexus Twickenham after they fixed the recall issue for free.

They identified that:

- front brake discs need replacing (lipped). Cost: £225.93

- front brake pads need replacing. Cost: £213.90

- rear brake pads need replacing. Cost: £189.90

- both rear callipers have seized. Cost: £708.95

Total cost is just under £1340 which seems quite steep.

I went onto eurocarparts and to find replacement parts (brembo brake pads and discs and Pagid callipers) costs:

My questions if someone can take the time to respond are:

1) If the rear callipers have seized wouldn’t I be able to tell when my wife or I drive the car? It doesn’t seem to brake any differently? 

2) how do I tell if my rear brakes are solid or vented (And apologies for this numpty question)? If it helps our Lexus is250 is a 2006 model

3) am I right in thinking the total cost from Lexus Twickenham seems quite steep? Would I be better off finding a “good” service garage near me to fit and order the parts of somewhere like Eurocarparts

4) Does anyone know of a “good” service garage in the Harrow, Pinner, Northwood, Watford area who could do the above work?

5) Are brembo and Pagid much of a muchness or is one better than the other?

Apologies for all the numpty questions. I have only realised by reading the forums now that we should have been greasing the rear callipers regularly. Hindsight is a wonderful thing...

I have bought a second hand IS250 and the alloys needs to be refurbished.

Any recommendations for who is good to do this vaguely near NW London and what estimated costs may be?