My daughter drives a lexus 200h something hybrid.
she took it to jiffylube for an oil change and they tried to talk her into a $350 brake job. They said her car would be unsafe to drive if she didn't get the brakes repaired in the next two weeks.
I warned her about the evils of JF and inspected her brakes. The front pads have close to a year left. The rotors had plenty of thickness left.
So I told her it wasn't urgent but I'll fix her brakes for her one of these weekends.
I went online and found incredible deals,
on LEXUS parts. I was surprised. I figured anything for a lexus was gonna be cubic dollars.
Two OEM quality rotors, OEM pads, all new clips/hardware, brake cleaner and brake fluid all for $59 with free shipping.
no way.
I've always been mr. skeptical so I was looking for the catch.
I checked out the parts, they look legit.
So why the deal?
Turns out that lexus shares lots and lots of parts with the prius, including the brakes.
The brakes on the prius were unchanged for many years and there are a gozillion of em on the road.
All that makes the brake parts cheap.
Reminds me buying parts for a chebby small block.
I checked youtube to make sure there weren't any tricks or special tools required, it's easy and simple. Don't even have to mess with the wheel bearings as the rotors fit over the hub.
Replacing the front rotors and pad should take all of about 20 minutes if I stop to rest in the middle of it.
too easy and good so far, something has to go wrong.
