LFA #003 in for some brake work...
12-20-11, 02:59 PM
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Wow! Forged Performance and Roy are really driving the car the way it was meant to be.
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12-20-11, 04:52 PM
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Although the brake pad prices are beyond nuts, this post has provided a trivia answer I have been looking for, the shop rate for LFA service.
It looks like the shop rate is $116 per hour, which I would imagine to be the same as for any other Lexus (great to see).
I do not believe the comment on the estimate regarding refacing the rotors was correct.
It looks like the shop rate is $116 per hour, which I would imagine to be the same as for any other Lexus (great to see).
I do not believe the comment on the estimate regarding refacing the rotors was correct.
12-20-11, 05:43 PM
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Ya know, as much of a Leuxs nut that I am and I do LOVE and RESPECT the Lexus LFA.
This would be a major turn off and wouldn't purchase one just for money involved in upkeep.
Granted I'm poor and wouldn't know how to approach owning a car like this but seems to me that upkeep may be alittle over priced.
This would be a major turn off and wouldn't purchase one just for money involved in upkeep.
Granted I'm poor and wouldn't know how to approach owning a car like this but seems to me that upkeep may be alittle over priced.
12-20-11, 05:52 PM
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Ya know, as much of a Leuxs nut that I am and I do LOVE and RESPECT the Lexus LFA.
This would be a major turn off and wouldn't purchase one just for money involved in upkeep.
Granted I'm poor and wouldn't know how to approach owning a car like this but seems to me that upkeep may be alittle over priced.
This would be a major turn off and wouldn't purchase one just for money involved in upkeep.
Granted I'm poor and wouldn't know how to approach owning a car like this but seems to me that upkeep may be alittle over priced.
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12-20-11, 05:58 PM
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Ya know, as much of a Leuxs nut that I am and I do LOVE and RESPECT the Lexus LFA.
This would be a major turn off and wouldn't purchase one just for money involved in upkeep.
Granted I'm poor and wouldn't know how to approach owning a car like this but seems to me that upkeep may be alittle over priced.
This would be a major turn off and wouldn't purchase one just for money involved in upkeep.
Granted I'm poor and wouldn't know how to approach owning a car like this but seems to me that upkeep may be alittle over priced.
12-20-11, 06:03 PM
#13
Please keep in mind that the rotors are going to be $5 to 7.5K each.
They are supposed to last the life of the car (as told to me by Lexus folks when I was at the Homestead event in 2010).
I believe in the last year someone posted some LFA parts prices and I noted that they had the rotors at like $500 each (totally an error in the pricing system) and I recommended that someone looking to make a buck could order a set and keep them in a safe place until there was a market.
They are supposed to last the life of the car (as told to me by Lexus folks when I was at the Homestead event in 2010).
I believe in the last year someone posted some LFA parts prices and I noted that they had the rotors at like $500 each (totally an error in the pricing system) and I recommended that someone looking to make a buck could order a set and keep them in a safe place until there was a market.
12-20-11, 06:04 PM
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My next door neighbor (right next door) owns a GT2 with Carbon brakes. He replaces pads on his @ every 7K miles and the cost is @ $1600 for the parts/pads. He walks out under $2500 per pad change.
There is a way to resurface rotors also. The rotors are Carbon/Carbon + Fibers not carbon fiber like we're used to talking about.
Think Diamonds and you'll get the idea of how they process the carbon to make rotors.
12-20-11, 06:15 PM
#15
Im just a bit confused? How can you think a car that is 380k and have just about 16 qts of 0-50wt mobil synthetic be the normal $50.00 oil change or $150.00 regular service at your lexus dealership.. Really think somone with that capasity to own a car like that will run to their local wal-mart or autozone and buy some oil and perform the oil change themselves? c'mon now guys think before you type!! its not your run-of-the-mil $34,000 IS250 !!
I understand! Me too!
I didn't ever think that a brake pad change on an LFA would be as cheap as my common IS. Or even close. But you can buy a custom spec Carbon BBK from AP racing for 15K.
The Lexus version is IMO, over priced.
Rotor x2 = 14K
Pads x? = 7K
Caliper x2 =?
Really?