MacroZed

I changed my pads to Akebonos front and rear at 340 miles. The brake dust on the OEM Textars are awful! I had brake dust covering the entire back end of the car...looked awful on Ultra White.

SSworks

Could you guys recommend a good set of replacement pads for my 14 is350 F sport. I too am getting sick of all the brake dust, however I don't want to go back to EBC Hawk or stoptech if these are even any of the top options.
I want something rotor friendly with no dust, with a bit of spirited driving with no real track time in the future.

Burrcold

Akebono Pads (ACT1118 or ASP1118 for the fronts and ACT1391 for the rears). ASP's will give you a bit more stopping power but most likely SLIGHTLY more dust vs the ACT's. I have ACT's in both front and back and they are great.

premier3IS

How are people legitimately getting 50k on pads on the fronts. I had to replace rotors and pads on the front at 13k and I'm starting to get concerned it wasnt my driving habits..... There isn't a TSB out for this is there??????

jkonquer

My guess is that some F sports models came with non-f sport pads . There is no way it could last longer than 50k on legitimate f sport pads.

I put about 4 miles per day with 4 stops going under 45mph on my 2014 IS350 F sport, I currently have 22k miles and changed the front pads at around 18k with about 2mm left on them. The rears look brand new. And I do drive like a grandpa as well. All of my other vehicle's, all various types, pads average about 60k and more.

So it is not the driving habits, it is the changes in the brake pads or other brake components.

arentz07

I am really starting to wonder whether I have the F Sport pads lol. I always just assumed they were due to how touchy they are compared to every other car I've driven, and how much brake dust they generate. Coming up on 22k miles now, and I have a roughly 8-mile commute with a few traffic lights - typically don't go over 45 MPH. I did have some bad brake squeal at about 17k, but got the rotors resurfaced.

Burrcold

If they produce a ton of brake dust, you definitely have the F-Sport pads.

EZZ

I only got 15k on mine. I've replaced them 3x already. I have the Akebono ASPs on hand for my next set though.

Burrcold

You will be so happy with the Akebono's, they are fantastic!

Flash5

Yup, the ASP's are great, I've had them on my G37S and now on my IS.

EZZ

I hope so I also have a pair of ACTs but decided I wanted ASPs in them. I guess I'll keep the ACTs in case I need them. They were super cheap at $50 anyway.

Burrcold

TOPENDMS

Changing Brake Pads might be easy, but you need to also resurface the rotors which is not (without specialty equipment).

premier3IS

I recently just put in the ACTS, also deciding myself to get the ASPs put in instead since the initial bite of the ACTs isn't like the F-Sport Pads.

tofuprod

I know the Akebono ACTs were mentioned above and these are F-Sport pad replacements, but can anyone confirm if this matters if the car is AWD or RWD? I am interested in purchased a set (F and R) on the F sport AWD (2015).
TIA.