Performance Package: $1,500
I know there is a price for performance, but the prices that Toyota charges for performance brake pads are kind of ridiculous, borderline extortionate. In case you didn’t know, there is an OEM performance package that some special GR86s come standard with, and customers can opt into their deal when purchasing their vehicle brand new.
The performance package includes Sachs dampers and a Brembo big brake kit and costs as much as $2,020 on the base trim and $1,500 on the premium trim. That sounds like a great deal until you run out of brake pads. Remember this number because it will come in handy later.
Performance Brake Pads: They Cost How Much?!
While the performance package is already a steal of a deal from Toyota, the money that it will take to sustain that performance is something else. In a video posted by JamiesGarage1 (@JamiesGarage1 on YouTube), he found out through a customer’s GR86 with the performance package that Toyota charges ridiculous prices for Brembo brake pads and rotors.
How much, you ask? Well, for the front pads alone, the suggested retail price is $1,481.44. For the front brake rotors, each Brembo unit costs $521.25; multiplying that by two, we get $1,042.50, bringing the total for the parts alone to $2,523.94. Adding the rear brakes into the mix, the rear pads are $1,380, and each rear brake rotor is at a mind-boggling $562.20 per piece.
If, for some reason, your GR86 needed all four corners to get a rotor and a pad replaced all at once, you’ll be set back a total of $5,028.34, which is more than triple the price of the performance package from the configurator, and that doesn’t even include tax and labor costs. JamiesGarage mentioned those prices are retail, and shops can get these parts at a discount, but we’re still looking at a total close to $4,000. Like I said, ridiculous.
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Online Pricing and Overpricing
After watching the video, we decided to check online prices for the pads. It’s important to note that non-Brembo models will cost about a hundred dollars for either the front or the rear; however, the Brembo sets will still set you back about $992.16 for the front and $924.09 for the rear, as seen on Toyota Parts Deal. That’s more “reasonable,” but it also goes to show just how much of a steal the Toyota GR86’s performance package really is.
JamiesGarage even went on to recount his experiences in a Mercedes dealership when it came time to replace a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren’s brakes. The total bill was estimated to be around $40,000, but that’s a car that costs over $500,000. That car’s brakes cost just as much as a whole GR86, and customers will be paying around 14% of its retail value to maintain the brakes.
On that note, it’s also important to know that Toyota doesn’t use high-end calipers either; instead, they’re four-piston fixed calipers paired with a 12.8-inch rotor in the front and painted red, while the rear is given two-piston calipers paired with a 12.4-inch rotor. No carbon ceramics to speak of here, just a normal Brembo system that’s similar to the old Subaru WRX STI or BRZ’s setup.
Alternatively, you can get aftermarket pads and rotors. A trip to the GR86.org forum and you’ll find that some owners have already hunted down some alternatives and given their recommendations. Though keep in mind that your vehicle’s warranty might be called into question.
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