Mort

Passenger side outboard pads front and rear.

intence

perfect thanks!

tfthach13

Just purchased some Porterfield R4-S for my rears. With this DIY, the installation was quite simple...I had a few friends help out since it was my first time changing pads, and they've done it before. Took about two hours, but we were taking our time. It should take about an hour next time.

The Porterfields feel good, but I haven't pushed them hard yet. However, the initial bite from the oem pads isn't quite there. It feels like I have to push a little bit farther on the brake pedal with the Porterfields before you feel the car braking. But once they do, it stops.

Hopefully, these will last me a while since I mainly do highway/street driving; never on a track.

MikeHoncho3

Great DIY. Looks pretty simple to do. I'll probably have to be doing this soon so glad I stumbled across this.

tdk930s

+1

jsumida

I'm looking into Akebono's or Ebc Red's but the pads I see don't have the eyelets for the pins to slide through, am I looking at the right pads? they all say compatible for a 2009 c63. Is there something that I'm missing?

snowmuch

Do you have the part number for the pads?

QWKSNKE

Out of curosity, are folks in this thread not removing their rotors to get machined when replacing pads?

skytow

....or measuring for Min Thickness of the rotors to make sure they are still in spec?

ToXicXxX

Personally, I'd use a centre punch to knock the pins out and ceramic anti-squeal instead of that copper stuff (which you DO NOT want on your hands). That's how I do it on customer cars.

But, good writeup!

bhamg

Yup...an (ideally 12") 5/32 punch is a must have tool...use it to center the farthest pad when reinstalling the pin. In between, use the handle side to depress a piston and keep it there.

AMG893

this should be a sticky.

great writeup.

ToXicXxX

Every man should have a set of Mac punches So useful.

L8brker

Very nice track set up . Can I see some pics of your car with ccw's , I've never seen anybody with a set up that wide before!

screw991le

Sub'd

Wobble64

I just replaced my front pads today. Amazingly simple - about 30 min for both sides (507 with performance package). I got stock pads for about 210$ online. I even splurged and picked up a new wear indicator from the dealership on the way home from work today - 15$.


Pedal feel improved right away, I felt it immediately.


No reason whatsoever to have this done by a mechanic. Between buying parts online at wholesale and doing the work myself, I just saved 200$ in 30 min....


:-)

aussie e55

hi
do you have part number for akebono pads there agent in australia claims they do not have pads fo C63 sedan. i have used akebono pads on my prev. amg cars & very happy with them thanks

D3-AMG

In my experience, measuring the min thickness is important so you know if it is time to replace them. But machining the rotors doesn't typically need to be done, it takes away more heat sink material (leading to more chance of warping), has to be smoothed out by the new pads, and in the case of our cross-drilled and slotted rotors is a huge pain for the shop to do correctly. On my RX-7 (my C63 is too new to me to state anything about it directly) I prefer to run the rotors through 2 sets of pads including track days and then replace them as consumable items.

Wobble64

Performance package rotors are 36 mm thick new and need to be replaced when found to be below 34 mm during a service, but no later than at 33.4 mm.

ENV˛

I will be doing this the weekend after this one. On the fence between ordering Porterfield pads or OEM. I hate the amount of dust from OEM but I heard Porterfield lose initial bite. Endless MX are too expensive for only going to one or two HPDE events.

AMG3.2

It's always a toss up with these things. The Endless are expensive, but I just didn't want dust nor could I live with less feel, bite etc. You can get some good deals emailing vendors though. My buddy owns a shop called Speedfreaks and I'm sure if you emailed them, he could hook you up. No promises though, but could be worth a shot.

I've never used Porterfield so can't advise you on the initial bite loss.

BLKROKT

Porterfield are just fine on the street. You won't notice any difference. And they won't eat your rotors.

AMG3.2

Rokt, in all honestly, do they lose any feel compared to OE pads? I'm sure all pads we can buy are totally acceptable on the street.

I'm just always curious on the difference in characteristics with brakes, tires, etc.

Thanks.

BLKROKT

I didn't feel any difference whatsoever. Less dust and equal feel for all intents and purposes. They suck on track though.

QWKSNKE

I ended buying the front kit from FCPEuro. Came in today and is one of my chores for next week while I am off