manny_fresh

Just received my w203 a few months ago and finally did my first mod

Added cross drilled rotors love how they look and the braking difference is incredible

Upcoming mods include
-flat hood emblem
-painted grill
-h&r lowering springs
-amg bumpers and side skirt with amg exhaust
-rims not sure which yet but am set on gettin 19"

let me know what you think of the brakes

hcalvarez

nice! great start!

W203E35

That looks sexy...a nice Big Brake Kit or Caliper Paint should finish it

Xhale707

Pictures with wheels on please

C300Sport

+1
The only question is what color for the calipers?

manny_fresh

im thinking of swapping the calipers (and rotors down the road is their not the same size) from the sports model

it is the caliper which is painted silver with mercedes benz written on it gives it a clean upgraded but still oem look

manny_fresh

and i will upload a pic with rims on asap but i have the 16" 6 spoke oems so not much shows

Xhale707

What brand rotors are those and where did you buy them.. I may get some for my front if the price is right.. Now that i ditched my gf =D so much more play money for my car

phoenix_iii

Why would there be a difference with the rotor change? Did you change pads too?

tommy

That was my thought as well.

Trapping of expelled gases on a street car is not a real issue.

I hope that you swapped out for ss lines and new fluid while you were doing the rotors/pads - that would give you a slightly better feel.

W203E35

To be honest I don't really know. Mine are currently white but it gets brake dust and looks like crap. I want to paint them a different color but don't know what color to do.

On a black car definitely red will look great, i've seen yellow and that looks great as well. I believe SoCalC55 had his yellow and it looked very good




If you are going to upgrade please do not buy the c230 sport brakes or the C32/C55 sport brakes (4 piston). You will not feel a huge difference, as a matter of fact anyone who upgraded their C230 Sport brakes to the C350/C32/C55 brakes didn't notice a difference at all.

If you are going to upgrade get 6 piston with 4 in the back, that's when you'll notice a difference.

just my 0.02


If performance is what you want but if you want for looks then C32/C55 should do.

manny_fresh

the brand that was written on the box for the rotors was magnum i got them with the pads off ebay for 280 and changes taxes in but the front pads were the wrong ones somehow so i had to buy those from napa for 80ish$ also the sensors they gave me were the wrong ones so i had to get those for 30$

the ebay store i got them from is G Force brakes you should be able to find their listings

LorinserCClass

Let me drop some old school w203 knowledge here...

If you do not take the car to the track or have a 350+HP w203 then there really is NO reason to buy bigger kits than the C32 Brake kit. Unless you just like showing off, doing car shows or just have money to burn. I had both the C32 kit and Full Front and Rear Brembo BBK's and honestly speaking I didn't notice any difference in performance because 1. I didn't track the car and 2. The car was slow as snails lol.

AdidasC230

I have no issues with the OEM 230 cross drilled brakes, and dual piston fronts on my car, and I track and auto x.

Xhale707

My c320 beat a wrx =D