vic viper

With 20s the stock sport brakes tend to look pretty tiny, the next step in size looks a lot better.


Ordered a set of calipers, rotors and pads and painted the calipers gloss silver ( Iridium 775)
Bought black Benz decals and fitted them before the clear was applied.
Looks much better painted and dirt will not stick as easy.


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After:

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angeloxnet

sweet, i want to do this now.
thx for keeping my wallet empty Vic Viper.

What car/model are these from?
Can you go into more detail? ie. parts lists, etc

vic viper

your wallet doesnt have to get any lighter this time ageloxnet,
the title is somewhat misleading, the brakes on the pictures are actually C400 brakes, my stock brakes are a bit smaller and I wanted to fill out the wheel.

Xzer0

What's the difference between the two brakes/calipers?

is the first one for the C300 and the second one for the C400?

vic viper

Pictured are the same calipers, the lower picture show them painted.


Dont actually know the size of the C300 brakes, but I think them being the same size as the C400 ones.


I only have a C180 so my stock brakes are a lot smaller ..

Royce118

Looks good Vic.

Xzer0

whats with the different model numbers?
(C180,C200,C250,C300,C400)
its confusing. Is it based on the HorsePower?
Are there any differences? like top speed?

Xzer0

Oh So the two pictures have the same brake just from two different angles to show the paint and the decal right?

Duynguyen

Vic
Could you please share the part # of the whole retrofit
thanks

DBOC205

Great paint job vic. They look fantastic. Looking forward to seeing them mounted on the car.

vic viper

160, 180, 200, 250, 300 and 350 Hybrid all uses the M274 Engine in various Power outputs, the C400 has the new M276 V6


@Duynguyen, It is possible that your C250 stock brakes also are the very ame as the C400.s
The Sport W205 only seem to use two different sizes but I am not sure where the transition is.

OSMS_Carlsson

Those look great!

I think many of the guys wanting to dress their calipers here in the states will find this useful! Nicely done!
This was the first thing I did when we got our car...that raw finish on the W205 sport calipers looks pretty beat after a few miles and some rain, so the smooth paint will definitely keep them looking good for a long time.
Did you clear coat over the decal so it doesn't lift or peel?
When we did mine we added a clear so the decal can't lift or peel.

Again, looks great!

Jim

vic viper

Yes OSMS, I saw the post with your graphite calipers, and the looked great, so as I wanted to paint mine I decided to up the size since I have the small ones.
Also made it a lot easier to just swap and not having to wait for the painter.


Yes, the decals are placed on the base coat and then cleared over, just a decal would fly off after a few runs with the power washer.
Also made them a bit larger than the stock branding.

OSMS_Carlsson

Those are going to pop nicely behind your wheels for sure...look forward to seeing some pictures of them on the car!

Looks great!

BlackjackM

They look great! Not sure if you run 17s in the winter but I doubt they will clear that caliper. Mine didn't.

angeloxnet

nice, anyone got the part# for the caliper, ideally i rather just buy an extra set to get painted at the shop so i can still drive my car without a lot of downtime

vic viper

17s will work, the rotor is 341mm.s, using a 8" wide 17" wheel it will clear these brakes, if only just

vic viper

300 vs 341mm.s:

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A mod hardly noticed by anyone, but for us with small engines it fills out the wheels a tad better.

angeloxnet

nice! did you have to add a spacer now?

vic viper

Nope, still works fine, tested this before I fitted them.

cidtek

Would this cause any issues with warranty replacement since they are not original for your build?

vic viper

Only if something would happen to the parts I have replaced, but considering my job im not worried.

ScGRaceR

very very nice, great attention to detail!

BlackjackM

Hopefully it does fit for you, but the issue isn't the rotor it's the caliper. I test fitted my 17in Winter Package wheel and it hit the caliper. I may have been able to use a spacer but I didn't want to mess with it.

cidtek

Yes, I was specifically referring to the brake parts and lets say you have an issue with noisy brakes would the remedy's offered to owners with original parts be honored such as pad replacement?