Harry Madan

i do a lot of highway driving, and braking for high speeds a few times makes the current brakes hot and not as effective, and if i decide to increases my cars power, i would not have to worry about stopping. there is nothing wrong with the current set of brakes i just like to have a better stopping power.

ya i can do that when i get my car back from the dealer and when i go to install the brakes i will take lot more pic and measurements. But i dont get my car back for another 2-3 weeks


these are Brembo brakes there is nothing different between them, if u look at the pic carefully u will see that brembo stamped on these calipers. so i think they are the same the only difference is that brembo will be in red color and without the AMG stamp. thats all but they will be the same brakes.

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i dont know how well those will work, because u have a 4 piston front brakes and then ur going to put 4 piston in the rear, but our cars are not a 50/50 split so u need to have more braking power in the front vs the rear? so having a 4 piston front and rear may not work as well as u think it would. and the rear brakes is applied every other time. for every 2 times the front brake is applied the rear is applied once. do some more research before u dive in and make the front and rear both 4 piston.
i know some of the porsches use the same 6piston front and 6 piston rear brakes because those cars are 50/50 balanced and use equal braking power to all 4 wheels. so they can get away with the 6piston front and rear setup. but no mercedes uses that because they are not a true 50/50 split

mig888

Yeah, there's a definite brake bias - read somewhere 60/40 (?) - I don't plan to stay 4/4, there's another possibility in my case for a 6pot front setup that I'm exploring only because most 6pot setups won't play well with the Champions. I'll be keeping the 4pot stocked until I'm ready to do the whole brake system...so in essence, I can do the caressing thing like people are talking about =).

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jgsx

So does the front caliper remind you of that chick from Total Recall?

FrankW

haha...i was actually talking about the rotor weight. clamping power of the brembo gt big bore 4 piston should be around the same as its small bore 6-piston. only the contact patch on the 6 is slightly bigger.

originally I thought the two-piece rotors from the 030 would weight similar to the GT rotors that's why I think the GT is still worth it if you are also looking to improve the handling a bit. I still wouldn't buy'em new tho. lol

drexappeal

Thanks, Harry.

Looks like the first part number is the same as the C class and the 2nd is different. It's weird cuz they're both listed as "front' sensors. Aren't there rear and front sensors? If so, which number is for front and which is for the rear?

Harry Madan

Agreed, light rotor would be better, i might switch over to those when i burn through these rotors, i dont think that will be any time soon, but we'll see what happens. according to the dealer these rotors and brakes should last longer then the stock brakes on the car. so when the time comes to change the rotor i'll do some more re-search by then and the new 63 will be out to change there brakes too so there might be a better market for them then.

Harry Madan

the 03 C32 only takes 2 sensors, one for the front and one for the back, sunil just gave me an extra one because he was not sure what one the car will take. there is one for the back and one for the front and i can tell them apart untill i go to install the brakes. that wount be for another 3 weeks at least. i can post more pic and the use of the right sensors when i go to install.

FrankW

yea, these are suppose to have longer life than normal steel rotors. the pads are thicker too.

drexappeal

Sounds good. Looking foward to seeing that. I like how they looked on Steve's wagon. Too bad I don't have the budget to do it right now, but hopefully soon (if I decide not to do a fully custom setup).

Harry Madan

i thought about the full custom setup too, but i just did not want to keep running into problems, at least this way i know it's a plug and play item and i don't have to worry about anything messing up or cut and past different things. as i test out these brakes i will tell u if it is/was worth the money i spent on them.

drexappeal

IMO, they are worth it compared to what the Brembo GT's cost. For front and rear setup, it's only a little 'bit more than just the Front Brembo GT 4 pistons!

That's the main reason it's between this setup and a custom one. I know what you're saying about the Plug and Play factor. When it comes to my brakes, that's one performance part nobody can afford to lose while driving. Definitely give us your feedback once they are on. Either way, they look awesome!

Harry Madan

ya for sure, as soon as i get them up and running i will post all the facts and measurements that are still remaining.

jgsx

Harry, I'm drooling over your brakes.

MBenzNL

C32 brakes are nowhere close to being well enough for all kind of street use...there is a kind of streetuse that the C32 brakes def cannot handle (and I am driving a slow@$$ diesel)

I upped to SLK55 [030] brakes some 4000 miles ago and must say that the difference is extremely noticeable - ESPECIALLY after having to slow down from 220+kmh to 100kmh more then 3 - 4 times in a row

I must say though that these [030] brakes do discolor rather fast as well but at least they continue to slow down the car when required.

greetingz,

Harry Madan

ur conversion, and last post about the brakes is what help make my mind about buying these brakes. before ur post i was a little shaky on the deal and then after u conformed that it is a plug and play item and the braking power is improved by a big noticeable amount. at that point i was like i gota get me a set. so in a way thx for the post that u started about ur brakes.

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Best brake upgrade ever!

rubensans

I just check and don't have a lot of space.

4 VISA card's: aprox 4mm or 5mm.

Also when I aproach the outside of the rim the spokes come more to the interior.

I have to found the way to know if they will fit.

Best Regards.

FrankW

you should have plenty of space on the mono S if you want to do the brakes upgrade.

WaveyKat

am getting that Rear Setup it looks Great...

Kiemyster

ohhh god! please!!!! post as many pics as you can wen you put them on! thats gonna look sexy!

rubensans

Front are 7.5*18 ET34; I think there is not plenty of space.... but I can be wrong.

Best Regards.

FrankW

what brakes do you have right now?

rlee02135

with the Stoptech kit and HREs, i have plenty of space in front (15mm), but very little in the rear (5mm)

glad i didn't shave 5mm off the rears

rubensans

C32 ones with brabus stickers.

FrankW

than yea...you'll be fine with the 030 brakes. they're at most 2mm thicker like my 355mm GT calipers