C63 vs C63S maintenance cost

Dec 30, 2018 | 10:10 AM

kevinkevinson

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C63 vs C63S maintenance cost

I’m having trouble finding posts that compare maintenance over time with these 2 cars.

I’ve heard mb charges $1000 for each rotor for the S compared to $200 each for the non-S. Does this include labour? Are there aftermarket rotors that close the gap? Brake pads should be the same right?

Any other differences in maintenance for the two?

Dec 30, 2018 | 12:01 PM

skim7x

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Mercedes-Benz E63s AMG

Just had my rear brakes done on my c63 non-S...

OEM Rotors: $180ea --> $360
Porterfield pads: $119.95 for 2 sets
OEM Sensor: $10
Labor (3rd party): ~$150

So about $640 for rears...

Dec 30, 2018 | 01:58 PM

obbob

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C63S has 2-piece rotors. You can put a one piece rotor on the S without issue. Be prepared to get some push back with BS like “your car will not drive properly and be unsafe” but it’s all untrue. Only real advantage of 2-piece rotors are that they are a lot lighter.

Dec 30, 2018 | 03:37 PM

msd3075

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'15 C63S

The only difference between the S and non-S is in the front brakes. The S rotors are larger than on the non-S.

The rear brakes are identical between the two cars (except for the color of the caliper).

Below are the parts numbers for each rotor:

231-421-18-12 : front rotor for S (red calipers)

000-421-20-12-07 : front rotor for non-S (silver calipers)

231-421-15-12 and 231-421-16-12 : front rotors (left and right specific) for ceramic brakes

231-423-02-12 : same rear rotor for all three brake types

You can look the parts up online to see approximate pricing.

Dec 30, 2018 | 07:14 PM

BD-C63

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2015 C63S AMG

Does anyone know a manufacturer/part # for the one piece rotors that would fit on a C63S?

Dec 30, 2018 | 10:17 PM

C3504matic

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2015 C63S ,DME Tune, KW Has ,Kmac Bushings,BC Forged wheels,Gt Rotors,Porterfield R4S,Modal Intake

Ummm...the C63S has 1 piece rotors factory ....I know ,I changed mine to floating 2 piece rotors like the GT's have and they are almost 1/2 the price of the factory 1 piece

Dec 30, 2018 | 10:21 PM

C3504matic

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2015 C63S ,DME Tune, KW Has ,Kmac Bushings,BC Forged wheels,Gt Rotors,Porterfield R4S,Modal Intake

this is the factory C63S front 1 piece rotor

This is the 2 piece rotor which is floating and looks way better for about 1/2 the price .You can find a listing on ebay that sells the cheap and they are a factory rotor with the same marking

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Dec 30, 2018 | 11:03 PM

C3504matic

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2015 C63S ,DME Tune, KW Has ,Kmac Bushings,BC Forged wheels,Gt Rotors,Porterfield R4S,Modal Intake

I still have the stock rotors and they don't come apart , they are 1 piece . Do you see anyway of seperating the rotor from the ctr hub in the picture I posted ? I still have them and they are 1 piece as far as I can tell

Dec 30, 2018 | 11:13 PM

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superswiss

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Originally Posted by C3504matic

Correct, they don't come apart. They are attached with a fixed connection to the hat, but are made up of two pieces that are connected together vs a rotor that's made out of a single piece. Also, the hat is made out of aluminum where as the rotor is cast iron. So 2-piece or composite rotors as AMG calls them mean that hat and rotor are two separate materials and then connected together. You can see that by the gap between the hat and the rotor, which limits heat transfer to the hub and allows the rotor to expand vertically, because it's only attached to the hat by these small joints. A 1 piece rotor is a single piece with no gap between hat and rotor and is made out of a single material.

There are two ways of connecting the 2-pieces. Either semi-float, the rotor and hat don't come apart, but the rotor can expand vertically independently of the hat, and full-float where the rotor is attached with springs to the hat. These come apart and allow vertical and lateral expansion independent of the hat.

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