Brakes. What are the options?
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Brakes. What are the options?
So my brakes are cooked ( 08 CL63 )
And i need to get new rotors/pads. After hearing how insanely the prices are for OEM replacements i am considering a aftermarket solution. Has anyone gone this route? Alcon? Stoptech? Brabus? Brembo?
I can't imagine we are all paying 5 grand for brakes…
Maybe we are…
And i need to get new rotors/pads. After hearing how insanely the prices are for OEM replacements i am considering a aftermarket solution. Has anyone gone this route? Alcon? Stoptech? Brabus? Brembo?
I can't imagine we are all paying 5 grand for brakes…
Maybe we are…
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Your 2 piece rotors on your 63 are 2 piece brembos thus the high price, imo there worth it for the type of brakes they are.
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'08 CL63
Here's a re-post from the W221 forum on what I did:
$5,000-5,500 seems to be pretty much the standard on the S & CL.
I used it as an opportunity to upgrade my brakes to 2 pc slotted rotors & aluminum hats from Racing Brake. I think between front, rear and pads it came out to around $3,300 or so.
Front: http://www.racingbrake.com/Two-piece...ONT-p/2239.htm
Rear: http://www.racingbrake.com/Two-piece...-07-p/2227.htm
You can save on unsprung weight & I think they look better too (Unless you absolutely must have drilled rotors).
Full thread is here: https://mbworld.org/forums/s55-amg-s...8-s63-amg.html
$5,000-5,500 seems to be pretty much the standard on the S & CL.
I used it as an opportunity to upgrade my brakes to 2 pc slotted rotors & aluminum hats from Racing Brake. I think between front, rear and pads it came out to around $3,300 or so.
Front: http://www.racingbrake.com/Two-piece...ONT-p/2239.htm
Rear: http://www.racingbrake.com/Two-piece...-07-p/2227.htm
You can save on unsprung weight & I think they look better too (Unless you absolutely must have drilled rotors).
Full thread is here: https://mbworld.org/forums/s55-amg-s...8-s63-amg.html
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Brembo do make the AMG brakes however they are not the same quality as the after market BBK units. Don't ask me what the difference is but I tried the sl63 brakes before I switched to the BBK and the performance especially for track use is night and day.
