ark1tech

So i got my pads today. I ordered for front and rear and only the rear came today. The company said that they were shipped from a different warehouse. I decided to just do the back pads today anyway since my front pads were changed not that long ago and still have a few months life left. I started changing the pads and I couldn't find the sensor. The new pads came with 2 sensors and so I thought it was suppose to be on each wheel. I found out that its only on 1 back wheel and 1 front wheel. The sensors that they sent me are a little different than the ones that were on the car. The ones that were on the car had a 2 socket connection while the new ones only had a one socket connection. They do not fit. I salvaged the old 2 prong socket and connected it to the new sensor and it seems to be working fine. I want to get a new sensor that actually fits. Anyone know where to get them? The brakes were very easy to do otherwise. Thanks for all the help guys.

M-bENZ

The back is piece of cake....Go to your dealer and get the sensor if u dont want to wait. My pads are sitting here in my garage because im waiting on my G2 kit to paint my calipers at once.

Andy

bheng

dont mean to hijack but what color? im going to be doing mine too.

pinoytm

i got all my stuff from r1 concepts as per dyno... (hehe) i am just thinking what to do on the front calipers.. because it has the mercedes-benz word... should I paint it all red? lol

M-bENZ

I will paint it red and putting the white ///AMG sticker on the caliper.

Andy

pinoytm

any advice on what I should do on my front calipers? I think I got the sport package... color is grey and there is a word "Mercedes-Benz" in the middle... colored white..

I already bought the red caliper paint... and I don't think I just can't leave the white "mercedes-benz" as white..

dynomite05

I have the same calipers....Was doing mine in black with the lettering in white

pinoytm

dyno isn't that hard to do? I am not that art type of person. and lettering is my worst part. lol...

I might put white on red or red on white and etc... worst is paint on wheels! LOL


anyway did you install the r1 concepts you had? I installed mine and I think I already put around 200miles on it... so far so good.. it just that it is not shiny (front rotors) they look like rust but I cannot say.. I have the ceramic pads.

dynomite05

Mine are being installed now. Did you buy the regular or premium rotors? Any pics?

pinoytm

I got the premium ones.. I bought front and rear.. I think it took me about 2hrs to do all the replacement..

and yeah the front rotors does not look shiny.. i tried spraying with brake cleaner and the black paint on the hub was washed away! LOL...

dynomite05

Wow, I used brake cleaner on mine and the black paint is fine

pinoytm

hmmm.... no idea... but mine got washed out.. lol

dynomite05

That blows, that is my favorite parts about the rotors...

Sathinas

I really should re-paint my calipers as well. The AMG logo is fading.

No AMG logo, less Horsepower, right?

pinoytm

No AMG logo, less Horsepower, right?

LOL.. yep! you are losing 5HP

dynomite05

Maybe they are fading because it's so dirty.

guofan

Put some lambo stickers, gain 15HP instantly!

M-bENZ

Veyron gain more...probably 30 hp

Andy