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Brake upgrade done.
Hi everyone, after I did my 55 conversion I was in need of bigger brakes so I decided to upgrade to 6 piston amg calipers. A friend of mine designed and cut custom brackets to allow the brackets to be installed without having to relocate the sway bar mountings. And here are some pics.
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'00 Mercedes 430/55 clk cabriolet
Hi Ash,
Did you use your 320 brake master cylinder or upgrade?
A few guys (myself) included found that although the brakes worked the pedal was a bit softer as the initial bite occured!
The 55 and 430CLK use the same master cylinder and so I thought about using maybe an E or S Class to get that initial bite back.
Did you use your 320 brake master cylinder or upgrade?
A few guys (myself) included found that although the brakes worked the pedal was a bit softer as the initial bite occured!
The 55 and 430CLK use the same master cylinder and so I thought about using maybe an E or S Class to get that initial bite back.
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Thanks brother, we gotta get together soon you wont recognize the car from the last time you saw it. haha
Hi Ash,
Did you use your 320 brake master cylinder or upgrade?
A few guys (myself) included found that although the brakes worked the pedal was a bit softer as the initial bite occured!
The 55 and 430CLK use the same master cylinder and so I thought about using maybe an E or S Class to get that initial bite back.
Did you use your 320 brake master cylinder or upgrade?
A few guys (myself) included found that although the brakes worked the pedal was a bit softer as the initial bite occured!
The 55 and 430CLK use the same master cylinder and so I thought about using maybe an E or S Class to get that initial bite back.
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Ash, the brake pedal activating the rear calipers 1st doesn't make sense to me also.
I do believe that the E or S Class master cylinder requires a slight modification. I'm researching it at the moment, I've asked a Merc Tech who has access to the parts bin catalogue to see if it's worth dropping the $$s.
I may also upgrade to an aftermarket cylinder because my discs are wearing and by next summer will need changing. As I have the Performance 2 piece discs I don't fancy going to the dealer so I'm looking at Evosports 390mm replacements!
I do believe that the E or S Class master cylinder requires a slight modification. I'm researching it at the moment, I've asked a Merc Tech who has access to the parts bin catalogue to see if it's worth dropping the $$s.
I may also upgrade to an aftermarket cylinder because my discs are wearing and by next summer will need changing. As I have the Performance 2 piece discs I don't fancy going to the dealer so I'm looking at Evosports 390mm replacements!
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Let me know what you end up doing, mine is good but I still want the pedal to be slightly firmer. I don't know how brembo gets away with their kits without changing master cylinder.
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Ash... just puting this out there, but front/rear bias on the brakes is usually controlled via the proportioning valve. I havent had to mess with the CLK brakes, but have done a few others using wilwood products to sort things out. Check out what they offer and you may find some goodies to your liking. With all your swapin I cant keep track with your current set up! lol
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Hey VIPclk320.
Your front brake upgrade looks very tidy. Would your friend be willing to consider making and selling the same brackets for the front caliper retrofit for others? Although I am across the pond in the UK, shipping and stuff is a breeze these days. Fully understand if this was a 'one off' favour. Let me know your thoughts.
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Your front brake upgrade looks very tidy. Would your friend be willing to consider making and selling the same brackets for the front caliper retrofit for others? Although I am across the pond in the UK, shipping and stuff is a breeze these days. Fully understand if this was a 'one off' favour. Let me know your thoughts.
Regards.
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Hey VIPclk320.
Your front brake upgrade looks very tidy. Would your friend be willing to consider making and selling the same brackets for the front caliper retrofit for others? Although I am across the pond in the UK, shipping and stuff is a breeze these days. Fully understand if this was a 'one off' favour. Let me know your thoughts.
Regards.
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Your front brake upgrade looks very tidy. Would your friend be willing to consider making and selling the same brackets for the front caliper retrofit for others? Although I am across the pond in the UK, shipping and stuff is a breeze these days. Fully understand if this was a 'one off' favour. Let me know your thoughts.
Regards.
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2002 CLK55 AMG 2002 c230k 02 Triumph America 1992 300e
Hey VIPclk320, where did you get the rotors from to begin with? I am thinking about taking some brakes off of a porsche a friend of mine is parting out but I am not completely sure I want to undergo the problems from converting one to fit onto the w208 55AMG. Is it as simple as having a bracket made? I am guessing I would you the measurement from the clk Mounting and fab a bracket that is identical to the Porsche bracket. The Porsche Brakes are Brembo btw. So if I am getting all 4 brakes and pads for 750 and the cost of your bracket which I est, according to you would be about 750-800 This is still much cheaper than the Brembo kit which we all know is 3k+. And of course I would upgrade the rotors.
Please let me know your thoughts??
Again it would be great to know where your brakes came from bc I have a CLK55 and the stock brakes don't look anything special.
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Please let me know your thoughts??
Again it would be great to know where your brakes came from bc I have a CLK55 and the stock brakes don't look anything special.
Thanks
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the brackets that I have will only work for these calipers not any other ones. making brackets that allow the calipers to be centered with rotors and have no over hang or under hang is very difficault and pricy. my friend had my spindle removed and scanned by a CMM machine and then designed the brackets on the virtual rendering of the spindle and then cut them with cnc machine. the calipers are black series 6 pistons. the rotors as mentioned in my post are C55 amg rotors 345mm. its not a simple project by any means and if you want it done right deffinatly not cheap. let me know I you have ay further questions.
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the brackets that I have will only work for these calipers not any other ones. making brackets that allow the calipers to be centered with rotors and have no over hang or under hang is very difficault and pricy. my friend had my spindle removed and scanned by a CMM machine and then designed the brackets on the virtual rendering of the spindle and then cut them with cnc machine. the calipers are black series 6 pistons. the rotors as mentioned in my post are C55 amg rotors 345mm. its not a simple project by any means and if you want it done right deffinatly not cheap. let me know I you have ay further questions.
Do you think it would be possible to send me a copy of the CAD file?
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the brackets that I have will only work for these calipers not any other ones. making brackets that allow the calipers to be centered with rotors and have no over hang or under hang is very difficault and pricy. my friend had my spindle removed and scanned by a CMM machine and then designed the brackets on the virtual rendering of the spindle and then cut them with cnc machine. the calipers are black series 6 pistons. the rotors as mentioned in my post are C55 amg rotors 345mm. its not a simple project by any means and if you want it done right deffinatly not cheap. let me know I you have ay further questions.
Do you think it would be possible to send me a copy of the CAD file?
Also what made you choose the more expensive metal? Why not go with a good steel or billet? More of a curiosity on that.