fatchance

After a bit of delay, I was able to complete the upgrade this morning. The install is straightforward and really is quite simple.

Only one thing left is to go to the dealer to pick up a couple of screws to mount the pad sensor connector to the caliper.

the rotor screw is unusable with the new rotor, but doesn't appear to be a big deal.

Attached are some pics of the before and after of the upgrade.

enjoy,

-travis

michakaveli

Where's the pix?

Just finished replacing my inner and outer sway bar bushings....

fatchance

click reload. I had some issues when uploading the pics.

Alexbenz

nice nice nice, travis glad it's no, take some nice pictures of your car for me man..

thanks

btw the screws weren't inside the box?

Richard Galing

Lookin good Travis...

fatchance

Yes indeed Richard! Real happy with the way the parts bolted up. Factory parts always seem to go that way, eh?

Just wanted to shoot a big THANK YOU to my man Alex. Really happy with the service and everything was delivered as expected.

I'll do a review of the performance in a few days in order to bed in the pads correctly then do some braking to see/feel the difference.

-travis

PS. Alex, didn't find any screws to attach the sensors. They're zip tied to the caliper for now so they're not going anywhere, but will go to the dealer to pick up the screws monday. no biggee.

cody

How much did this end up costing you?

Alexbenz

hmm, the screws were at the bottom, maybe check the newspaper wrap, i know i had it in there or else it would be laying around the shop....

just maybe sure you have your seat belt on

safty first....lol

fatchance

hey Alex,

Double checked the box, no screws were there. Were there in a bag? Must be in your shop still?

I always put my seatbelt on.

cheers!

fatchance

Okay, after about 350 miles or so, it's time to give you all a report on the 'after' feedback of the C32 brake upgrade.

It is indeed an upgrade. I don't need to tell those who are running stock brakes and feel the performance is inadequate the 'before' performance just plain sucks.

Anyhow, the car has seen normal commute duty and kid shuttle duty since the upgrade and so far we are happy with the results.

The pads are now broken in and the performance has improved more. The pedal feel is better, firmer with much less sponginess. Suppose some stainless lines will only help to improve this more.

While the overall pedal response remains the same. (ie. fairly long pedal travel seems to be a MB thing) Once the pads bite, the brakes grab strong and hard! Makes me feel the eibach springs in front need to be stronger now!

Hope that helps those wondering about the brake upgrade. Oh yeah, the brakes look awesome too!

-travis

eLemnt | 0ne

How much did it cost ya?

fatchance

The kit runs about 750 for calipers, rotors and pads. I added some Brembo rear rotors to the project so , the whole thing with shipping was just a shade under a $1K.

Got the parts from AlexBenz, bnb-tuning.com . It's nice to get all the parts all in one box rather than dealing with multiple vendors trying to source all the bits.

Hope that helps.

-travis

enrikerace

Im sorry for bringing this threath back to life, i just want to know what kind of screws did you bought to place the pad sensors? any pic? any part number?

THANKS