E-320 Burst Into Flames!
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2011 E550, 2013 GLK
Originally Posted by jangy
Lifetime warranties are a gimic to sell the pads, knowing you will get rid of the car before their extremely hard pads degrade.
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2003 C230 Coupe
Thanks guys, I got the message about "lifetime" not being really lifetime. Even though I have seen a person trading their worn out pads at a parts store and getting a spanking new one. Of course the performance is vital and I would not trade that for any manufacturer "gimmik".
Having said that, I am also NOT comfortable finding tonnes of that brake dust stuck in my car's air filters (both cabin and engine filters). More importantly the cabin filter (why do you think they say not to breath that dust when cleaning around the wheels?). I am concerned that some of those particles are making into my car cabin. Some brake pads manufacturers are using asbestos or something of that nature. One even calls itself Raybestos. So can you shed some technical light on this concern?
BTW: BudC tone down the way you write to people. Even though you are a Senior Member, you may be chartting with people who are a lot more senior than you in life.
Having said that, I am also NOT comfortable finding tonnes of that brake dust stuck in my car's air filters (both cabin and engine filters). More importantly the cabin filter (why do you think they say not to breath that dust when cleaning around the wheels?). I am concerned that some of those particles are making into my car cabin. Some brake pads manufacturers are using asbestos or something of that nature. One even calls itself Raybestos. So can you shed some technical light on this concern?
BTW: BudC tone down the way you write to people. Even though you are a Senior Member, you may be chartting with people who are a lot more senior than you in life.
Last edited by guanabara; Mar 19, 2005 at 10:51 AM.
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Originally Posted by guanabara
BTW: BudC tone down the way you write to people. Even though you are a Senior Member, you may be chartting with people who are a lot more senior than you in life.
BTW, I seriously doubt there are many here who are older than I am. I'm older than dirt
Here's a site that has some Info on Mercedes OEM pads.
http://www.epsparts.com/category/chassisnumbertable/
Last edited by BudC; Mar 19, 2005 at 12:42 PM.
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Nice maturity guys. That is the type of attitude we need to continually foster on this board and in our lives. This board is such a great resource to us all and the extra chatter just clouds some pretty interesting threads.
Again, nice maturity by both of you!!
Again, nice maturity by both of you!!
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little bit OT:
same thing happened to Jeremy clarkson when he tested the CLS, brakes overheated...a couple days later I read on other forum about this SLK320 that showed the same symptoms...I think it's the pads and not the size of the disks...
same thing happened to Jeremy clarkson when he tested the CLS, brakes overheated...a couple days later I read on other forum about this SLK320 that showed the same symptoms...I think it's the pads and not the size of the disks...
