where do you get these parts? I like this combination.

 

Akebonos can be bought many places. Tirerack and Amazon are my favorites.


Not sure if mine has OEM or some other semi metallic...but they are coming off ASAP for ceramics to go on. I like the stopping power...but the brake dust is killing me.

 

Which has greater stopping power?

 

I likes rmeuropean, parts.com, autohausaz, pelicanparts but this was fcpeuro.com.

 

Depends who you ask and how you drive. Ceramics have better power IMO, but some people think the Semi-Metallic are better.

I am putting Akebonos on when they get here in a few days.

 

Hello all,

I think that brakes are something that dealers make a KILLING on. I just decided to put on new rear pads on my E class. Apparently, the SBC has used up my rear pads much more than my fronts (due to my driving style I am told). I noticed that the outside pads were much more worn than the two inside pads that are against the piston of the caliper. So I was looking at the outside pads and they were getting low, but the inside were just about to trip the wear sensor but had not yet. I got 80,024 miles out of the rear pads, I probably could have gotten 90K out of them. The fronts are still with at least 45% left! I have never had brakes or batteries last this long on a car!

I don't really use brakes much...they just slow you down, you know?

I decided to buy OEM pads at the dealer (I think they were about $65) and put them on the old rotors that are not even rusty or warped. I did this because I have gotten used to the front and rear wheels dusting the same amount. So I will eventually change out the pads and rotors to pads that don't dust so dark, but that will be all 4 brakes at once.

I bought the pads and put anti-squeak compound on them. I let the putty/compound get hard so that it would not drip when I installed the pads. I let the SBC system go to "sleep" mode and took both calipers apart, cleaned them thoroughly and put high temperature lube on the sliding part of the calipers. I also used locktite on the bolts. I took my time and I know I did a much better job than a mechanic at a shop. It took me about 1 hour to do both rear brakes.

I was expecting an error message the first time I started the car, but all was fine. I have driven the car 1,000 miles since and the pads have worn in very nicely. No squeaks either!

Just my $.02 worth,

Steve

 

My front rotors went 130,000 miles before needing replacement. I measured at each pad change to insure they were above the wear limit. I never turned them and yes they did have a lip. But they were safe all the way through 130,000 miloes. I used jurid pads.