superpop

Did the fronts today, pretty easy to do. Got the Stoptec Disks and Uka something pads that are supposed to get rid of some of the brake dust. My wheels suck for brake dust. Also bled and flushed all for corners as the shop said I was due for a fluid flush. Should be good to go now, the new pads work real nice although they still need to bed. Also gave it a bath.

DaveW68

I don't believe that MB recommends bedding new brakes on the S550. They should bed naturally with normal braking.

What are those little badges on the fenders?

superpop

I will probably just drive it as I normally do. Badges where there when I bought it. They say "Blue Efficiency" Not sure what that means as my car sucks gas like a 10 buck *****.

mercedesbenzs55

Good job man, looks Delicious!

DaveW68

Take those badges off. There is nothing efficient about these cars and those badges look pretty gay.

gsholz

With the twin turbo direct injected engines, the 550 is no longer subject to the gas guzzler tax. MB commemorated this "break-through" with these badges

superpop

Thinking of replacing them with the TT V8 badges.

mercedesbenzs55

If it came like that from the factory I suggest keep them. You can't go wrong with stock.

Nuru

Those are OEM badges, I have them on my car too. I can get almost 550 - 700 miles on a tank.

DaveW68

That's because you have a small oil burning V6. The turbo'd V8 will get a little more than half that. I never seen more than 320 miles on a tank in mine....although it's never been on a road trip since I've had it. Perhaps I could push to 400 miles on a tank if I kept it at a smooth 65 mph on a long flat straight stretch of road.

Those blue efficiency badges, although stupid looking on an S550, are probably good at disguising the output of that motor for unsuspecting boy racer types who think their Acura TL is the shizzle. Perhaps I should rip off my V12 and S600 badges, then replace them with S350 and blue efficiency badges and freak out some unsuspecting Mustang GT and Corvette drivers.

sixfour

about gas mileage I drove from my home in Macon Ga. to Panama City Fla. on a half tank of gas, average speed 75 mph. I cked this on return trip. filled up on front beach rd. in panama city, drove home 4 hrs 40 min. later arrived home with a half tank of gas. one way 348 miles. I think that is pretty good for a full size lux car.

kn51

Heh, actually am somewhat curious what the 12 could get on the highway. Around town driving I average around 13MPG, and at 275 miles on a fresh tank the yellow light comes on like clockwork.

Don't forget the Flex Fuel E85 badge on your badge redo.

superpop

Just an update on the Akebono pads. After 5 days of driving around with these new brakes, they work as good as the factory set up but there is absolutely no brake dust with these pads. Huge difference in cleaning the wheels.

1bad540

I found that these pads the car tends to roll forward less at long stops when you ease up on the brake pedal.

DaveW68

My experiences with less dusty non-stock pads on various cars have always shown that braking distances on dry roads under hard braking are a little longer. And in wet conditions, they have quite a bit less bite and stopping distances can increase pretty dramatically. As long as you account for this by allowing more distance from the car ahead of you in traffic when it's raining or snowing, you should be good to go.

superpop

Huh, I have not noticed any difference in performance.

Nuru

LOL!, yeah that sounds pretty funny actually. With an S350 badge, though they won't get tough with you as they assume they will initially win the acceleration part of the race, but then will loose badly the cruising at speed part of the race as they start looking for a gas station to refuel. BTW; Those badges were also on my former 2012 E-class too. I thought they put them on all 2012s and 2013s?

Hmmm, going into the prohibited menu and altering the speed limiter setting, then my oil burner will hit speeds just like its European brothers and sisters. Hmmm, I wonder what those speeds actually are?

W221 2010+


W222 2014+

and notice, unlike the S550s and the S600s, when cruising to and at these speeds, the fuel gauges did not do any dramatic movements! Love that Blue Efficiency

mercedesbenzs55

S550 Fuel gauges go funny during high speed cruises?