maxabo

I need new front pads (SL65 from 2007).

The Stealership wants $600,- for those, here in Sweden.
So I called the "after-market-shop".
Theirs cost only $140,-!
BUT he said, according to his books, they are the same as to the 55's..!

Is that really true..?

jmf003

I'd be skeptical about that.

I just had my rotors and pads replaced with Evosport's lightweight rotors and Akebono pads.

The Akebono pads are working well for me but another forum member had issues with his: https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-...rake-pads.html

Tirreno

As I understand it, commonly, the noise comes from using different pad compound on used rotors; the used rotors have residue of a different compound stuck to it. Remember that in order to minimize noise and increase braking power, you need to "bed-in" the brakes (a series of ~10 controlled hard stops and a cooling period) , especially when changing pad compound. The concept of bedding your brakes is to "bake" some of that compound onto the rotors.

Here are some alternatives:

- Get new rotors and pads: For street use, bed or don't bed your brakes.
- Get new pads for your used rotors: If you are mounting pads with a different compound, you'll need to bed you brakes or re-machine your rotors.

I'm getting Akebono Ceramic pads with new OEM rotors in a few days. Although I don't expect any problem and don't require a true bedding of the brakes, since the bedding will happen slowly as I use the brakes, I may still do a true hard bedding to accelerate the process...and it's fun!

Check out those articles/videos:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4adZE...eature=related
- http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd_PtFJW3_g