AMG893

Got my new Pads & Discs installed.

Went for EvoSport Discs & Porterfield Pads.

Will let you all know about the dust & performance after i have used them for a bit.

3BNick

Those look great! Looking forward to the evaluation.

Black63

Looks great, how much did the pads and discs run you?

newlyAMG

did you notice a big weight savings?

AMG893

I bought 2 front discs and front and rear pads and sensors.

I got a good deal, and was a lot cheaper than getting from Mercedes. They wanted $7450 for the above + rear discs.

As far as weight saving, these discs are lighter than factory. But honestly with driving I can't feel any difference.

AMG893

I am going to paint the calipers baby blue. Will post pics

93RX7LSX

Been thinking about the same rotors for a while. Let us know about your impressions under heavy braking and extreme heat conditions.

Love the BS wheels!!

AMG893

Yeah I will update this thread with my impressions. At the moment still spongy but only done about 25kms in the car.

Still have to bed in etc

PelicanParts.com

Nice!

AgSilver

Installed Evo lightweight rotors front and rear about two years ago and about 9000 miles. Using EBC Reds (not recommended by Evosport) with many hard breaking applications from 100+ MPH and recently from about 170+ MPH. The rotors appear virtually like new; no grooves and no cracks. I have found EBC Reds to work better than any other pad on a cold rotor and our rotors are almost always cold (even ice cold) when we really need to haul down our 4K machines. Personally, I think the trick with EBC's is the break-in.

AMG893

Well, thats a vote of confidence! Looks like i made the right choice!

As far as pads go, im not up with all the technical things, and its just a regular street car. EvoSport reccomended Porterfield, so i just went along with their reccomendation.

In the short time i have driven the car though, with these new discs & pads, the pedal does feel a little more spongy than it used too, but im hoping that will subside after bedding in.

Will keep you updated

AgSilver

These cars have the Daimler/Bosh SBC brake system which is totally "fly-by-wire". Your brake pedal is connected to a travel sensor and a pressure sensor which measures how fast and how strongly the brakes are applied. A pedal travel simulator simulates normal pedal feedback. Simply stated; our brake pedals have absolutely no mechanical connection to the brakes and the pedal will always feel the same. Another reason for the secondary battery.

Also. have you activated the SBC auto-stop feature?

AMG893

As far as im aware, i dont have SBC. I did try that feature, and it just tried to activate cruise control.

From the reading i have done, i dont have SBC, it was deleted from the W211 Update

AMG893

Its weird what you say about the brakes, and the fly by wire. I understand what your saying. But i absolutely felt that the pedal was spongier. (so to speak)

But i did a bit of bedding in today, and i must say, the brakes feel "back to normal" now.

AgSilver

If active on you car it can only be engaged when the vehicle is at a stop. Push the cruise control lever down to engage and forward to disengage.

AMG893

hmm, i will give it a try now, and post back in a few mins

AMG893

Just tried it. Doesn't work.

AgSilver

You will need to enable SBC Stop with STAR. I believe it is disabled in U.S.A. version cars.

AMG893

My car is Australian