Toadster

shopping around, looking for a good deal (of course)

anyone have pics of these rotors? are they coated? hubs sprayed?

Centric 128.35068 Front Brake Rotor $91/ea

Cross Drilled OEM Brake Rotor

• CROSS-DRILLED
• The addition of high performance street pads provide you with higher resistance to fade, higher maximum operating temperature, and better initial bite to allow consistent deep braking into corners.
• Superior resistance to cracking due to thermal stress
• Increased molybdenum content that extends reliability, service life and helps reduce NVH "noise" issues
• Cross drilled brake rotors prevent glazing of the pads, add bite and improve wet and dry braking performance.

every pic I find is 'sample only' - anyone have real pics?

3BNick

I haven't. I just did my front brakes and went with OEM rotors at $130 each and a set of Wagner thermoquiet pads (MX1231) for $65 with sensor. I haven't seen any reviews of those pads but I did take plenty of pics and I will write a review on them soon. Initially, the feel is like OEM, the amount it brake dust is drastically reduced, and the brakes are SILENT. I only have about 1000 miles on them. I plan on putting a few more miles and hard miles before I write them up.

MAN55LE

http://www.parts.com/parts/2004/Merc...w=11&maxRow=10
Stock rotors 94$

Toadster

that's a pretty good price for OEM!

Denroll

But it's parts.com, so shipping and handling will be like $600.

FinanceMike

Spend the extra few bucks for OEM rotors. You are only going to do them once during the time you own the car. I wouldn't cheap out on brakes.
I picked up mine at the dealer, around $130 a piece. Went with Akebono pads. Great combo.

Toadster

$28.44 shipping and a $2 handling fee (wtf?)
so $220.04 shipped - not too bad for OEM


of course you get what you pay for, but here's what I've found so far:

Amazon:
Zimmermann ~$140/ea shipped currently (used to be a lot cheaper)
Balo 02391L Disc Brake Rotor (OEM?) #2304210712B - what's the B mean? $108/ea (free ship) - if OEM then a leader!

Rockauto:
CENTRIC Part # 12135068 $63/ea
BECK/ARNLEY Part # 0833278 $115/ea
WAGNER Part # BD180138 360mm $186/ea
CENTRIC Part # 12835068 (Stoptech X-drilled) $86/ea

Toadster

btw - do you guys replace the brake sensors when you do pads? or just if they're worn?

they're < $10/ea

cij911

Stick with OEM or get a light 2 pc. setup from RB / Stoptech / other....

grimm

I've had the Centric rotors on my car for about 20k miles now. No problems yet. No cracking and very reasonably priced. I'll likely go with them again when I have to replace my rotors again. I don't remember how much I paid though.

testknight

I have bought centric rotors before as well and am overall happy with them. In fact I just installed front and backs on my wife's R350 and am pleased. (I did a write up on it on a the R forum)

As to the sensors, if you're getting a light you deifnately want to replace them. But yeah if worn, get them and you can find them as low as $7 each. Centric is a decent brand that I've seen sold at tires.com I think and when I researched them found pretty good reviews. I am using the pads on my C32 now and they work well (I'm not autocross or whatever racer) and my wife's R is doing great

testknight

check partsgeek.com too, best price I found was there

Denroll

I bought rotors and Akebono pads from AutoTalent, but don't remember what I paid. I think they are (or were) forum sponsors. Still loving the Akebono pads.

grimm

They're still around. That's who I got my rotors from as well.

Toadster

do they have an online store? all i see is links to vendor sites

grimm

You have to give them a call.

novae500

i bought centric from rockauto for my vw gti thats modded. So far i like the way they are and stop the car w/stoptech pads i replaced as well.