it is time to replace my 2006 e55 front rotors. I bought the Akebono Pads and found the following Rotors both claim to be OEM for e55. There is a huge price difference. which one is right?

http://www.mboemparts.com/mercedes-b...&position=left

http://www.eeuroparts.com/Parts/6535...-221421181207/

 

Recommend looking at zimmerman rotors. $118 on partsgeek, so somewhere in between above links. I have been running them with akebono pads for 70,000 miles. Still look great, the don't thread like the oem rotors....http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/200...ake_rotor.html

 

Or consider switching to blank (non drilled) rotors. No inevitable fissures/cracks around the holes like my OEM ones did (especially spirited driving that exercises our undersized rotors) and the extra serves as a better heat sink. Have been happy with the switch.

 

Agree with bierry, my zimmerman rotors are not drilled.

 

Just to close the loop on this:

I just installed Zimmermann Rotors and Akebono Pads on my 06 e55. Install was total 60 minutes in my garage. Most time consuming part was knocking the pins out (mostly spent time in the tool box trying to find something that fits in that little whole). Over all, this was a very easy job. I disabled SBC by pulling up the tab on the SBC module and unplugging the unit.

After all was done, I restarted the car, pump the brakes a little, car was giving all kinds of errors and it wasn't running right at all that is when I said "ohhh ****". Drove the car out of the drive way and drove it back in. turned it off, turned it back on and all was good. no issues whatsoever and akebono brakes stop awesome, no noise at all as well.

I figured I let you all know my experience.

 

You're also going to be happy with the lack of dust from these pads. I was afraid they would give up stopping power but they are great.

 

They stop awesome so far. Another thing to point out is there was no wear sensor on the driver side. only on the passenger side. I replace that one and the wear warning is gone on the dashboard.