wheelz

Need rotors and pads for my 08 E63 wagon. Where is a good place to get them without paying an arm and a leg for them? I have 58K on the rotors so time to get new ones.

kajtek1

I wonder about your driving style as I routinely do in excess of 300,000 miles on rotors.
Over 100k (predicted) on Akebono pads.
Amazon has good deals if you are premium member.
Than just google part number.

wheelz

My wife is pretty hard on the brakes. I am just looking now just in case they are needed.

kajtek1

Rotors are typical "revenue increase" for brake shops.
Just few extra minutes added to pads replacement allows them add significant labor charge and often makes hefty profit on parts mark up.
Measure the thickness and compare to min that is stamped on the rotor.
If you don't have deep scratches and more than 0.5 mm thickness left, no need to replace the rotors. Even big lip can be grind off.

AndreNY

if you need rotors I have a set for sale

https://mbworld.org/forums/suspensio...nt-rotors.html

agregory23

I replaced my pads only around 60K with no problems. As long as there is no scoring on them and the lip at the edge is not pronounced from wear you can do just the pads.

I got my pads on amazon. Cheapest I could find.

Skizz

You have an E63; unless you go with one piece rotors for the fronts, they're gonna cost you an arm and a leg. Rears aren't bad. I just did mine all around, pads and rotors. I went the pricey route. I have a little lower miles than you, and although I had life left in the original pads, they had some very minor cracks, probably from the PO. I bought my car about a year ago and don't know his driving style but know he maintained the car extremely well. I've done a lot of the expected maintenance to date (like motor and tranny mounts replaced under my ELW warranty and other stuff) and the brakes, to me, were the next up. I don't like shaving drilled rotors and mine did have a pronounced lip on the fronts, so I did what I did. That's just me and what I wanted to do.


Also, my brakes were starting to squeal (fairly common) and I knew that if I did them, I could use the proper materials, like lubing all moving parts with caliper grease and the pad backing paste, to mitigate that somewhat in the future. I also used Porterfield pads. So far, so quiet. I'm holding my breath.


Also, make sure you are looking for E63 pads. They are not interchangeable with E55 pads. As far as I know, Akebono only makes pads for E55's. I would have used them, but from my research, they weren't made for the E63's.


I think others have used the one piece rotors from the C63's, but I'm not sure. Do a search on E63 brakes here and you'll find the info you need on that. It's definitely cheaper and if no tracking, may be a path for you to consider.