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Must see! W213 E63S brake job for $200 and zero dust.
For those that are sick of spending literally thousands on brakes and hate the crazy dust from the originals please read on.
I recently purchased a 2019 E63S with 30k miles. When purchased, the brakes still had some life with the pads having about 40% life left, and the rotors were just slightly grooved across the surface. So me being OCD and also hating the brake dust since I’m a detail fanatic, I started looking into my options. When I sold my W212 E63 I remember the buyer saying the first thing he does to his cars is switch to Powerstop ceramics. With my research I have found options for our cars to be fairly limited, so I looked into Powerstop and saw they had front and rear options for our cars. About 60 bucks for the fronts and same for the rears. Can’t beat that and they even come with new pins and clips. I went with the Powerstop Z23’s. $120 shipped to my door from Amazon.
I then made some calls about turning rotors. It’s hit or miss some places do and some don’t. Then a few that do don’t wanna mess with slotted and drilled rotors. I found a local repair shop that said absolutely no problem as long as the rotors were within spec. They turned the rotors for $15 a piece and they turned out perfectly. I then cleaned the rotors and primed and painted so they literally look brand new. All in $200!!!
After a week with these new pads I am beyond pleased. Absolutely zero brake dust! My wheels no longer turn brown after two drives and now stay clean along with the rest of the car. For daily street use I have noticed no difference in stopping power from the original pads and I’ve tried a few very aggressive stops as well. I made this same post on the W213 Facebook group and multiple guys said they spent nearly 4k JUST FOR THE FRONTS 😳😳😳
Anyway, if you can find a good shop that will turn the rotors, along with these Powerstop pads and you will have a fully refreshed setup for about the price of two or three tanks of gas.
If you live in cold weather, these pads squeal like no tomorrow. I had these on my X5M and swapped them out within a few weeks. I would never put this brand on any of my cars, not even a 20K car. I hope you have better luck
If you live in cold weather, these pads squeal like no tomorrow. I had these on my X5M and swapped them out within a few weeks. I would never put this brand on any of my cars, not even a 20K car. I hope you have better luck
hmm interesting. I didn’t see any mentions of noise in any of the Amazon reviews, and so far after a week of use they are perfect with zero noise and the temp dropped into the 30’s on my way to work this morning. Also, did your pads go on new or used rotors? and did you/they use good lube on the necessary parts?
Just checking because I’m super happy with these so far. 👍🏼
If you live in cold weather, these pads squeal like no tomorrow. I had these on my X5M and swapped them out within a few weeks. I would never put this brand on any of my cars, not even a 20K car. I hope you have better luck
To be fair, the stock brakes squeal like.crazy on the X5Ms as well
For those that are sick of spending literally thousands on brakes and hate the crazy dust from the originals please read on.
I recently purchased a 2019 E63S with 30k miles. When purchased, the brakes still had some life with the pads having about 40% life left, and the rotors were just slightly grooved across the surface. So me being OCD and also hating the brake dust since I’m a detail fanatic, I started looking into my options. When I sold my W212 E63 I remember the buyer saying the first thing he does to his cars is switch to Powerstop ceramics. With my research I have found options for our cars to be fairly limited, so I looked into Powerstop and saw they had front and rear options for our cars. About 60 bucks for the fronts and same for the rears. Can’t beat that and they even come with new pins and clips. I went with the Powerstop Z23’s. $120 shipped to my door from Amazon.
I then made some calls about turning rotors. It’s hit or miss some places do and some don’t. Then a few that do don’t wanna mess with slotted and drilled rotors. I found a local repair shop that said absolutely no problem as long as the rotors were within spec. They turned the rotors for $15 a piece and they turned out perfectly. I then cleaned the rotors and primed and painted so they literally look brand new. All in $200!!!
After a week with these new pads I am beyond pleased. Absolutely zero brake dust! My wheels no longer turn brown after two drives and now stay clean along with the rest of the car. For daily street use I have noticed no difference in stopping power from the original pads and I’ve tried a few very aggressive stops as well. I made this same post on the W213 Facebook group and multiple guys said they spent nearly 4k JUST FOR THE FRONTS 😳😳😳
Anyway, if you can find a good shop that will turn the rotors, along with these Powerstop pads and you will have a fully refreshed setup for about the price of two or three tanks of gas.
Wow. This just made my day. I absolutely loathe the brown break dust. I am absolutely getting a pair of these.
Aww... just found out they don't have front pads for the 2021. Boooo.
Last edited by Quackledork; 01-28-2023 at 01:36 PM.
Wow. This just made my day. I absolutely loathe the brown break dust. I am absolutely getting a pair of these.
Aww... just found out they don't have front pads for the 2021. Boooo.
They should, I mean I can’t imagine anything changed for 2021for the brakes. Maybe it’s just their parts listing that isn’t up to date.
i just washed the car after an entire week of work commutes, I did the initial brake pad bedding procedure, and today did a 60-130 test using dragy. My wheels were literally dust free. Still can’t believe it! 🤣
If you live in cold weather, these pads squeal like no tomorrow. I had these on my X5M and swapped them out within a few weeks. I would never put this brand on any of my cars, not even a 20K car. I hope you have better luck
I live in Chicago, and while I dont have an X5M, I do run these on my full size RR. No issues with noise or dust.
Why did you choose the sport pads over the extreme pads? Thx
They do not list rear pads in the Z26 extremes. So I went with the Z23 pads which do. I didn't want to mix and match. Not really even sure if the differences anyway as they are both listed as carbon fiber/ceramic and both come with new hardware. 👍🏼
I can second this recommendation. I put these pads front and rear on my ‘18 e63s wagon a couple months ago after becoming sick of dirty wheels and can say that there’s been no diminishment of braking and zero dust. I live in western PA and we’ve had a cold winter and I’ve not experienced any squealing. I did not turn or replace the rotors, just did the recommended bed in procedure.
I like em so much that I put them on my new Audi s5 recently after just one week of owning it and seeing the dust that car’s stock pads put out. Same experience on the Audi, zero dust and same brake feel and performance.
01-26-2023, 08:14 PM
