Im looking for some new brake discs and I have been in touch with MB Grangemouth who will sell me some MB ones for £75 a pair.
Euro car parts have a sale on at the moment and Brembo discs are down to £60 a pair.
what are your thoughts. I have MB pads installed and want to avoid that dreaded brake squeal.
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I do have a tiny bit of squeak from somewhere. Can't pinpoint which corner/axel it is though. It usually goes away if I quickly lift off and then press down again.
I did miss put some copper paste ("anti squeak") when I put the pads in, so it MIGHT be that.. But those pads are VERY dusty! Four months and the wheels are COVERED in brake dust!
Had my rotors done today (original rotors, 102000) and pads Taylor from c2design doing his 'most excellent' work again! Thanks Taylor Akebono cross drilled front rotors, OEM rear ones, Akebono Euro pads…. Dropping off but I stayed to watch and take pics :D Taylor needed a nap :D...
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Can you get TRW in the UK.
According to Akebono you should be able to get there pad thru Amazon also.
In regards to noise, not so much my SLK230 but my W204 C63 and AMG GT S are notorious for brake squeal. Both use two piece rotor and Brembo as OE.
Mercedes has a recommended Anti Squeal Paste 001989945112. Prior to my last brake service for those vehicles, i went to dealer to purchase some, he instead comp'ed me a couple of single use packets of MOC Quiet Brakes. Both Brembo boxed rotors/pad also came with Brembo B-Quiet treatment. I opted to use the Quiet Brake—three years on fo the C63 and a year for the AMG GT, they've both stayed squeal free.
In regards to noise, not so much my SLK230 but my W204 C63 and AMG GT S are notorious for brake squeal. Both use two piece rotor and Brembo as OE.
Mercedes has a recommended Anti Squeal Paste 001989945112. Prior to my last brake service for those vehicles, i went to dealer to purchase some, he instead comp'ed me a couple of single use packets of MOC Quiet Brakes. Both Brembo boxed rotors/pad also came with Brembo B-Quiet treatment. I opted to use the Quiet Brake—three years on fo the C63 and a year for the AMG GT, they've both stayed squeal free.
What I learned was that you put normal copper paste on the back of the pads, where the piston work on them. That's what (is/was supposed to be) makes the squeak.. Or so I was told..
You're not incorrect. I didn't use the QuietBrakes on my SLK, just copper paste since i've never had issues with squeal or noise on that car. It was for my C63 and AMG GT since they were noisy even after brake clean and a reapplication of copper/brake lube.
Could try Autodoc. Brembo discs around £50 pads £25-35.
I've put slotted discs on one of other cars. Really good. No worse for dust than anything else I fitted. Main thing that they stop you when you need them.
I tried some Pagid pads but now I have gone back to Brembo. Ceramic pads can overheat your disks and boil your fluid when used in constant heavy braking.
Try AutoDoc also, like EuroCarParts they have varying discounts from 20% to 50% just keep logging in daily to check today's discount.
Question. - From the Brembo info link. there are 3 different compounds of pads. Ceramic, Organic, and semi-metallic. When you buy new pads, is the compound specified, on the box, or on the pads??? And are the original MB pads (For R171 55 with P030) organic? Ceramic? or semi-metallic? Thanks for any info.
If you don't mind my chiming in... I've had EBC Redstuff (which they don't make any more, though you can get them on eBay/Amazon), and LOVE them! Best to have good rotors (I have drilled Brembo on front, w/ 4-pot OEM calipers), stainless lines, and high-temp brake fluid. I don't use my brakes much, anyway (nearly 68k miles on this set). Though, they've saved my butt many times on the street, and I pass everyone in the braking zones on the track. Moving up to Yellowstuff this time.
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