Mercedes E55 Brakes Upgrades!!!

[BrabusK8]

Hi

Anyone got any good ideas where i can upgrade my E55 2003 Brakes and Discs, the standard are good but they cannot take a good beating when i drive fast, they heat up to quick, i just replaced the disc and pads still same probs. Bremo i hear are good but very expensive any Tips?? thanks

[Callughan]

AP Power brakes are very strong and much better than stock you can even get ceramic.

[BrabusK8]

Hi

they dont seem to do 8 pot for the E55 Komp, , i heard Bremo are rubbish at high speeds as they warm up quick,i will have to look around to see wot else i can find.


thanks

[Callughan]

BrabusK8 said:

Hi

they dont seem to do 8 pot for the E55 Komp, , i heard Bremo are rubbish at high speeds as they warm up quick,i will have to look around to see wot else i can find.


thanks

Speak to Kevin at Birds Auto, they use AP and are also distributors for Carlsson. So can give you good advice I used them when I had the misfortune of having a CLK 55.

[GT3RS]

I would recommend a pad change, I don’t think changing the rotors or callipers is worthwhile. I fitted a new set of disks and some EBC street/track pads to mine 2 years ago and they have been great. The pedal feel is not quite as good as the standard pad (90% imo) but they will take a lot more hammer before fade, and I have never had anything other than a solid pedal even with spirited driving.

[marc.l]

I thrash my E55 to with in a inch of its life and have never had any problems with the brakes getting too hot or fadeing. Do you need an upgrade for track day use ? I purchased a new set of front discks and some red stuff brake pads to fit when the pads need changing thinking that I would need uprated brakes but dont think i will need them.
My only criticisum with the standard pads is the amount of dust they generate.
marc

[BrabusK8]

hi

Problem is the car is running about 570-580 Bhp and the power is alot more then the standard 469 bhp, i dont race much on the tracks but when the disc and pad get real hot there is no stopping,

So you think i should change my pads again to Red Stuff? or is there some other pads which are better?

thanks

[BrabusK8]

Spoke to Birds and they dont do brakes for this modelanymore as of cost.
They told me even if i change the pads wont make any difference to the braking???? As you cannot beat Amg standard pads, but i am not sure that is true.

[Callughan]

hmm, Brabus use Alcon brakes, have you looked at these?

[BrabusK8]

Spoke to Alcon they said that they cannot supply because they have a direct contract with brabus, lol

i am going to try to get bigger disc and pads and see if they can be fitted on the standard amg Cailpers and take it from there.

[bolide]

Have you changed the brake fluid? Is the loss of brakes caused by boiling brake fluid or overheated pads? If you don't know then changing discs & pads may make no difference at all

You could use more aggressive pads which can work at higher temperatures than the standard ones but, if the brake fluid is boiling, there will be no improvement

You need to do some proper testing

Nick Froome

[BrabusK8]

Are Pagid Brake Pads any good they want £480 for the front pads???

[bolide]

See

http://www.pagid-brake-pads.co.uk/product-list.php...

Looks like your car has Brembos and there are two types of Pagid pad available

If, as you say, "They heat up too quick", then how is a change of pads going to help? The heat has to go somewhere. The pads make no difference to the amount of heat generated by a given stop. What makes a difference is how fast the braking system can dump that heat and how the braking system can deal with the temperatures generated

Buying pads without knowing where the problem lies is not going to solve your problem. Finding where the problem lies is the key

Nick Froome

[BrabusK8]

Pagid pad are better when they heat up so i will see what happeneds.

thanks