[W126 Coupe] Brakes

[Dawid Loubser]

I have not had my 560 long enough to judge pad usage, but if the last  
5,000km is anything to go by,
I will also get long life out of mine.

But, on a related note - having 'upgraded' from a MINI Cooper S, the  
stock brakes on these cars
are very poor (yes yes, I know they weigh 2 tonnes, but the 1 tonne  
MINI had bigger brakes than the SEC).

They have excellent stopping power, but it's so easy to overheat them  
(in which case
bad fading is experienced)... has anybody upgraded their brakes to  
something a bit better?

Ever since I bough the car (which is in truly exceptional condition  
otherwise) the brake discs were
warped (which is starting to get annoying) so I need to replace them  
soon in anyway.

regards,
Dawid


On 12 May 2006, at 7:42 AM, Mister McGoo wrote:

> Hovsepdov
>
>
> You must be dancing with your left foot on the brake pedal.
>
>
> I have been using Pagid, and get about 50-60,000 Km on either ATE  
> calipers or Girling.
>
>
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 17:45:13 -0700
> From: hovsepdov at yahoo.com
> To: MBCOUPES at mbcoupes.com
> CC:
> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Brakes
>
> Hey guys just wanted to welcome the all the new people, and I   
> wanted to know what brand brake pads are u guys using and how long  
> do the last? Cause im using tekstar and the last me about 8k miles.
>
> My dads flipin out. Ive had the car for under a year and have  
> changed the pads 3 or 4 times.
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