[W126 Coupe] Brakes

[Axel Wulff]

Dawid,

Disk upgrades can be had from Powerslot (slotted rotors), Zimmermann 
(drilled rotors) and sometimes you can find the Brembo upgrades (drilled, 
$250/each).

If you are interested in something a bit more involved, a company called 
StopIt in Germany makes caliper upgrades for our cars (4-piston, larger 
disks). I haven't heard of anyone using these, but if you feel ambitious 
we'd all like to hear about how they work.

Best of luck to you.

Regards,
Axel J. Wulff
610-731-5453 Cellular
610-572-4611 Home





>From: Dawid Loubser <dawidl at solms.co.za>
>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Brakes
>Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 07:56:50 +0200
>
>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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