E55 brakes

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gt3rs

Original Poster:

402 posts

245 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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Does anyone know where the best place to get a new set of front brakes and pads for an E55.
Is there a better alternative for the factory disks? Or a good supplier of origional parts chearper than the dealers.

gt3rs

Original Poster:

402 posts

245 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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Looking into this the main dealers sell the disks for only £77.85 + VAT each.
The pads are £174.48 + VAT does anyone have any experience with EBC red or yellow pads as they are half the price and claim to provide better performance. I am keen to avoid squealing etc..

Parrot of Doom

23,075 posts

241 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2007
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I would stick with MB discs, they're not that expensive. The pads, well, at least with the EBC pads you shouldn't get loads of brake dust covering your wheels, and the subsequent corrosion caused by all those tiny metal filings.

nickb55

276 posts

216 months

Thursday 4th January 2007
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fwiw, i have found the brakes to be unbelievably good. I would even say marginally better than the porsche 997S that i had. Therefore, i would not be looking outside of regular MB dsics etc.

cheers
Nick