99 c280 brake post [Archive]

mbLova

02-28-2005, 09:53 AM

uhh i wanna thank all of you for the help, ive been into mercedes for a while, just that dad could never afford to buy a brand spanking new one, so when i turned 18 he decided with the help of me to buy a 1999 c280, beige?! instead of a 2002 honda accord!

im a relative noob at adding mods to mercedes, but i just wanted to know if this idea would work

brembo/ zimmerman brakes in the front, then if i put oems in the back would tht help or just mess up the car

thnx

Denlasoul

02-28-2005, 12:09 PM

Why would you want toupgrade the brakes in the rear as opposed to the fronts? Your front brakes do about 90% of the braking when you hit the brakes.

edit: HA! Looks like he edited it. :)

jnenad16

02-28-2005, 12:31 PM

i think he wants to upgrade the front only, and keep the back stock. anyways, brembo is better than zimmermann, or if you want something even better, go with EBC rotors, they cost about the same or maybe even cheaper, and you can put EBC green stuff pads as well. This is the combo I had on my C280 and it worked very well.

nenad

Denlasoul

02-28-2005, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by mbLova
brembo/ zimmerman brakes in the front, then if i put oems in the back would tht help or just mess up the car
So do you mean buy new front brakes, and switch the OEM fronts to the rears?

mbLova

02-28-2005, 04:36 PM

just use new brakes all around, oem(new) in the rear, zimmerman/brembo in front

whaddya think?

pads of course will be diff for front and back

?

sleek_benzo

03-01-2005, 06:51 AM

since we both have the same car (mines black/black)

this is what i'm going to do..

front
brembo (non crossdrilled/slotted)
PBR deluxe pads

rear
oem disc
oem brake pads

hoping to upgrade to c43 whenever :D

mbLova

03-01-2005, 08:18 AM

hey sleek, why arnt you gonna use the cross drilled? but yyour gonna use the slotted?

what up with that?

sleek_benzo

03-01-2005, 08:23 AM

sorry..

i'm not going to use slotted either.. just a plain and simple rotor from brembo..

i heard slotted are alright too..

look into ATE, brembo, zimmerman, etc..

theres many topic in which people give their simple reviews on it.. i'm still searching myself...

300 post!!! YEA!!

mbLova

03-01-2005, 08:29 AM

why would you not want to use slotted or cross drilled? why just plain ol brakes?

sleek_benzo

03-01-2005, 08:30 AM

ehh.. i guess its just me.. i'm not into anything too fancy smancy...

mbLova

03-01-2005, 08:35 AM

oh cool cool, tahts alright, i dont have that money to spend, my dad is spending the money cause we bought the car with bad brakes. but thanks for all your help guys.

sleek_benzo

03-01-2005, 08:44 AM

ever thought about upgraded brakes??