Pads are a wear item, rotors are too but you should IIRC get 1 set of rotors
for each 2 sets of pads. Maybe more.
I put PBR rotors on my '83 240D, I got them from Rusty and Gary while told me
they were junk and would wear out tomorrow (this was after the Rusty/Gary
split) they gave good service over 25,000 miles until I junked the car. IIRC
they were very cheap.
Dr. Fatstuff has both Balo and Zimmerman in the sub$35 range for fronts,
probably can't go wrong with either.For pads I'm sticking to Pagid from now on.
My local CarQuest talked me into their house brand for my 190D rear brakes last
time. I bought the "best" quality and they squeaked bad. Switched to Pagid
which is what Gary recommended and the squeak went away. The CarQuest branded
pads were like $8, Pagid were maybe $20. In this case since I had to do the job
twice it would have made much better sense to go with Pagid in the first place.
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:02 AM
Subject: [MBZ] Need front brake rotors for my W123 300TD
What brand should I stay away from? It seems the pads last longer than my
rotors...
Andrew
1983 300TD squeals and leaks
1985 300TD garage queen
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