I read that on MBworld too. I liked that set too, but the discussion on there says the rotors are at end of life and should be replaced. The fronts do have a pretty good lip on them. If the rotors were better it might be worth doing.

 

You can find the minimum thickness on the Brembo site and then have they seller mic them. If they are still legal to turn and you go with ceramic pads, there rotors will last a very long time. I ran Ceramic pads on my stock set up for almost two years and the rotors had no measurable wear and the pads still look brand new.

 

Here is mine..

 

Can somebody help me out??
I tried seeing if these brakes fit my car by cross checking on Brembo, but Brembo has no data for a ML55.
Is anybody wise enough to look at these and can tell if they are good or not... here is the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-01-ML55-Mercedes-Benz-Red-Caliper-Set-by-Brembo-OEM_W0QQitemZ390065092529QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors _Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item5ad1b0f7b1&_ trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A10|39%3A1
Any help is greatly appreciated

 

Don't think those would work for you without other changes being made. Being from an SUV I believe they would just be to large (Note* i am by no means any kind of expert)I assume they would also require more fluid and so on being 8 piston. Rotor size would again be large (looks like 380 or so) as this was designed to stop something much bigger/heavy than the xfire. Even if they did fit I think performace would be way down just because of weight, I could be way off though, somebody please correct me if I am wrong!

 

Most likely these will work. I checked the Brembo site that I provided a link for and the ML55 is listed. The ML55 aliper is designed for the same size rotor as the C32 at 345mm. These ML55 calipers do not have the same thickness at the mounting tabs as the C32 and you would have to run the washers or some other kink of spaver as I did. I did not check the rear but they could probably bolt on as well with the right rotor.

 

hey guys, can you tell me the exactly what i need to do this upgrade. from what i gathered it is a 2002-2004 c32 front and rear calipers pad and rotors. is that with or without the sport package? and for flex lines did you go to c32 aswell? thanks so much.

 

I used my Xfire ss brake lines with no problems

 

thanks very much, but do you know if the calipers come off a c32 with a sports package

 

Hi Lantana,

I was reading through your thread, and understand that you are using parts for a major upgrade in caliper size and rotor size.

What would you use if you just wanted to switch from the single piston front calipers to dual piston front calipers, to still be used with the stock 300mm rotor?

Bat and I took her Roadster and my Boxster to the track last Saturday, and her car suffered severe brake fade at pace, and we want to upgrade the front calipers in order to help diminish that from happening again.

My Boxster has 298mm front rotors, and radially mounted 4 piston calipers at all 4 corners of the car, and it had no brake fade whatsoever, so I'm not concerned about increasing the rotor size on the Crossfire at all.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

BC.

 

Have you changed your brake fluid lately? My XF had zero brake fade hitting full panic stops from 90 mph to 35mph at BIR, and I did a lot of laps that day.

 

What I'm wondering, is will this work on a non-SRT6 version of the Xfire? Tazz mentioned something about it, but I didn't notice if he finished the project with it or not..

 

C32 brakes front and rear on my 05 Ltd Coupe, switched to SRT6 wheels for clearance on the front calipers, already had the ss brake lines, use Blue fluid, but I did get the EBC Red pads for the best "bite" when I hit 'em. FANTASTIC braking, have to check the mirrors before you stop too fast. Niece lost her sunglasses when I had her on the track. One gal I had in the car was pretty impressed, told one of our friends that when I hit the brakes "it's the first time I've squealed like that with my clothes on"

 

Gotcha. So I should end up putting SRT6 tires on if I decide to this? And that's pretty amazing about what that girl said.. I might do it just for that kind of response!

 

Ok Lantana, I bought those brakes. Could you help me out on what rotors i need and where to get them?

Sky

 

I have a set of C32 AMG rotors and calipers being delivered any day now......
Fronts only for now....

 

on the front calipers on the middle bracket section there should be a number in the metal "330" or "345" do you see any of them ?

 

It says 345, can i just go to Autozone and ask for the rotors to a C32? I

 

Yes, jsIut ask for C32 rotors. They may ask for a year to look them up. I am not sure what years they made them. Make sure you have a valid year to give them.

 

I would go for the real big brakes...

check this link:

Biggest brake upgrade kit finished!!!

Grtz
Tom