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Just an update to a 2014 thread suggesting MB for brake pads and discs for ml63. I think mine is the standard with oversized 390mm front discs.
MB Temple Fortune just quoted £760 for the front disks and £400 or so for the rears, including vat but not the pads nor the fitting. Budget guidance for it all is about £2,000-2400.
As an observation, when I get a quote from fitters such as F1 Autocentre and even Halfords, of about £1000-1100, I'm getting used to the follow-up phone call ten minutes later that they actually can't get hold of the 390mm disks they quoted for and will have in fact to get them from Mercedes-Benz. Am still waiting for them to update the quote.
I'm toying with the idea of skimming the disks, with some knowledge of the downsides. I'm not intending any serious driving and will only do 2-3000 miles a year. But there's a garage in Park Royal that seems very experienced and skims mainly Porsche. Budget including pads and skimming is £400 compared with £2400 from MB. Am I deluding myself in trying to economise?
MB Temple Fortune just quoted £760 for the front disks and £400 or so for the rears, including vat but not the pads nor the fitting. Budget guidance for it all is about £2,000-2400.
As an observation, when I get a quote from fitters such as F1 Autocentre and even Halfords, of about £1000-1100, I'm getting used to the follow-up phone call ten minutes later that they actually can't get hold of the 390mm disks they quoted for and will have in fact to get them from Mercedes-Benz. Am still waiting for them to update the quote.
I'm toying with the idea of skimming the disks, with some knowledge of the downsides. I'm not intending any serious driving and will only do 2-3000 miles a year. But there's a garage in Park Royal that seems very experienced and skims mainly Porsche. Budget including pads and skimming is £400 compared with £2400 from MB. Am I deluding myself in trying to economise?