W203 C270CDI Front Brakes - Advice needed

[ccp]

The front discs and pads on my 04 plate C class (C270CDI Avantgarde with sport pack) need replacing after less than 30K miles. The set that are fitted at the moment were bought from German and Swedish and I am a little suprised that the discs have only lasted one set of pads -they weren't the cheapest option and I don't drive that hard! I normally expect that a set of discs would last 2 sets of pads.

So I wondered what mileage everyone else is getting out of a set of pads and discs?

And the other question - what makes of discs and pads do people recommend?

Thanks

Charlie

 

[Geoff A]

My 2005 model 270CDi has the big brake upgrade and I bought replacement discs and pads from my local Merc dealer in Jan 2010, with discount for the car being over 4 years old.
They cost £52 per disc and £54 for the pads. So far they've done 40K and there's plenty left on them, though I do make a lot of long journeys.......
I'm expecting my discs to last at least two sets of pads.
Hope this helps

 

[ccp]

Thanks - I hadn't considered getting them from a Merc dealer, I'll check into their prices and see how they compare with others

Charlie

 

[whitenemesis]

Always, always check dealer prices first. Otherwise how do you know the price to beat?

I have always used MB parts and front pads discs tend to last ~45k. That said I'm more comfortable changing the discs when changing pads especially if the discs are quite ribbed and the drilled discs tend to develop ridges.

 

[Geoff A]

It's easy enough to knock the lips off the outer edge with a pad and I've cleaned the cooling holes using the correct sized HSS drill bit. There's a lot of metal in those bigger discs too, so they'll stand some wear until they get down to the minimum thickness

 

[ccp]

Unfortunately they're almost down to the wear limit now (just 0.1~0.2mm remaining) with the pads pretty much gone so they need replacing rather than tidying up and skimming.

I was just suprised at the wear rate of the discs themselves.