Disc rotors & pads

[johndd]

Looking into a brake service for my W126 300SEL. Just want to stay standard, no need for oversized dinner plates nor multi calapers arrangements with fancy paint jobs. Nor do I have the need for crossed drilled rotors that resemble an Italian cheese slicer nor with fused volcanic lava and diamond encrusted pads, simply the standard rotors and pads that leave my shiny wheels black every week will do. Any recommendations for brands of disc rotors and pads and any to avoid will be appreciated.

[ChuckNDicks]

I usually always recommend people buy Brembo rotors. Just the normal smooth (OEM replacement) ones, nothing fancy. They seem to be a lot more solid and last longer than the cheap bargain brands.

[dustingb]

The best I've seen with my customer cars is not so much the rotor installed but making sure you keep a quality ceramic pad on to cut down on brake dust. I purchased Wagner ceramic pads about 10k ago for my gti which were relatively inexpensive but they have cut brake pad dust significantly