Yesterday I put new front brake discs and rotors on my '03 S. I went with ATE zinc coated discs and Textar pads. I used new caliper bolts but the existing clips and Phillips screws on the discs were fine and I re-used them. Also re-used the wear indicators since the pads had not worn into them. I also cleaned the calipers and touched up a couple of chips on them using some VHT caliper red spray paint that I sprayed onto some cardboard and then used a touchup brush.
I hadn't changed a set of brakes in almost 40 years. The only thing that threw me for a loop was the things glued to the pads that have "pistons" that go within the caliper pistons. But since I was removing the calipers I figured it out!
I was going to buy the Zimmerman discs but Pelican had the ATE discs for 10% off and the price was a bit less to start, so I went with them. The only thing I wasn't expecting was that the disc surfaces were also zinc coated, I expect that will just wear off as the pads bed in. The Textar pads had the same Textar part number on as the original Brembo pads I removed. I got 61,500 miles out of the car's original front pads and rotors. the rears are still going strong. I could have gotten a few more miles out of the fronts, but I'm doing my second DE at Palmer in 4 weeks and needed the new pads for that!
