Okay, the brake job...

[ZedStyle]

referring to this old faithful thread for my w124 brakes, definitely a great help! it's been a while since i've replaced brakes, and i don't think i saw it mentioned here yet, but on my previous cars i've always opened up the brake fluid reservoir under the hood (and put a rag around it incase of overflow) before compressing the pistons in the caliper. this eases the pressure on the system so you shouldn't have to mess with the bleeding nuts...

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[boltonblue]

A quick note of advice.
it's worth the headache to go to the dealer and buy a new set of those T-45 caliper carrier bolts before you start.
3 of 4 of mine were either really badly stripped by the monkey who did it before or had rust gumming up the socket badly enough that it was hard to get a good grip.
I certainly didn't want to put them back in like that.

Doing my S right now and soaking the head since they are rusted up as well.

BTW it appears that the drilled rotor on the 03 S430 4-matic is same dimensions as the E430 4matic solid disk rotor was. had i but known ahead of time.....