Standard Brakes

by **Bonnie Scotland** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:25 pm

Is it just me :roll:

or, do others find the standard brakes just not quite suitable to the performance :?:

I've tried warming the brakes, good fun etc, but just feel that heavy braking from 70 ish

down is not dynamic

by **chris** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:35 pm

It might be an idea to look at upgrading the pads, hoses and fluid. It'll be cheaper then putting bigger calipers on.

by **stijoy** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:06 pm

get the prodrive 330mm brake kit, only

by **Bonnie Scotland** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:09 pm

[quote="stijoy"]get the prodrive 330mm brake kit, only

by **stijoy** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:13 pm

they should have come already on the 1, they could have done a lot of things to have made the car even better.

by **chris** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:56 am

How much dearer would the pads be for the Prodrive kit? The standard Brembo ones are bad enough! :shock:

by **Brian** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:24 pm

I never found any problems with stopping with the standard breaks, they got a testing on a track day at Snetterton and in the Illeagal Yorkshire Rally

The only problem i found was they kept siezing up in the winter, if left for more than a day, they rusted and siezed, mostly down to the Salt on the roads at the time.

Maybe add some softer Pads, Go for TAROX they are very good.

by **jaycee** » Mon May 02, 2005 11:57 pm

Brakes are for girls! :gay:

by **chris** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:36 am

by **osaka** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:18 pm

if you dont wanna spend massive amounts on brakes then gor for EBC red stuff ceramic pads and Turbo groove discs.. we put a set on our project wr1 and i have a set on my WRX... great improvement on heavy breaking. scooby standard brakes are crap....!

by **jaycee** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:23 pm

How much for pads?
Are they ok to run on standard STI discs?

by **WR1 Bro** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:25 pm

jaycee wrote:How much for pads?
Are they ok to run on standard STI discs?

Do they fit in the Brembo Callipers? Yes, I know nothing.

by **osaka** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:27 pm

pads are fine on standard discs... no worries
for the new sti:
front pads -

by **osaka** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:29 pm

pads are fine with the brembos...
but when changing the discs - there is a seperate part number with anyone with the brembos. no problems there either!

by **jaycee** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:38 pm

Cheers Kash, service is due in a couple of weeks so I'll be in touch next week sometime.

by **osaka** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:40 pm

anytime fella.... anything else you need then let me know.

by **chelspeed** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:47 pm

Check the brake archives on scoobynet. EBC do not appear to have a great reputation. My mate fitted red stuff to his PPP'd WRX and they were down to the metal in under 2 months (hard miles mind but still atrocious wear rates).

There are various threads on Scoobynet about premature wear and whether the brakes in question really were the latest spec ceramic red stuff or the older non ceramic versions in the latest boxes. If you do go red stuff then it would appear you need to make sure they are really the latest spec and don't just take the sellers word for it.

No involvement in the company but for the best brakes I'd say go for Pagid RS4-2-1. They'll cost twice as much but if they last four times as long that's a bargain.

by **osaka** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:53 pm

i have heard rumors on brake wear... but all the scoobies we have done have had the red stuff ceramic pads on... and there has not been any problem with the wear rate or anything else.

by **SPIKE LIKE MIKE** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:10 pm

hi kash,
u got any pics of the grooved discs you can put up with prices for any add bits reqd aswell,can you get larger discs than those that are currently fitted?if so what price are they,i fancy large grooved discs to fit the gold brembos front and rear,

cheers :wink:

mike

by **WR1 Bro** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:12 pm

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:hi kash,
u got any pics of the grooved discs you can put up with prices for any add bits reqd aswell,can you get larger discs than those that are currently fitted?if so what price are they,i fancy large grooved discs to fit the gold brembos front and rear,

cheers

mike

SUbaru should supply a credit card with every new car!

by **osaka** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:23 pm

http://www.ebcbrakes.com/Automotive.html
check the link for pics

turbo groove discs -

by **SPIKE LIKE MIKE** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:33 pm

WR1 Bro wrote:
Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:hi kash,
u got any pics of the grooved discs you can put up with prices for any add bits reqd aswell,can you get larger discs than those that are currently fitted?if so what price are they,i fancy large grooved discs to fit the gold brembos front and rear,

cheers

mike

SUbaru should supply a credit card with every new car!

thats how i bought it!!!! :toofunny:

by **SPIKE LIKE MIKE** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:35 pm

[quote="osaka"]http://www.ebcbrakes.com/Automotive.html
check the link for pics

turbo groove discs -

by **osaka** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:42 pm

the rear groove discs are

by **SPIKE LIKE MIKE** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:36 pm

ill be in touch shortly kash,NOT this month though!!! :wink:

by **stijoy** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:17 pm

spent up for this month again. :wink:

by **WR1 Bro** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:19 am

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX came along to help us all... He buys the mods and we get to decide if we want them when he has reviewed them. COOL!

by **stijoy** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:36 am

by **SPIKE LIKE MIKE** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:47 am

I LOVE PLASTIC, u cant take it with you(

by **stijoy** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:49 am

its the paying it back that hurts so. :noway:

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