hi all,

after nearly not stopping yesterday im looking at break upgrades, are the brembos from a STi that much better than standard wrx ? ive seen some in gold, with new drilled and grooved disks and mintex pads at £650.

ideas please????

 

K-Sport brakes apparently have good stopping power, maybe check them out.

Thanks,
Sam

 

Brembo breaks what?

Brembo brakes are superior to the WRX 4 pots, but there are better brakes out there. K-Sport are good & in your price bracket. The Brembo's are tricky when it comes to wheel choice, standard STI wheels fit over them, but WRX wheels won't.

 

thanks guys, just had a look at the k-sport site,looks good!

thanks guys

 

330mm K-Sports should fit under a min. 17" alloys

356mm under a min. 18".

If you also splash out c.£260 on the PF 01 pads, then the set-up will be pretty bloomin' effective...

 

dont discount the ferodo ds2500 pads either. the godspeed red brembo 335mm kit fits under 17" oz superTs

 

The original style 15-spoke OZ Super-T alloys suit the Classic the best IMO ^^^. After all, they're a faithful replica of the works Impreza WRC99/00 alloys (albeit in 17", rather than 18", form).

Sorry, back on topic...

 

Yeah make sure you get good pads with the K-Sports though, i heard the standard pads they come with aren't so good!

Thanks,
Sam

 

The standard pads are awful.
Drove 2 cars equiped with K Sport 332BBK back to back, one on the stock pads, the other had some Ds2500 in them.
Night and day tbh.

 

Interesting to see how the pads work on Brembo's or Alcon's, if they were to fit that is.

Thanks
Sam

 

Ksports work pretty well for me

 

ive just upgraded my07 wrx to brembos and find them slightly better but im still at the bedding in stage,

i had the standard 4 pots,with braktech discs and mintex 1155 on front with braided pipes and thought they were excellent but then picked up the bremos for a price i coudlnt refuse,

have got them fitted with the discs and kevlar pads from ian godney and they look great but im just waiting till next month then fitting pf pads.

 

I fitted sti brembos on my wrx and picked up a set of sti alloys, after selling my own stuff it cost me short of £500 including new discs and pads, I even ended up with far better tyres, it all sepends what you want really, the brembos are a massive improvement, but I can't comment on the k sports as never had them