pete_shrimp

Thought I'd say hi as I picked up a WRX at the weekend, though I've been registered on here a few years now I think

Very pleased with the car, the grip especially in the wet is fantastic!

Off to search now on whiney belt noises and spongey brakes...

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Cheers

Pete

olliecampbell

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Looks good, nice and clean. Even has colour coded wing mirrors!

What belts are being noisy?

pete_shrimp

Cheers Ollie Yeah it seems in good nick for a K plate.

Re the noise - I think it's the aircon pulley, definately that area, I'll remove the belt and see if it goes away.

myblackwrx

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brakes on the early wrx are ****e so may be worth an upgrade (unless already done)/

pete_shrimp

Calipers are still the early ones, they seem to stop ok-ish but the feel is horrid, 4pots are definately on the list

doshwrx2007

hey pete make sure the crank pully isnt loose as mine come off when i was on holiday in walses ( this makes a similar niose )and was exspensive to fix , it spins the power steering pump and the aircon belt , as for the brakes just upgrade the discs and pads as i did and it will be much better ,

good luck

myblackwrx

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Braided hoses are a good buy as well imo

pete_shrimp

The previous owner had the crank pulley come loose on him and replaced the worn woodruff key and cam belt etc not long ago so hopefully it not the pulley.

I changed the brake fluid for decent stuff over the weekend to try to improve the feel but to no avail, pads are EBC Greenstuff, don't know what make the discs are but they've got holes and grooves in lol, and it has braided lines. I'm at a loss with the brakes really

myblackwrx

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EBC greenstuff are not recommended for imprezas yellowstuff or redstuff but speak to Alyn at AS Performance - Rally Motorsport Specialists as he is very helpful and recommended by a lot of people on here.

imo the best way to get better braking performance is spend a little cash getting late model calipers (as they are a direct fit under your wheels in the piccies you've posted) or get slightly larger wheels to fit even bigger brakes under them (but that is obviously going to be more expensive)

gpssti4

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Yes, Green Stuff pads are not the best! I had them on mine (4 pots) and didn't realise that this was the reason the brakes where sh*te. I eventually changes to Brembo's anyway and they're sooooooo much better.

pete_shrimp

Cheers for the input, I'll look for some 4 pots

hux309

I have 4 pots fitted with mintex xtreme pads and discs from crn on ebay.

A very good setup both for fast road and the odd trackday.

Here we go

SUBARU IMPREZA GROOVED BRAKE DISCS FRONT MINTEX XTREME on eBay, also Brake Components, Performance Tuning Parts, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 18-Apr-08 23:01:36 BST)

Higgs555

very clean lookin mota i had a k reg wrx 4 my first scoob and breaks r really bad would bite good the first time u pushed the pedel but the second time they were gone so much fade

i fitted some uprated groved discs and pads i think they were tar-ox or somethin like that and 4 the road they were really good after never faded on me once