Hello. As above. Any advice on whether standard sti alloys,5 x114 will fit over these calipers? Currently have 18" Speedline Turini's. Would like a set for winter use. Thanks in advance.

 

yes i have just bought some ap 6 pots and they are slimmer than the current brembos.
the kit i have is the larger 355mm disc and you need 18s to clear them.
my wheels are prodrive pf7s

 

if you stick to the 330mm 6pot kit then no problem

alyn

 

is there the 330kit then should be fine if it's the 355 or 362 then no chance!

 

Anyway of telling which kit I have.? Tape measure ? Lol

 

Yep the 330/355etc is the size of the disc, Just measure it from edge to edge.

 

Lol,yes measure diameter

 

yes but strangely the smaller kit is more expensive.
http://www.scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog...products_id=94

 

Indeed......must be down to production quantities(355-362mms rotors are probably used for bigger number of cars) nothing else seems logical to me

 

i was very confused when i ordered mine,luckily i had 18s already

 

had them put on my car recently which has 18" prodrive alloys but had to put 5ml spacers on. even then its very close clearence.

 

did you have brembos previously as my aps are slimmer than the brembos

 

Also have Ap rear 4 pots.Will measure both.

 

rears are smaller but calipers are 4 pot

 

its to do with the fact that the 355 kits use a road bioased production caliper rather than the more expensive competition variants found in the 330 kits..........

alyn

 

good to know cheers fella, so are the smaller ones better?

 

no had normal stock 4 pots.

 

Can't seem to find a price for rears?

 

If you scroll down on the link Tubs it says 'race spec' calipers for the smaller kit.

Thats big money though, you can get the Porsche kit for less money.

 

But why would you want the Porsche kit and logo on an impreza looks poop in my view. A nice big set of AP's or Alcon's looks much better. Would like to think the AP's would be better to

 

and the fact the Porshe kit doesn't fit prefectly as std IMO
you need modified pads and the actual shape is silly money in the first place

the only disadvantage of the 330 kit as std is the pad shape is a race caliper version and whilst not as expensive as the Porshe kit it is more than the 355 type caliper version, however the downside of the 7040 caliper used in the 7040 kit is again you generally need to modify the pads slightly if you want more extreme materials....

alyn

 

to true

 

arent porsche ap anyway?

 

special order i think its about £1350 as a kit

 

no generally Brembo calipers........

 

After driving impreza's with both the larger road biased 355mm and motor sport biased 330mm I would go with the latter as they stop better imo.
Mind I wouldn't mind either though lol,AP's rule in the brakes department!

 

No buddy, the Porsche kit consists of brembo calipers and AP discs.

My understanding is the brembo's in this kit are machined from one piece of metal compared to two halves bolted together for the AP's. Being one piece it reduces the risk of flex in the caliper. Not that any of us would put them under that much stress on the road though, lol.

Think we are splitting hairs though, either caliper is bloody awesome and being priced so similar it really comes down to personal choice. I like the look of the porsche caliper over the AP which is why they are on my car.

Do the AP calipers have ceramic pistons out of interest ?

 

are your wheels et53?

 

AP FTW !

 

Very nice what offset are your wheels