Steve Booth

Hello guys, I've just bought an 06 plate 2.5 Hawk eye wrx with 50000 miles. It's a one owner with full service history from Subaru Gatwick and in excellent condition. I've never owned a Subaru before and I've found the brakes to have very little feel and I have to push the pedal harder than I would have expected too considering its a sports car. The discs are standard fit and look in good nick and the there is meat on the pads ? Is this normal ? or I suspect the pads could be glazed ?

chopperman

To be fair WRX brakes were not the best. You may make them better with different pad and Hell hoses. Godspeed brakes will be your best bet for info and parts.

MattyB1983

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You could end up spending vast amounts upgrading your standard 4 pots and still not be happy.
Things like bigger and better discs, better pads, braided lines, better fluid and a brake stopper all help but they aint never gonna be great.

Steve Booth

Cheers for the replies ! Brake stopper ? What is that ?

MattyB1983

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370870498033?redirect=mobile

Steve Booth

Nice one, will this upgrade make a noticeable difference ?

chopperman

Would depend how much flex you have in that area to start with, but i have read about people claiming a big improvment. Also fit braded lines as there quite cheap and do improve braking. Quality brake pads and dot 5.1 fluid. I think thats about as far as you can go without spending big money. You can fit larger discs with Brembo calipers or Ksport ,Alcons or even AP if you have money to splash. This would mean replacing your wheels for the correct offset i believe.

360ste

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Get someone to press hard on the brakes whilst you are watching the brake servo in the engine bay. You will see how much movement there is. I fitted a brake stopper and a set of goodridge hoses as my initial brake upgrade. Then I went pads and uprated discs. I have now got a K sport brakes upgrade front and rear. These upgrade sare to my Bugeye STi.

Steve Booth

Cheers for the reply, gonna give the brake stopper a go. Ill let you all know how I get on ; )

MattyB1983

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That mod alone won't transform your poor wrx brakes. You'll keep adding things to improve it and before you know it you'd of spent enough to buy a decent setup.
If you want much better braking ability you need to bite the bullet and stick some Ksports on. They are great value for money and pretty much the entry level 'big brake kit'.

Comboflip

Brake stopper will not improve braking performance.best option will be -buy some prodrive alcons rather than trying to improve a already poor brake setup as in red wrx brakes

cuprajake

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Alcons are over priced, so are the discs for them

Best bet is set of brembos but there £400 ish

Steve Booth

If I go for the ksports will I have to change wheels ? I'm running standard 17in

Steve Booth

Meant to say will I need bigger wheels !

rob84

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Take a look at the inside faces of the brake discs on the front, It will become apparent that the pistons are seized in the front calipers, Quite a common issue