2 Pots to 4 Pots
#1
Is their much difference between the two?
I have standard two pots on MY97.....is upgrading to the Subaru 4pots worth £300 of my money or should I save up more and get Brembo type things!!!!!????????
Ray
I have standard two pots on MY97.....is upgrading to the Subaru 4pots worth £300 of my money or should I save up more and get Brembo type things!!!!!????????
Ray
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I changed from 2 pots to 4 pots on my MY98 - the standard brakes were truly awful. I noticed a big difference in stopping power, but to be fair I also switched to braided steel brake lines, DOT 5 fluid, and Mintex 1155 pads.
Best budget brake upgrade in my opinion, I think £300 is reasonable, assuming its disks and calipers, and their in good nick. Even better if you get some pads thrown in too.
A proper upgrade to Brembos, APs, or Prodrive, will set you back £1000-1500. You pays yer money, you takes yer choice......
T
Best budget brake upgrade in my opinion, I think £300 is reasonable, assuming its disks and calipers, and their in good nick. Even better if you get some pads thrown in too.
A proper upgrade to Brembos, APs, or Prodrive, will set you back £1000-1500. You pays yer money, you takes yer choice......
T
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i went from 2 pots to new 4 pots(cost me £700), better but not great, depends how heavy you are on your brakes really, im quite heavy, had alcon 4 pots after that, now got brembo 4 pots, best of the lot
mark
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I had 2 pots which i never realy found to bad for 90% of the driving, i drove a few cars with 4 pots and to be honest i didnt think they were alot better, better yes but not alot.
Ive now got brembo 4 pots and even on track days find these to be great.
Andy
Ive now got brembo 4 pots and even on track days find these to be great.
Andy
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i had 2 pots on my MY98 and upgraded to 4 pots
i paid £100 for a set of subaru 4 pot calipers of an STi4 (which is really, really cheap)
I then went to Tyres Northampton & had them fitted with EBC turbogroove discs, EBC redstuff pads, braided hoses & dot 5.1 all for £375
so at that point it had cost me £475 to upgrade to 4 pots (and dont forget i got the calipers cheap!)
But i soon found that the redstuff were very poor when cold and still poor when eventually warmed up, faded and they didnt last long at all. So i ended up buying DS2500's instead at £150
So now i've paid over £600 to upgarde to subaru 4 pots and although they stop the car well and (now) dont fade i wish i had spent more and maybe got a set of AP's or similar - especially when now and again you can pick em up on here for £700 - £800 second hand
chris
i paid £100 for a set of subaru 4 pot calipers of an STi4 (which is really, really cheap)
I then went to Tyres Northampton & had them fitted with EBC turbogroove discs, EBC redstuff pads, braided hoses & dot 5.1 all for £375
so at that point it had cost me £475 to upgrade to 4 pots (and dont forget i got the calipers cheap!)
But i soon found that the redstuff were very poor when cold and still poor when eventually warmed up, faded and they didnt last long at all. So i ended up buying DS2500's instead at £150
So now i've paid over £600 to upgarde to subaru 4 pots and although they stop the car well and (now) dont fade i wish i had spent more and maybe got a set of AP's or similar - especially when now and again you can pick em up on here for £700 - £800 second hand
chris
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I have changet to 4pots with tarox metalceramic disc and may friend with STi and AP Racing (for 16") said there is no noticable deference on the road.
So Iam happy...
So Iam happy...
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