jason4656

Does anyone know anywhere decent in north west to buy and have fitted the DS2500 brake pads to my01 wrx? I am gonna be about all over nw on saturday so anywhere between blackpool and rochdale will be ok? are those pads worth buying over whatever subaru will fit if i ask them to replace mine? what price am i looking at for pads and fitting about? any ideas?

thanks

jason4656

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I paid 135 inc postage mail order from a guy on scoobynet:
Alyn - AS Performance
Tel: +44 191-4103770
GSM: +44 7957 203719
www.asperformance.com

Fit them yourself, it is extreemly easy. I was a little worried about doing it, but gave it a go. Have done it twice now, first time took about 2 hours, 2nd time about 1 hour. Really is very simple and will save you some money.

Take a look at this, it give you an idea of what is required - http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/showthread.php?s=c6c7e470ee8bdeb1cc837d8edd4fa3b5& threadid=349

I have not had chance to really push the pads yet, but the OEM stuff faded on me a couple of times in the past so was keen to try something else.

austen_wrx

replaced my OE pads for green stuff 2 weeks ago, really really easy. The only tools you need are a couple of large screw drivers to force the caliper pistons out. It took me longer to jack the car up and take the wheel off than fitting the pads.

jason4656

i was just lookin at those pads, what do you think of them? and how much were they??

austen_wrx

They seem good so far, not really given them a full work out yet. They seem to bite better than the OE stuff. Put it this way they are definetly not worse than OE, and at £81 they are a cheaper. Makesure you get the newer formula , especially if you go for the reds (reds you want V3, al of people try to sell you old V2's they have in stock and greens you want V4). A lot of people told me to go for mintex 1144 but i heard they squeel and i hate that.

There are some review a bit later on in this thread:-

http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadid=223712

I couldn't justify the £135 for ferrodo's when i only use the car on the road.

jason4656

i hope they dont squeal i ended up ordering the mintexs today!! didnt know if you were gonna reply, oh well ill see what they are like anyway!! thanks for the reply

austen_wrx

let me know what you think of them for next time