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Porsche brakes
Has anyone tried the Porsche brake kits that Powerstation are now selling for all Impreza's? I wondered how these cwould compare to the AP Racing kits as i think these are possibly a Brembo caliper?
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/image...hebrakes_1.jpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/image...hebrakes_6.jpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/image...hebrakes_1.jpg
http://www.powerstation.org.uk/image...hebrakes_6.jpg
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top end brake kits probably have nothing on each other, for the dedicated track driver you might notice a difference, but you average bloke going to the shops probably wont?
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I think its my browser, but I can't see a price for these brakes on Litcho site. Can anyone enlighten me? Are these Porche's own brakes or just rebranded AP's like on Aston Martins?
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Originally Posted by mgcvk
Still can't see the prices.
Porsche Brake Upgrade - pricing
There are 2 options when choosing the POWERSTATION Porsche Brake Upgrade for your Impreza, as follows:
£1595 + VAT supplied only
£1695 + VAT supplied & fitted
That's right, for only £100 + VAT extra you can have these stunning brakes fitted buy our skilled technicians at our Tewkesbury workshop, an offer not to be missed!
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Originally Posted by ru'
What browser are you using? Etchasketch???
Porsche Brake Upgrade - pricing
There are 2 options when choosing the POWERSTATION Porsche Brake Upgrade for your Impreza, as follows:
£1595 + VAT supplied only
£1695 + VAT supplied & fitted
That's right, for only £100 + VAT extra you can have these stunning brakes fitted buy our skilled technicians at our Tewkesbury workshop, an offer not to be missed!
Porsche Brake Upgrade - pricing
There are 2 options when choosing the POWERSTATION Porsche Brake Upgrade for your Impreza, as follows:
£1595 + VAT supplied only
£1695 + VAT supplied & fitted
That's right, for only £100 + VAT extra you can have these stunning brakes fitted buy our skilled technicians at our Tewkesbury workshop, an offer not to be missed!
Etchasketch..not far off Presumably that is front prices only, still not too bad fully fitted. They look identical to AP six pots though and the price is pretty much the same.
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If you look closely at the pics on the powerstation site for their porsche brakes you can see that the bolt and fitting kit is AP, i think i'd rather pay for the AP name on my Scooby rather than have porsche.
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Originally Posted by Tazz Kill Er
If you look closely at the pics on the powerstation site for their porsche brakes you can see that the bolt and fitting kit is AP, i think i'd rather pay for the AP name on my Scooby rather than have porsche.
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My understading was that these calipers are longer in length than the Ap's and therefore cover more of the disc which increases braking.
Powerstation used to use the Ap 6 pots and i've seen the Tarox 12pots on the T25, but if the others were better why would they be using this set up??
Powerstation used to use the Ap 6 pots and i've seen the Tarox 12pots on the T25, but if the others were better why would they be using this set up??
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Originally Posted by Tazz Kill Er
If you look closely at the pics on the powerstation site for their porsche brakes you can see that the bolt and fitting kit is AP, i think i'd rather pay for the AP name on my Scooby rather than have porsche.
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Originally Posted by DannyBoy007
My understading was that these calipers are longer in length than the Ap's and therefore cover more of the disc which increases braking.
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I can't comment on the Powerstation kit, but I did have a Porsche kit from Movit fitted to my WRX Wagon. Kit comprised of 4-pot calipers and pads from Porsche GT3 and 996 Turbo discs.
Very simple to fit, though I did need to fit spacers (15mm per front wheel I think) to clear the 17" wheels (standard 2001 WRX wheels), though I could possibly have avoided that with different wheels, be it 17" in a different offset, or maybe 18", but I'd just purchased the wheels so getting a new set was out of the question.
There's a chap who posts on 22B.com as Richard.D (pretty sure that's him) whose run a similar kit to mine for quite some time and really rates it too, and he's actually used it in anger whereas I didn't
Regardless, I'd say it's a very good kit indeed and certainly comparable to an AP 6-pot kit. I'd go for it over AP's as it's just a little different, hence why I went for the movit kit over the AP's.
Very simple to fit, though I did need to fit spacers (15mm per front wheel I think) to clear the 17" wheels (standard 2001 WRX wheels), though I could possibly have avoided that with different wheels, be it 17" in a different offset, or maybe 18", but I'd just purchased the wheels so getting a new set was out of the question.
There's a chap who posts on 22B.com as Richard.D (pretty sure that's him) whose run a similar kit to mine for quite some time and really rates it too, and he's actually used it in anger whereas I didn't
Regardless, I'd say it's a very good kit indeed and certainly comparable to an AP 6-pot kit. I'd go for it over AP's as it's just a little different, hence why I went for the movit kit over the AP's.
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Originally Posted by PeteBrant
How on earth would you square that will the VAT man as being for company use?
We had a tiler on site turn up everyday in a boxster s, So it's Not unheard of.
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Originally Posted by DannyBoy007
Doesn't seem that hard, providing you can prove the car is for work use. I only had to say that I took the scoob to work (Construction site) everyday.
We had a tiler on site turn up everyday in a boxster s, So it's Not unheard of.
We had a tiler on site turn up everyday in a boxster s, So it's Not unheard of.
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the receipt will be marked up as Subaru brake conversion or something??
pretty much everything for my car ends up with my accountant TBH
my mate had a full blitz exhaust on his evo and the accountant sorted that out. no idea how they do it, that's why we pay them so much money i suppose
pretty much everything for my car ends up with my accountant TBH
my mate had a full blitz exhaust on his evo and the accountant sorted that out. no idea how they do it, that's why we pay them so much money i suppose
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Anybody know the weight of these kits..? I'm in need of some uprated stoppers but I'm aware of the unsprung weight penalty over OEM 4pots. Or is it the case that the alloy caliper and bell balance things out. Suppose it depends on the disc size at the end of the day..?
Although this Porky kit looks great am I the only one who would feel slightly uncomfortable having Porsche written on my Subaru..? A bit like putting GTI/Turbo stickers on a 1.1L..?
Although this Porky kit looks great am I the only one who would feel slightly uncomfortable having Porsche written on my Subaru..? A bit like putting GTI/Turbo stickers on a 1.1L..?
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you can always remove the stickers and replace with either brembo or subaru ones off of ebay!!!
I'm not sure of the weight but I couldn't believe how heavy the standard 4 pots were when compared to the STI Gold brembo's I changed too.
I'm not sure of the weight but I couldn't believe how heavy the standard 4 pots were when compared to the STI Gold brembo's I changed too.
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Originally Posted by DannyBoy007
you can always remove the stickers and replace with either brembo or subaru ones off of ebay!!!
I'm not sure of the weight but I couldn't believe how heavy the standard 4 pots were when compared to the STI Gold brembo's I changed too.
I'm not sure of the weight but I couldn't believe how heavy the standard 4 pots were when compared to the STI Gold brembo's I changed too.
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movit are the bigest brakes i've eveer seen, well on the audi at the ring lol, must have been 18 inch diameter disks and huge 6 pots on the front, huge 4 pots on the rear with a separate caliper for the hand brake