bluenosewrx

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Guys,

Looking at getting new Disks and pads for my 06 STi, only got about £400 tops for both, its down to a few different ones.also would braided hoses make a difference????,only do about 6k a year and no trackdays as of yet,only spirited road driving sometimes.

Brake Disk options:
1.Brembo Drilled
2.Black Diamond Drilled and grooved
3.EBC Grooved

Pad Options:
1. Ferodo ds2500 or whatever they are called,lol
2.Brembo Standard
3.Black diamond (not predator)
4.EBC Yellow stuff

Thanks in advance guys,opinions welcome

Mac

LWells

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Just been looking myself at these and scoobyworld do Brembo drilled at £199 and Brembo pads at £109.. seems a good price but maybe try ian @ godspeedbrakes as hes always been helpfull to me in the past, and those 2 Piece discs looks really nice :-)

I would not go for EBC or Diamond on an Sti... i have tried Ebc on my last subaru and they were not good, many many years ago i had Black Diamond but again was not impressed. However when Ian sorted me a few years back with DS2500 pads and I think it was Tarox Discs they were the best of the bunch. So i would go with Brembo/Bremo or Brembo/Ds2500

Il be interested to see what others say as im wanting to upgrade to Brembo Callipers if i find them at the right price!

Leon

dunx

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Bite the bullet and go for Performance Friction, they are awesome, with some ducts for cooling some S'netters would say as good as AP brakes !
Eh ? (D1CCY !)

HTH

DunxC

bluenosewrx

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Thanks for the replies guys,

thought about the Tarox sport japan as well, they are within price range, also Dunx thanks but unless there is a bit of a discount i could stretch to £500,i reckon that it still would not be enough and could they be to good???

sounds daft i know but my day to day comute it only 3 miles aeach way, the engine is not even warm and i save the speedy stuff for the weekend if you know what i mean!!.

Mac

dunx

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I'm old and slow !
but stopping in time is priceless....

Seriously mine are so good they out grip my road legal slicks in the dry, it's amazing.
Check out BOB'5 in trader section.... £560 with pads is less than standard Subaru parts cost !

Only advice...

HTH

DunxC

D1CCY

Dunx is right. I have AP 6 pots (and they are very good) but with hindsight could have saved a lot by keeping brembo calipers and getting PF set up as just as good. Mate has PFs and I've driven it so I have back to back experience.

Avoid drilled discs as they are prone to cracking if given a hard time. Avoid OE brembo pads as a lot better can be had for less money (Ferodo, Pagid, or PF).

Cheers, Diccy.

Godspeed Brakes

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Just to give you another option , I can supply you grooved one piece discs for £195 a pair, we also offer 2 piece discs and bell which we normally sell for £350 a pair , but there is a group buy on for the 2 piece discs at the moment , they are £300 a pair if there are at least 5 orders , all our discs have a 12 month guarantee against warping even if you do track days which no one else offers.

I can supply you a range of pads , Mintex , Ferodo , Pagid , PF , Performance Pads start at £100

Call me on 01656 723060 for more info.

Cheers Ian

rickya

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Brembo calipers are very good, though discs are not amazing. EBC ok for road use not for trackdays.

Which discs depend on budget & use, the choices are endless.
Talking baout Endless, I have tried various pads on cars inc Brembo & EBC redstuff. EBC redstuff is better than Brembo & good for road use, not track. Ferrodo Ds2500 are very good all round though can squeal a bit & are not cheap. I have heard good things about Endless pads which are also priced competetively. IMO the best thing to do if on resonable budget is to get Endles SSV pads on front & SSS on back, as SSS are cheaper & you dont need SSV on back as most braking will be on front wheels.

bluenosewrx

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Guys,

Thanks again for the replies, i have now put a order in for PF Disks and pads(thanks to Dunx's write up),

Should get them in the next few weeks as he has had a back order up.

Thanks again all.

Mac

dunx

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Mine ! ! You need to do a search on Dynamix !
He does the 100 laps and no fade workout !

That's impressive...

TBH I don't think you'll be disappointed.

DunxC

P.S. I don't mind recommending decent gear even if it isn't the cheapest !
Being a Yorkshireman, spending money hurts...

bluenosewrx

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You want to try being Scottish mate, got a reputation of tightness to uphold,lol

Mac

RA Dunk

so would the PF pads and discs be a good option with AP calipers then?

GlesgaKiss

I got EBC discs and pads for my scoob, and i'm very disappointed with them. Any more than 2 mins of abuse and they are useless...absolutely no brakes at all. I've still got the earliest 2 pot calipers on mine though, so it will be largely down to that I think, and yours will be alot better whatever you put on them.

Alan

stockcar

they are a very good option with that set-up but totally different to the STi fitment they are talking about above............

alyn

RA Dunk

hmmmmm, maybe i`ve picked this up wrong, so the STi fitment (subaru/brembo calipers with pf discs and pads) would be better than the PF discs and pads with APs? ?

excuse the questions im not really clued up on the braking side of things

stockcar

no not comparing them, just making sure that people realise that the STi fitment discs /pads are exclusively for that car..............

but PF do pads and rotors to fit various AP kits also

alyn