nereik1

hi all,have not long had new standard disks and pads fitted,now when i drive anywhere theres a rumbling happening when i brake after time,its standard 4 pots on the front and loosing faith in them and still have the original 17" subaru alloys,only had car 3 months and unsure of options.took it to garage who done the disks and they could not find anything wrong and said i may have cooked the pads or have a faulty caliper.can anyone advise me in upgrading if they have been here before?

Aztec Performance Ltd

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Welcome onboard!

The garage looked at it and couldn't tell you if the pistons are sticking or if the pads had gone?

Do you need an upgrade or do you need brakes that work as they should do?

mbayley77

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You sure its not a wheel bearing starting to fail and rumbling under load of braking....mine is doing the same and has had the same failing in the past?

nereik1

the garage said i had to upgrade if i have done in the brakes in such a short time,i have used them for years and have always found them good at advise,but im new to subaru and dont have any experience,yes i want brakes that work,upgrade would be better but at what cost yet again.i can feel the rumble through my pedal and the harder i press the more noise i get,so yeh ,im lost other than going to subaru

corradoboy

Standard brakes are more than adequate, especially if you use better than OE pads (Performance Friction, Mintex, Ferodo etc) and fit braided lines using DOT 5.1 fluid. The best advice would be to get a trusted second opinion as it may be the wheel bearing or a caliper sticking as stated above. Once it's sorted the best advice I can give is to spend money on driving tuition in Roadcraft driving, which when applied will almost completely negate the need for you to use your brakes and increase safety whilst making your driving possibly significantly faster. After I learned it my pads lasted me over 30k instead of 10k max. In fact, when I sold the car the 30k pads probably still had another 10k life on them.

nereik1

the more we kick the car the more we rely on it stopping.the issue is with the car not my driving.yeh i drive hard,but no other turbo i have has has gave me brake issues,im looking for advise on an upgrade,i take on board these should be good enough to stop the car but it,do i pay extra to upgrade due to not driving it as subaru would like or do i just upgrade to an sti with better brakes,HAS ANYONE UPGRADED THERE WRX AND WHERE?SCOTTISH GARAGES WITH THE KNOW HOW WOULD BE GREAT!

dunx

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Ask for advice in the regional section (Scotland) ?

As for Corradoboy, he has a thing about driver training....

That's no help if you have a faulty caliper

dunx

nereik1

did not know there was a regional section dunx

everday is a learning day

respect!

BlueBugEye

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check out the current Godspeed group buys!

dunx

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To up-grade, as advised try Godspeed, for more money, the STI Brembos are superb, but your wheels may not clear them, so the costs keep rising....

Ferodo DS2500 or Performance Friction pads may help if your discs are o.k

HTH

dunx