Diesel

Smoking calipers after a few laps recently. Not good! Wish i'd paid attention to brake threads previously! Need to avoid smoking and fading! £1500 Brembo's out of the question. 4 Q's :

Should I put 17" wheels on first so I can get bigger disks on under the 16" wheels?

What is the weak point of the 4 pot STi V brakes? Why is something else pretty similar miles better?

Whats the best cost/value kits out there? Godspeed disks & calipers seem popular?

Will my insurance go up?

Appreciate any advice!

RON

Should I put 17" wheels on first so I can get bigger disks on under the 16" wheels? Not necessarily


What is the weak point of the 4 pot STi V brakes? Why is something else pretty similar miles better? discs, pads fluid!


Whats the best cost/value kits out there? Godspeed disks & calipers seem popular? I and several others have Godspeed, if you can stretch the budget, get17's and the big 335mm kit.

Will my insurance go up? Maybe not, but you should tell them.

Diesel

Cheers Ron & glad you understood the terribly worded first question!!!

So best go for 335mm disks under 17" wheels. Does this use my stock 4 pot calipers, or are new presumably bigger calipers part of the Godspeed kit?

Finally we need only bother with the fronts then, and I'm looking at about £500 for this?

Appreciate the advice! Thanks

D

RON

335mm kit uses, original caliper, but with a spacer added to allow space for the thicker disc, fronts are the best place to start, most don't bother with the rear, I haven't.

Kingsize K2

I have an STi 5 too and am looking to upgrade the brakes as well. Should I change current discs/ pads/ add hoses or go for the Godspeed kit - and if so, which one? The car isn't going to be tracked but the current setup with the standard 4 pots is crappy....

How much is the Godspeed 335mm kit which uses the standard calipers, and the smaller one which uses the 308mm disc and Godspeed calipers???

Diesel

Kingsize

I conclude 17" wheels, hoses, 335 Godspeeds and stock 4 pots would be best deal - keeping the calipers goes towards the new wheel costs.

Try the godspeed website for the costs.

Kingsize K2

Thanks Diesel...

I have 18"s so 335 would fit no problem, but that makes my original 16"s redundant

Question is will I need to use them again? Future track days says yes, but maybe sell the wheels as well and they can help provide new rubber when/ if I take the car on track???

Decisions, decisions!!!