Hello people,just to try and cut along story short,changed the pads on my 03 sti front and rear to the ebc blue ones and after the bedding in progress the brakes were still shocking,so i decided to speak to godspeed and i bought some of there grooved disks hel stainless hoses and a change of fluid,now the garage ive had them fitted at today,have said that there are two bleed valves?one on inside of the brembo and one on the outer,on the drivers front one he,s said that there wasnt a bleed valve on the inside of the caliper so he said they might be a bit spongy? Now after taking it for a small test drive the brakes are even worse the pedal is pressed very low before any braking,alot lower than before and they do feel spongy as hell,now will this get better as the pads wear to the new discks?or could it be the front drivers caliper bean knackered and him not been able to bleed the brakes properly,also if i pump the brakes the pedal feel comes higher and seems abit better,anyone know where i can take my car to a proper subaru specialist as close to hull as possible as its starting to get exspensive trying to get the brakes better on my car,starting to wish id just bought a full big brake kit from somewhere,as im upto over 600 spent on brakes allready,any sound advice welcome thanks very much.

 

Hi
It sounds like a bleed nipple has snapped off as there should be 2 bleed nipples at the top of the calipers , you will never bleed the brakes properly as they are , it needs fixing.

Any good engineering company can do this for you , I have a jig specially made to fix them on our CNC milling machine , if your stuck finding someone to do it , send the caliper to me and I can fix it for £30 plus delivery back to you.
Or if your not too far away , I can offer you a drive in / out service and fix it

Cheers Ian

 

Just noticed your in Hull , so sending the caliper to me would be the cheapest sollution , I can fix it within an hour or receiving it , and get it shipped straight back to you the same day

 

Thanks for the fast response ian,think im gunna take it off ian an send it to you mate,my dad has said that he wont of bleeded them properly and thats why there spongy,wish people could be honest when they do work for you just tell you the truth as i wont do any other mods till i can get the car stopping something like.thanks and will try and give you a quick call tomorrow if work allows me to.

 

What sort of money would something alot better than the brembo,s be?and can i get calipers to fit the disks ive bought off you ian,looking at really good brakes for not to much money,if thats possible.

 

There are no other calipers that will fit the discs you have had off me , your existing set up will be very good once the caliper is fixed and bled properly
Cheers Ian

 

Will be in touch tomorrow ian cheers,just hope i can take the caliper off ok cant be hard surely.lol

 

Its very easy , ring me in the morning and i'll run through it with you
Cheers Ian