DoZZa

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I have a MY97 UK Turbo Wagon.

It currently has Subaru 4 pot brakes on the front. But in all honesty they are pretty crap!

I want to upgrade but not sure what options I have.

I see a lot of Brembo brakes for sale on here which are from newer Subarus. Are these possible to fit to a classic? If so whats involved?

The car has a set of P1 alloys on it.

I will be selling the Subaru 4 pots I currently have and have around £600 to spend on the newer brakes. So, I would spend approx £700 to £800 to purchase the brakes.

Thanks

Tidgy

set of new age brembos, but may have clearance issues on your wheels

DoZZa

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Thanks for that, would a set of spacers sort the clearance issues?

DoZZa

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So the new age Brembo's will fit straight on the existing hubs without modification?

Spacers should sort the clearance issues??

Thanks.

dunx

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If you could find a bit more cash, 2nd hand AP four pots may fit without spacers.

Or you could try K-Sports instead.

dunx

richgreenscooby1

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agreed , a set of k sports will set you back 800

Midlife......

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My subaru 4-pots with godspeed larger disk conversion worked really quite well

Shaun

JAutos

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what discs and pads you have in the std 4 pots

joey_turbo

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Yes and Yes. bu if you keep an eye out for the non gold Brembo's, they usually go under a lot more wheels.

I have newage Brembo's allround on my MY00, but wish I didn't, because I could never chuck a cheap set of wheels on it if I like. There aren't loads that fit, and there are even less that are cheap.
So if you want brembo's, look for the red ones, usually called Gran Turismo's.

Pink_Floyd

You pay through the nose for the Brembos that are fitted to the STi cars. K Sports are a good shout. Whatever road you go down I think you'll have to swap your wheels to get the clearance.

Pads and Discs on your standard set-up would be worth a look at if you don't want to go the whole hog.

DoZZa

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Thanks for the advise chaps, I might go for the k-sports.

alb27

I've got 8 pot K-sports with 330mm discs on my '99 classic, with 17" P1 alloys. They fit, but were pretty tight!

I've found them pretty good value for money, although the standard K-sport pads were rubbish, so I upgraded to some Bluestuff NBX after a couple of thousand miles.

Now I've got the Bluestuff pads in, they are a massive improvement over the standard 4 pots.