keljon

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I have a my99 uk classic, I have replaced the calipers for brand new wrx pro items with Kevlar pads and braided lines, rears are single pot vented items. All disks are nearly new but I still find the brakes lacking. It's the initial bite mainly which doesn't inspire confidence. Is there anything else I can do, my car is being remapped to 300+ soon and I don't feel the current brakes are upto the job. Do I need to upgrade to newage brembos??!!

alessio

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I'm not too fond of my brakes either. Bought the car with 2-pot fronts / 1-pot rears and with one of the calipers not working properly the thing was plain scary to drive.

Upgraded to 4-pot / 2-pot setup (with Black Diamond discs / pads, I know...) and it's better but I still get much better bite from my diesel Volvo V70! That said, I understand it's just the way Subaru have engineered their braking system with less assist than one would expect. On the track on sticky tyres the brakes actually performed quite well.

I do have a set of new age Brembos that I'm thinking of using during summer. You could upgrade to Brembos but first you could try some better pads - kevlar ones are adequate but are on the lower end of the performance scale.

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

You would need better pads , the kevlar pads are basically the first step up from standard , something we would recommend for someone who uses there car as an everyday drive and gives it some stick now and again , if your going to have it remapped soon then they wouldn't cope with 300 hp.

If you fit better pads it would make a big difference , the pads are the most important factor in a brake set up

Cheers Ian

keljon

iTrader: (10)

Yeah been looking at pads, what's your recommendation?

Godspeed Brakes

iTrader: (259)

How hard do you drive the car , and do you plan on doing any track days ?

keljon

iTrader: (10)

moderate fast road use only really, just dont find my current setup very confidence inspiring, anyone running a brake stopper? does that improve pedal feel?

keljon

iTrader: (10)

OK i have bought some yellow stuff pads so going to try them with new disks and a brake stopper

stockcar

spend your money on decent pads and you will see a world of change...............

alyn

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

I've got 4 pots and single pot rear, brakes are ok, drove someones sport and there brakes loads better?

keljon

iTrader: (10)

I am determined to get the best out of the factory setup so will be adding new disks, yellow stuff pads and a brake stopper soon so will let you know how much of an improvement that makes

AS Performance

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if its a road car then the likes of a matched set of Brembo Sport pads would be a better step than E*C IMO...............

not a hardened track pad but very capable of fast road work and a big step forward in "bite" terms over Kevlar (which i find fairly poor)

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Have you thought of having the brake bias valve removed, make the rears do more work? Mine is better since it was done.

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

How you do that? I'm in the middle of replacing the pads and discs see if that helps