4 pot brembo big brake kit

The price is what it is. If you want factory subaru bbk, it doesn't get much better than this. In the add was saying that were from extremely low mileage car and comes complete with the pads, disks and lines...
And yes 5x114.3 but those can be re drilled.
My APs came from classic and 5x100. I had the shop to drill 5x114.3 holes when l had the wide tracks and now they are back on the BC5 and 5x100
 
dontommy said:
The price is what it is. If you want factory subaru bbk, it doesn't get much better than this. In the add was saying that were from extremely low mileage car and comes complete with the pads, disks and lines...
And yes 5x114.3 but those can be re drilled.
My APs came from classic and 5x100. I had the shop to drill 5x114.3 holes when l had the wide tracks and now they are back on the BC5 and 5x100
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Didnt even think that was possible. Happy days. Those are the dogs danglies that set up to be fair 😁
 
They are nice but not at that price and I'm not obsessed with keeping the car original or only using Subaru parts.
Never thought of having the disk drilled. So the brakes carriers (as in attach the brakes to the hub) are the same fitment just the PCD is what differers.
 
I only had the chat with lads recently, and I don't wanna be telling you what to do, only sharing my thoughts is all.
But, for the price of those APs, you'd have a full set of Brembo front and rear and discs also.
With customs and VAT etc on the AP, you wouldn't be far off 2k, maybe more. The likes of Olly McCarron would probably have the full brake set up if not now, fairly soon.
The conversation I had was basically how good the Brembo are. You'd never need more with daily driving. They've saved me a few times with incompetence from other drivers etc and when you need to stop, they'll stop you lol
AP are brilliant, but I think overkill to be honest unless it's a track car. Those calipers don't come with discs either do they?
I'd look into it, Brembo would be a huge jump in stopping power, and much easier on the pocket, and you'd have the rear upgrade too.
If wanted, you could go Brembo and aftermarket discs and good pads, you wouldn't need any more braking effort I think.. But again, I'm only sharing my thoughts, no doubt you'll get what's right 👌👌
 
Full set of calipers and discs from Olly, front and rear, £800

They might be gone now but he's bound to have another breaker in soon.


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I have friends up the North so no import or vat concerns.
My worry with Brembos is the limited alloys that work with them that are 17".
 
Be lots available really, it's ET you'd want to be looking at, just to push the face out further from the caliper. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be able to give a few examples of different fitment etc but sure there's lots
 
I'm repeating myself but 4 pot brembo are chunkier than 6 pot APs. Also APs are expensive new but l got mine used for a fraction of the price with near brand new disk and pads and braided lines
 
For me I'm looking towards the APs as smaller callipers which gives more options generally for wheels. Just need to jump on a set when they come up for sale. Not in a panic for them so happy to wait.
 
Love that Turbo said:
Do they rears really do much....
Still way too much. Id get new APs for a bit over 2k.
And those aren't 5x100 id guess 🤣
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Rears do an awful lot. A decent disc/pad setup in the rear makes a world of difference and takes a lot of work off the fronts.

What do you want the car to do? Do you need big brakes? Have you a ball of alloys you want to swapping out depending on the day of the week?

Function, fashion, or both?
 
So Brembos on the back and AP on the front.
It's just a fast weekend car. Will have a set of summer wheels and winter wheels.
More interested in function than fashion
 
Few years ago i wasted alot of money trying to get the subaru 4 pots to standard between different disk pads fluid combos with different degrees of success. I ultimately learnt my lesson & and went big disks and Ap 4pots..

Aps on front of old wrx 2 pots on rear ds2500 all round savage setup esp noticable on track

Over kill mabay but still savage

Brembos last nearly 3 years now on widetrack ds500 front to back also excellent havent felt wanting no track experience tho

If I was you I'd go second hand brembo front to rear with brembo disks there very good and the Classic is light so be even stronger at stoping

Bang on sti non widetrack wheel job done

Also had good experience with Wrx Pro calipers on fozzy a big upgrade on front oem ones pared with sti classic rear calipers great value but foz was not as powerful as your classic so mabay not suitable

Suppose all comes dowm to budget at the end of the day

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Ciaran WRX said:
Few years ago i wasted alot of money trying to get the subaru 4 pots to standard between different disk pads fluid combos with different degrees of success. I ultimately learnt my lesson & and went big disks and Ap 4pots..

Aps on front of old wrx 2 pots on rear ds2500 all round savage setup esp noticable on track

Over kill mabay but still savage

Brembos last nearly 3 years now on widetrack ds500 front to back also excellent havent felt wanting no track experience tho

If I was you I'd go second hand brembo front to rear with brembo disks there very good and the Classic is light so be even stronger at stoping

Bang on sti non widetrack wheel job done

Also had good experience with Wrx Pro calipers on fozzy a big upgrade on front oem ones pared with sti classic rear calipers great value but foz was not as powerful as your classic so mabay not suitable

Suppose all comes dowm to budget at the end of the day

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Agree man. Brembo front and rear, new discs, good pads, good fluid. You won't need any more I'd imagine.
Don't rush any decision tho.
But if 4 pot Subaru calipers were good enough for the latest Classic STI, Brembo are also an upgrade 👍
 
I'm in no rush as to change them but it's going to have to be done at some point so want to have it clear in my head what I'm going to do.
I had 4 pot brembos on the vRS which is not that's much much heavier than the Classic. Think about 85kg in the different hence my thoughts on going AP over Brembo.
 
Love that Turbo said:
I'm in no rush as to change them but it's going to have to be done at some point so want to have it clear in my head what I'm going to do.
I had 4 pot brembos on the vRS which is not that's much much heavier than the Classic. Think about 85kg in the different hence my thoughts on going AP over Brembo.
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Did you have rear brembo too tho?
As said earlier, it's quite surprising how much impact the rears have on stopping power
 
The where an upgrade I got my hands on.
The rears where larger than normal GTIs as had to replace on and was painful to find.
What size disks are the Brembos vs APs
 
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