Great video! I have 2 questions if you get the chance to answer. How many miles did you do this job and any significant noise from this setup? I guess a third; would you have gone a different route or are these better than stock? Thanks ! Love all your WRX content - Nick
Glad you like the content! Here are my responses to your 3 questions: 1) I had about 45k miles on the car when I did the brake job. Rear pads definitely needed to be replaced, other components still had some life. I mainly did this as an upgrade. 2) If the car sits for a while I do get some slight squealing when using the brakes, but it goes away after driving for a bit, might be from surface rust that builds from the car sitting. There are periods where I only use my car once a week, in those scenarios I get the squealing. If I use my car multiple days in a row I don't notice any squealing. 3) I'm pretty happy with this setup. I like the slotted look and they perform better than stock, especially during spirited drives & hard braking. Stock brakes have brake fade when they get hot, I haven't really noticed any brake fade with these, even when I drive the car hard. Definitely bed in the brakes though, they will feel much better afterwards and will have more bite. If you can, I'd also recommend switching your brake lines to stainless steel ones. I haven't done it but I've been told by numerous people that it makes a big difference in brake firmness.
Great video! I have 2 questions if you get the chance to answer.
How many miles did you do this job and any significant noise from this setup? I guess a third; would you have gone a different route or are these better than stock?
Thanks ! Love all your WRX content - Nick
Glad you like the content!
Here are my responses to your 3 questions:
1) I had about 45k miles on the car when I did the brake job. Rear pads definitely needed to be replaced, other components still had some life. I mainly did this as an upgrade.
2) If the car sits for a while I do get some slight squealing when using the brakes, but it goes away after driving for a bit, might be from surface rust that builds from the car sitting. There are periods where I only use my car once a week, in those scenarios I get the squealing. If I use my car multiple days in a row I don't notice any squealing.
3) I'm pretty happy with this setup. I like the slotted look and they perform better than stock, especially during spirited drives & hard braking. Stock brakes have brake fade when they get hot, I haven't really noticed any brake fade with these, even when I drive the car hard. Definitely bed in the brakes though, they will feel much better afterwards and will have more bite. If you can, I'd also recommend switching your brake lines to stainless steel ones. I haven't done it but I've been told by numerous people that it makes a big difference in brake firmness.
Good call on the stainless lines. Thanks a ton!
Just what I’m looking for. It’s crazy how fast time flies when work on a car. Nice job try and do a update.
Thanks, and will do. These brakes feel much better than stock. Especially after bedding them in.
How many miles were on the car at the time of the video?
I had around 45k miles on the odometer when I did the brake job.