hey is it easy to change brake pads on a wrx?

 

uhm

depends on what you have done.

easy compared to the time i spent a night in the garage doing an up pipe and downpipe install.

when are you doin it? im in petaluma, so if you need help/tools i can give you a hand.

 

im doing it tomorrow morning at my parents house in sebastopol. the got air tools i looked at a diy and it didnt seem that hard

 

if you want to come help you can. i could always use the company.

 

It is an easy job, but, obviously, you want to get it right. If you don't have instructions, go to scoobymods.com and print out the "How to". It took me an hour and a bit to swap out pads all round on mine - although I had helped on a friend's car before so I knew where everything went.

Couple of things once you have completed the job:

1) Pushing the pistons back to allow room for the new pads will mean that the brake pedal may need pushing a long way the first time you use it - so be careful the first time you need to brake.

2) The new pads will need time to bed in and won't give optimal braking for a few tens of miles.

 

if you are changing pads I would bleed too.

 

Enjoy, these helped me a lot.

http://videos.hspn.com/?videoid=44&catid=14
http://videos.hspn.com/?videoid=45&catid=14
http://videos.hspn.com/?videoid=46&catid=14

 

Don't let daredevil place your jackstands....

 

http://www.weblumen.com/subaru/brakepads.html

 

excellent page mcdrama. the only things that I would add:

clean the rotors, either take them off and hit quickly with a sander and then brake cleaner or just brake cleaner. taking off the rotors is really easy.

also bleed and put in new/better fluid.

 

I'm in Sebastopol...if you need some help.

 

So easy a girl could do it.

 

yes.

 

Easy. Since you are at it, install a set of SS brake lines as well.