are 4 pot subaru brakes worth it

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Dec 24, 2002 | 05:53 AM

#46

Leonardo

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From: At the Ritz Carlton, in the pool bar.

Car Info: 2005 Legacy GT "lightweight"

A guy here is using the 2 pot rears (not the gold ones) with everything stock minus the dust shield (removed)! The only diference is using the correct rear rotor which he did. Now he has 2 pot rears with parking brake. I'll see if I can get the part number!

Also, look for the post from Areg which he and Mike Shields (The Guru) have done a modification to the rear rotors of the gold ones to fit in stock place!

-PB
Running to get a set of those rotors!

Dec 24, 2002 | 07:01 AM

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Kobayashi

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Originally posted by Prodrive Boy
A guy here is using the 2 pot rears (not the gold ones) with everything stock minus the dust shield (removed)! The only diference is using the correct rear rotor which he did. Now he has 2 pot rears with parking brake. I'll see if I can get the part number!

Hey Prodrive Boy, you're annoying me. I would like to know the guy who has been able to bolt up a set of Subaru 2pot calipers(which have 4.5" bolt spacing) to a stock USDM backing plate(which has 5.75" bolt spacing.) Won't, can't, didn't happen. You are correct in a way tho, that up until recently the 2pots were only offered with a rotor with a 190mm internal parking brake incompatible with USDM cars. However that has recently be changed.

The rotor you are talking about is a 290x18(170)mm rotor. Subaru PN: 26700AE030. Found on BE/H GT-Bs and B-4s, and GDA Impreza NB-R, et al. You also need the backing plates(on a side note, these backing plates are incompatible with the ABS pickups on the rear of BE/H Legacys) from the NB-R to make this setup work on GC, GDA, BC/F, BD/G, etc. as well.

k.

Dec 24, 2002 | 07:20 AM

#48

Leonardo

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From: At the Ritz Carlton, in the pool bar.

Car Info: 2005 Legacy GT "lightweight"

Fine, I'm annoying!

But I tell it as it is and soon will have part numbers to proove it so SUCK IT!

Thanks forr all the rest of the info though!

Dec 24, 2002 | 08:07 AM

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Hey PD Boy I thought youd be pleased you annoyed me I was jus pulling your chain. He cant use the stock backing plate with the 2pots tho. Not unless he has manufactured some sort of amazing adapter as yet unseen. Definitely nothing oem.

Merry Xmas to all....

k.

edit: and if you need PNs just ask.

Dec 24, 2002 | 11:29 AM

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ImprezaRSDriver

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From: Mann Engineering, Santa Clara, CA

Car Info: 13BRZ, 11FXT, 08T25, 07STI, 02WRX

I bought the Subaru rear 2pot kit for my RS and everything bolted right up. The kit included the backing plates for the calipers, rotors, pads, and pins, etc. But I know that Mike has been selling the gold brembos and have done custom modifications for those that have it so that it will work on the USDM cars.

Dec 29, 2002 | 07:50 AM

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Originally posted by ImprezaRSDriver
I bought the Subaru rear 2pot kit for my RS and everything bolted right up. The kit included the backing plates for the calipers, rotors, pads, and pins, etc. But I know that Mike has been selling the gold brembos and have done custom modifications for those that have it so that it will work on the USDM cars.

Now just for clarity. When you say "bolted right up" you mean after you had the hub pressed out of the knuckle, the new backingplate bolted to the knuckle and the hub pressed back in correct? Meaning when I say, "bolts right up," I usually do not include in that a trip to the machine shop. Just a rhetorical question for those who may not know what is involved in this install.

k.

Last edited by Kobayashi; Dec 29, 2002 at 07:52 AM.