STi Brembo's on the rear

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Dec 23, 2002 | 02:14 PM

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STi Brembo's on the rear

It has been a long wait but well worth it...Mike Shields from SPDUSA was the master mind behind this upgrade...He will be soon be selling the full conversion here are some pics more next week with them on the car

Here are the reworked rotors:

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Dec 23, 2002 | 05:55 PM

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I'm not too familiar with this setup, just curious, so pardon my potentially retarded questions.

"Reworked" meaning ???

What's with the nuts and bolts around the rotor? Oooh, wait, I think I might know the answer to both questions - these originally had a 190mm parking brake, and now they have a 170mm parking brake by bolting in an adapter, right?

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Dec 24, 2002 | 05:42 AM

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Nice!

Me wants but only need rotors!

Dec 24, 2002 | 11:25 AM

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I do believe that the rotors shown are for the 170mm parking brake. I remember Mike telling me about them. The rework definitely looks clean. Mike told me that the STI Brembos are so huge that there are only a few wheels that will clear the calipers.

Dec 24, 2002 | 12:59 PM

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Sick a$$ ish Areg!

That is going to be awesome. And here I thought that I was going to have to go whole hog and buy the R180 and axles and hubs and all, just to bolt up the rear Brembos.

What is he going to charge for the Kit?

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Dec 24, 2002 | 01:21 PM

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The Kit

Andy,
The kit will include the new backing plates and all the machine work that will need to be done on the rear rotors (the rotors will need to have the new reducer sleeve pressed in and the sleeve will be also be held in place by 10 screws as seen in the pictures above) you will need to include your own GDB OE Brembo rear rotors. I should have pictures up of the complete install some time next week. From what I recall Mike Shields said the package would run 350.00 far less that doing a full conversion.

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Dec 25, 2002 | 07:19 PM

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The kit will include the new backing plates and all the machine work that will need to be done on the rear rotors (the rotors will need to have the new reducer sleeve pressed in and the sleeve will be also be held in place by 10 screws as seen in the pictures above) you will need to include your own GDB OE Brembo rear rotors.

I don't get it! It includes everything but yet I need to include the rotors or you meant the callipers?

So, what exactly do we get for that price?

Leo

Dec 29, 2002 | 08:02 AM

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hmmm

What about the backing plate to use with the Brembo calipers and the 170mm hand brake? I was not aware that such a device existed.

I do know that like the Sti 2pots the Brembos have 4.5" mounting bolt spacing.

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Dec 29, 2002 | 04:07 PM

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Mike Shields provided the backing plates

Sorry but the part number sticker was removed but if you need it let me know I will look it up. I will post pictures of the new backing plates tomorrow...I did have to drill out spot welds on the new backing plates to remove the dust shields since they were to small for the OE Brembo rear rotors...

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Dec 30, 2002 | 06:31 AM

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Re: Mike Shields provided the backing plates

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Originally posted by areg
Sorry but the part number sticker was removed but if you need it let me know I will look it up. I will post pictures of the new backing plates tomorrow...I did have to drill out spot welds on the new backing plates to remove the dust shields since they were to small for the OE Brembo rear rotors...

areg

Hmmmm I think I may know which plate that is by a process of elimination. The only OEM plate that has the correct bolt spacing for the Brembo caliper but whose dust shield is too small for the rear Brembo rotor and is R160 compatible is ...... the backing plate off the NB-R. If that is true that solves a question I have had for a while, was the additional diameter of the Brembo rear rotor versus the Sti rear rotor made up in the backing plate or the caliper body ears. Sounds like if this will work, the size difference must be cast into the Brembo 2pot rear caliper. It kinda makes logical sense for Subaru to do that.

One last quick question about the backing plate Areg, does it have the ABS sensor hole in it as well?

k.