New Brakes Please !

[andyr]

Had to take my WRX to a local National Tyre place (Corstorphone road in Edinburgh) to investigate what I'd suspected was a binding caliper. Not my first choice but I had no alternative at short notice.

Turns out the pads on the nearside (and maybe the other) is very low (not worn out though) plus the caliper is binding badly with the result that the disk has started discolour due to overheating.

Out of interest I asked them to quote for pads and disk : £80 and £140 respectively although they seemed more than happy to lower their price if I pushed a bit so I guess I can get them for under £200. They weren't sure about the price for a caliper : I'm hoping that once it has cooled I can remove it and free up the piston.

Can anyone recommend a place for either parts only or parts and fitting - the next few days are not that easy for me to do the job myself so I may have to hand the car over to someone to do it. I've emailed Glenburgie re the parts and am waiting them getting back to me.

Ideally the west side of Edinburgh which is handy for work or Dalkeith area which is nearer home.

[drb5]

Brakes direct from Subaru, will hurt even the most well off owners, so i would even think about it.

Black Diamond are relatively cheap and quite well liked. Should be easy enough to fine them too.

[spooks]

Still needing to do mine, I see the "group buy" in the other place has Godspeed for £50 off ............ I dunno if I can afford em but need to do sommit soon.

You would be surprised at Brakes from Subaru now ( discs not pads) IIRC they were £100(ish) but I may be wrong, add your 10% SIDC discount and they may well be worth a shout. Better quality pads are a must though. Expect to pay about £100 at least for quality pads.

Spooks

[imprezapete]

www.speedways.co.uk

Try here

New age, full set of discs and pads for front £108.00 delivered

Classic <97, full set of discs and pads for front £113.00 delivered

[sma01]

phone duncan @ hypertech in bonnybridge mate - 01324 812212, competitive prices for all performance brake products, Mintex 1155 pads are the ones i'd go for...

[fraser_drinkwater]

I got the mintex 1155 pads and the DBA 4000 series discs from dunc and they are great.

[sma01]

can vouch for dbas, swiggis are workin v well on his car, big difference to the braking performance,....

[andyr]

Speedways looks well cheap : no way of knowing what manufacturers products you are getting but assuming they are up to OE standards then £35 for pads and £76 for disks is very cheap. I think I've got front pads already after picking a box up cheap in Halfords months ago but the disks are 1/2 of what I've been previously quoted.

[imprezapete]

M8 just check with them what your getting before buying them.

Also I cant think they would be any different to what subaru would fit as I dont think they make all there own parts.

[dad]

<< you can buy a caliper repair kit from nobles and overhaul the caliper yourself i done mine a few weeks ago was 18 quid odd with me discount .cheers gordy >>

whats involved in the repair? whats in the kit , new seals?

[andyr]

Repair kit is certainly something to consider - I guess these would be the dust and fluid seals (have used these for motorbike calipers before)

Only issue is that I can't really do without the car for too long - sometimes brake pistons get corroded and it's better just to replace them (assuming decent ones can be sourced at reasonable cost !)