Brakes, Brakes, Brakes?

[steve_noon]

Hi All,

New to this so please be gentle with me. I am sure this has been asked before but here goes.

Just sorting out the brakes on my96 wrx waggon the list so far is:-

Mintex 1155 pads,

Braided hoses,

New discs = http://www.rotordiscs.com/main_page.htm.

And DOT 5 brake fluid.

Firstly any comments on this set up? Has anyone ever used these discs? Would a master cylinder stopper be a good idea?

All help would be greatly appreciated.

[J0nah]

Hi and welcome, I have the same mintax pads with Black Diamond grooved disks, does the business for me, except the pads are a bit dusty. (But I'm always cleaning it anyway so aint bothered by that!)

Andy

[robert_harding]

one thought.

what brakes do you have at the moment, if you are still on two pots, it may be more worthwhile to get yourself a set of 4 pots from a later classic, these have bigger discs as well...294mm instead of 277mm.

[steve_noon]

Cheers guys,

I am still running the two pots (PANTS, i know) but since this is my first scooby it is really just a quick fix.

I have plans to look for another car, maybe the end of the year. Something a bit more upto date both power and handling wise (I think I have the bug). Even a small increase in brake performance would be an improvement, my brakes are SCARRY!!

Steve. 

[Little H]

Welcome, i am upgrading mine but i have a new age either what Jonah has above or a 330mm conversion

[ayde]

I use the 1155's with 4 pots on my MY99 Turbo, I did try the EBC redstuff's but they destroyed a new set of discs and themselves within 8k miles and although they felt very promising at first they really were not that good. So I went back to the 1155's although they are very dusty they perform really well for the price. I get my discs from Camskill - they charge about £88 delivered for the 4 pot disc and will be cheaper for the 2 pot disc IIRC they are about £60 plus p+p (about £8). 

[steve_noon]

Cheers guys, thanks for info.

From all accounts the mintex are the way to go.

Steve.