Brembo brakes best price?

[alexeiwoody]

U boys r to good to me *blush*

Ok, so I'm gunna get everything u mentioned, but, is there a difference between the newer black sti stamped calipers n the horrible gold ones? Or enough to warrant the $1000 price difference

Yeah...I'm not sure those gumtree ones will fit a lib.

[andy_mac]

Those gumtree ones look more like nissan ones

For black vs gold the fronts are the same but the rears are different for the newer ones. The piston bulge one the older ones is round while the new style is a diamond shape. The lib tbsti ones are the obvious exception to this as they use the gold style caliper but in black.
Something about the mounting points thats different so your standard rear adaptors won't work. They're a direct drop in for the wrx crowd with no adaptors needed but not the same for libs.

[sprite798]

hi guys:

Is it a good idea to just upgrade front calipers to brembo and leave rear stock? Thanks

[alexeiwoody]

hi guys:

Is it a good idea to just upgrade fron calipers to brembo and leave rear stock? Thanks

Yep, it's a very decent setup.

Had it on my lib for nearly 2 years, finally went to rear brembos as well, makes the car a bit more balanced but not too different. For the money you normally have to pay for rears, it's not really worth it IMO. If you got them for a free...then definitely

[HyRax]

...makes the car a bit more balanced but not too different. For the money you normally have to pay for rears, it's not really worth it IMO.

For the OCD, the lack of symmetry between front and rear will bug you.

[alexeiwoody]

...makes the car a bit more balanced but not too different. For the money you normally have to pay for rears, it's not really worth it IMO.

For the OCD, the lack of symmetry between front and rear will bug you.

$250 for dogbone adapters
$500 rotors
$300 pads
$0-150 paintjob
$0-100 misc bits (pins, rubbers, bleed valves)
$???? actual rear callipers

Seriously not worth it normally, unless you have cash to splash. After a built engine/gearbox/custom suspension - aesthetic OCD becomes cured very quickly!

I was gifted my rear callipers for free , had to buy $50 worth of missing bits (only a pin and some rubbers), another $50 on SS bleed valves, custom paint, and managed to score new rotors/pads/adapters virtually for free too, otherwise would never have done it.

Car felt weird afterward too, didn't squat forward as much on braking. Took a while to get used to. Pedal feels travels further in... But very happy I did it...frankenstein build nearly a full tbSti

[Subawu lova lova]

Those gumtree ones look more like nissan ones

For black vs gold the fronts are the same but the rears are different for the newer ones. The piston bulge one the older ones is round while the new style is a diamond shape. The lib tbsti ones are the obvious exception to this as they use the gold style caliper but in black.
Something about the mounting points thats different so your standard rear adaptors won't work. They're a direct drop in for the wrx crowd with no adaptors needed but not the same for libs.

Which one's won't fit the average adapters?

[andy_mac]

GD GG ones are what you want. So hawkeye (v10) or older if getting just the calipers but since they don't use 5x100 the rotors won't work. Only way around this is to get a v7 set or get new rotors and handbrake pads beefed up

You want this style


Not this style

[HardwareBoB]

hi guys:

Is it a good idea to just upgrade front calipers to brembo and leave rear stock? Thanks

Plenty of people do, it's not a problem. Both looks better though

[Graphite]

Useful thread - thanks for the contributions - just doing mine in the next week or so. Got the calipers and discs - just waiting on the pads, kartboy adapters and rear handbrake shoes

Got some wheels with RE070s on - so I will be good to go...

[HardwareBoB]

U boys r to good to me *blush*

Ok, so I'm gunna get everything u mentioned, but, is there a difference between the newer black sti stamped calipers n the horrible gold ones? Or enough to warrant the $1000 price difference

No, not really. Get the gold lines and get them repainted in whatever colour you want.

[Subawu lova lova]

Sti wrecker wants $2000 for 5x100 gold brembo set up.
rip off or sound right?

[HyRax]

Rip. Keep looking.

[blacktop™]

I wouldn't call it a rip. If it's everything you need apart from rear brackets and it's in good condition it's not too bad a deal

[HardwareBoB]

I wouldn't call it a rip. If it's everything you need apart from rear brackets and it's in good condition it's not too bad a deal

Agreed - also depends on if the pads and rotors are in good working order - if they are bolt on and drive aside from the brackets then it's a typical wreckers price.
For reference I sold a full set of brembos for $2k - but that included rear brake setup from a lib and the braided lines.