Brake Pads / setup

[Tim_]

Thanks for your help Jeff! I will hit him up.

[SAMMYSUBARU]

Hey guys, I have some feedback!

I bought and installed the DBA 5000 series rotors for the front as-well as the hawk ceramic pads F and R as linked in the first post. Install was easy and straight forward. Both products are very high quality and I had a fairly quick delivery time.

I have only used them for a couple of days but so far they are about 200 times better than stock.

I haven't been for a spirited drive yet but day to day traffic they are awesome and give me a lot more confidence.

I am still waiting on some brake lines that I ordered though but with a complete flush of the old brake fluid the pedal response is nearly perfect.

[HyRax]

Excellent - glad you've found an improvement. It doesn't take much to improve the brakes, does it?

The braided lines when you get them will make the pedal feel firmer since the lines will flex a lot less than the factory rubber lines. If you want to firm it up even more, then consider a Master Brake Cylinder Brace to support the MBC and prevent the firewall from flexing when you mash the pedal, and don't forget my aforementioned suggestion of optionally replacing the factory MBC altogether with an STi version too.