4pots onto 95sti

[slystiguy]

managed to get some 4pot calipers for cheapish (What would you guys call cheap?) Was told by a wrecker they will bolt straight on to my existing 2pot front rotors. Does anyone know if this is true? The other thing I was wondering was do 4pots fit under v1-2 sti wheels ? and will my brake cylinder an booster be able to handle the new brakes as well? Was told I may need to overtop up the filler so I dunno haha new to this an all but getting there mod wise haha

Anyone know of any members who have done this mod before on a v1-2 wrx/sti?

Cheers Sam

P.S Will standard brake caliper paint from supercheap stay on these calipers? Will blast an paint them so they look nice before I put them on

PP.S Does anyone have a4pot setup I can dummy fit my mag to see if it fits lol

[wrx_lou]

I'm pretty sure they dont fit 2 pot rotors or under earlier wheels.

[BC5RA]

They bolt straight on. You will need the rotors as well as they are larger than your OE ones.

If you are running a OE type 15" wheel then they will not fit.

[MercuryFree]

Do not fit on the 2 pot rotors. 2 pots are something like 277mm and 4 pots are 294mm.

Other than that, remove the 2 pot calipers and their mounting brackets, swap over discs, bolt the 4 pots to where the mounting brackets for the 2 pots were attached, and you're away.

[slystiguy]

Are you guys certain the rotors need changing? Because The wrecker I talked to reckons they are exactly the same an you only need the calipers? (genuine sti with 2pots). He put them on the standard gtb/rs legacys he had an said the v2 sti has the same rotors as the gtb an rs?

Wheels are 16s but are the earlier style still gold but tbh I don't expect them to fit just curious if anyone knew for sure.

Where to I measure on the rotors to find out size?

Cheers for info. weird the wrecker was so sure haha

[Guest boostcut]

the diameter of the rotor is a good place to start.

dont ever listen to a wrecker for info. they are stupid.

[wrx_lou]

Agreed, dont listen to wreckers. Just trying to make a sale.

[CUDDAS]

take the disc off & measure across it if it's 294mm then yes you have the bigger discs & they will fit your 4 pots.

but if they measure 277mm then no you will have to get the bigger disc's

if you are a dumbass & fit the 4 pots onto the 277mm rotors then they will only have a small amout of pad surface contacting so therefore even less braking resistance than you 2 pots now

[slystiguy]

Cheers for the info I know what I need now haha, Il probably wait for some cheap slotted rotors to come on TM an get them

[dubbedup]

yep have done it successfully on my V1, you will need bigger discs for sure.

Edit, i paid less than $200 for complete setup (front only)

[subieboy]

 dubbedup said:

Edit, i paid less than $200 for complete setup (front only)

Where from?

[zarnah]

got mine for that too, and they were freaking mint, pistons were beautiful and clean no pitting etc whatsoever, Roscos in ashburton, but he has his days and have seen them sold there for twice that, I also got my rotors with them but went to a Znoelli slotted rotor anyhow so may still have my good 294mm rotors somewhere if you want some?

[slystiguy]

 dubbedup']

yep have done it successfully on my V1, you will need bigger discs for sure.

Edit, i paid less than $200 for complete setup (front only)

Did you have the old 16in sti wheels or did you upgrade?

[quote name='zarnah said:

got mine for that too, and they were freaking mint, pistons were beautiful and clean no pitting etc whatsoever, Roscos in ashburton, but he has his days and have seen them sold there for twice that, I also got my rotors with them but went to a Znoelli slotted rotor anyhow so may still have my good 294mm rotors somewhere if you want some?

sounds like a score. Haven't measured mine yet but if your local maybe interested

[subieboy]

 zarnah said:

got mine for that too, and they were freaking mint, pistons were beautiful and clean no pitting etc whatsoever, Roscos in ashburton, but he has his days and have seen them sold there for twice that, I also got my rotors with them but went to a Znoelli slotted rotor anyhow so may still have my good 294mm rotors somewhere if you want some?

Sweet Rosco's

Yea when I get back to NZ.

[slystiguy]

 zarnah said:

got mine for that too, and they were freaking mint, pistons were beautiful and clean no pitting etc whatsoever, Roscos in ashburton, but he has his days and have seen them sold there for twice that, I also got my rotors with them but went to a Znoelli slotted rotor anyhow so may still have my good 294mm rotors somewhere if you want some?

Hey there, just wondering what you would want for the disc rotors? an weither they need to be skimmed

cheers - Sam

[zarnah]

will have a look if I still got them (dont see why I would have binned them) and get back to you, they definately dont need to be skimmed they were super smooth!

[slystiguy]

ok cheers dude