fitting brembos

[off2harrys]

hey just wondering if putting brembo front calipers and rotors on my v2 rex is as easy as unbolting my old ones and putting them on?i dont need the hubs or the master cylinder/brake booster do i?are the brakelines the same?ps i know the wheel designs the main hinderance but ive got my fingers crossed.cheers

[Tony]

The calipers will bolt straight on, new hubs are not needed. The STI Brembos will bolt onto any of the earlier WRX & Legacy front hubs - they use the same mounting points.

5x114.3 PCD is only on the V9+ STIs, so unless the Brembos came from one of those models the discs will not require re-drilling.

Your brake lines will work fine too.

As for master cyliner & booster - some say yes, you should change to the STI one to suit, but I am still using my original one and everything works fine.

[off2harrys]

sweet thats what i wanted to hear,i am still curious with the brake lines just thinking because i bought some goodridge braided lines for the 4pots and im sure they had different ones for brembos,im hoping i dont have to buy another kit and use half from the 4pot kit and half from the brembo kit (since i only have the fronts)

[Optical]

nah brakes lines are the same

[off2harrys]

sweeeet now just hope my wheels fit,couldnt get over the size of the calipers when i pulled them out of the box.either way theres gonna be some brakes up for sale soon

[kamineko]

your talking about the gold flat faced ones for the 320something mm rotors?

i'm thinking about the same upgrade. curious, how did you find a set and roughly what are they worth?

[off2harrys]

yea them the ones mine were just over 800 there was a few sets on trademe a lil while ago missed out on the complete set for 900 i think it was,gutted.who knows though they might be fucked seems about the going rate on there now though