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Old 05 January 2012, 11:26 AM
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do you have to drill the bulkhead to fit the brakestopper?
Found a set of Brembos on ebay fr+rear..£999.I felt faint.
Old 05 January 2012, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Dave Y
do you have to drill the bulkhead to fit the brakestopper?
Found a set of Brembos on ebay fr+rear..£999.I felt faint.
Too much for Brembo there,these Brembo has been with Discs and pads or just calipers?

I've seen here somewhere for £420 front brembo without the discs,which is good price


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Old 05 January 2012, 12:36 PM
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Just rang a place in Thame breaking an 04 sti front calipers £575. discs £60+vat.
At that point i said goodbye.
Old 05 January 2012, 01:04 PM
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I don’t understand? I sent you a link for refurbished brembos and discs at £350. Whats wrong with that?

No drilling required to bulkhead for brake stopper. Just bolts on. 30 minute job max.
Old 05 January 2012, 04:51 PM
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it slipped under the radar.I have just sent a pm to the chap selling them.
also got a chance of calipers discs and pads for a very good price.
it will be decision time very soon.
Old 05 January 2012, 07:25 PM
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I fitted the BrakeTech front grooved discs from Bob, grooved rear discs from Godspeed, kevlar pads from Godspeed, HEL braided hoses, 5.1 fluid and a CDF master stopper. Much much better than stock.
Old 06 January 2012, 09:18 PM
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still looking,got outbid on the £350 set.Are brembo GT any better than standard brembos are they worth more??
Old 06 January 2012, 10:05 PM
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Thought it was a sale at £350 not an auction? At the asking price they were very cheap. Maggs got a bargain there! You snooze you loose mate.
Old 06 January 2012, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
Thought it was a sale at £350 not an auction? At the asking price they were very cheap. Maggs got a bargain there! You snooze you loose mate.
Mate i didnt snooze and i didnt Lose.I didnt want to pay £350 simple as that.
All i can say is lucky Maggs..
Old 06 January 2012, 11:38 PM
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Unfortunately you get what you pay for. I doubt you'll get them cheaper than £350. If you spend too little you may end up spending more on new pistons, seals etc to get them working.

Good luck in your search.
Old 07 January 2012, 12:23 AM
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the calipers were only painted not refurbed,discs wern't the best, pads shot.They had been round Donny on a track day.If and when the right ones come along i wont mind paying more.Whatever the asking price i always try to get a couple of pounds knocked off on principal.When i sell i put a few pounds on because i know the prospective buyer will try and knock my price down,
Old 07 January 2012, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by BrownPantsRacing
If your on a budget I’d go with a brembo setup. You can pick up a calliper & disc combo second hand for £400. make sure you get one from newage STI up to 2003 year as this will already be 100x5 PCD. If you get the later ones they will also fit but you will either need new discs or to get yours re-drilled to suit as they will be 114.3 PCD.

I have these fitted to my 06 WRX and are a great upgrade as I’m now running bigger power. Got some fast road pads from Aztec, £60 for a set. Top quality for road use if your not going to track your car.

Should also be able to sell your old setup to someone with a classic as this is a good upgrade path for them. I got £200 for my old setup so only cost me £250 odd in total.

Good luck!
114pcd didn't come in till the hawk eye 2005 I've got 2005 blob on 100pcd
Old 07 January 2012, 09:55 AM
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They did 114.3 on blob too I believe.
Old 07 January 2012, 12:45 PM
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very last 2005 wide-tracked BLOB STi was 114.3.........

alyn

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Old 07 January 2012, 02:08 PM
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Wondered if it was the blob wide track but wasn't sure when that was released. Thanks for the confirmation. Cool.
Old 07 January 2012, 03:58 PM
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I thought they had stopped making the bug by then Alyn......surely the wider track came in with the 2005 revised Blob STi

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Old 07 January 2012, 07:23 PM
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Revised PCD was the 05 Blob STI, and all STI's since. WRX are all still 5 x 100 PCD
Old 08 January 2012, 09:02 PM
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just put brembos on my 05 wrx, massive difference for me
Old 09 January 2012, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Midlife......
I thought they had stopped making the bug by then Alyn......surely the wider track came in with the 2005 revised Blob STi

Shaun
what you get for trying to do 10things at once LOL...........dates were right not sure why i typed bug??? of course i meant BLOB

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Old 09 January 2012, 10:09 AM
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Apparently men can’t multi-task!
Old 18 January 2012, 07:29 PM
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i might just try some big discs and if i am still not happy move onto the calipers
Old 21 January 2012, 12:31 AM
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i just bought a set of front brembos for £180. They were £360 but i got staff discount on them =).
Old 21 January 2012, 07:34 AM
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50 % discount very nice.
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Yes it is
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