Will 4 pots fit under standard 16” wheels originally 2 pot sliding callipers
28 January 2018, 10:22 PM
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Will 4 pots fit under standard 16” wheels originally 2 pot sliding callipers
Good evening all,
just a quick question but I have standard 16” wheels currently with 2 pot sliding style front callipers on my 97 type ra and have some 4 pots turning up this week.. are they likely to fit without the need for spacers?
cheers
Tom
just a quick question but I have standard 16” wheels currently with 2 pot sliding style front callipers on my 97 type ra and have some 4 pots turning up this week.. are they likely to fit without the need for spacers?
cheers
Tom
29 January 2018, 08:28 AM
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29 January 2018, 10:00 AM
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The short answer is v1 and v2 factory 16" wheels with two pot callipers will not fit over four piston callipers. Uk supplied speedline safaris will not fit either. All V3 jdm onward 16" will accommodate four pots. The four piston callipers are a big improvement on the two piston.
Post a picture of your wheels, might be able to give you a definate answer.
Post a picture of your wheels, might be able to give you a definate answer.
29 January 2018, 12:33 PM
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Sorry to jump on this but would four pots Subaru calipers fit on the rear of a 97 v3 STI?
Does the V3 STI have one pots at rear and two pot at front as standard?
Thanks all
Does the V3 STI have one pots at rear and two pot at front as standard?
Thanks all
29 January 2018, 12:43 PM
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Sorry to jump on this but would four pots Subaru calipers fit on the rear of a 97 v3 STI?
Don't think anybody has tried?!
Does the V3 STI have one pots at rear and two pot at front as standard?
Being an STi, it would have the 'S U B A R U' 4-pots at the front (and not the rubbish non-STi floating 2-pots).
The rears are also a rubbish floating (single-pot?) design, I think.
The common upgrade for the rears is the Type R's 2-pots, with spacer brackets and their matching 290mm discs. I have this mod on my own 4-dr STi Version V.
I believe you can also fit the New Age Brembo gold rear 2-pots/discs, with suitable adaptors.
Thanks all
See in red ^^^
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29 January 2018, 04:11 PM
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The short answer is v1 and v2 factory 16" wheels with two pot callipers will not fit over four piston callipers. Uk supplied speedline safaris will not fit either. All V3 jdm onward 16" will accommodate four pots. The four piston callipers are a big improvement on the two piston.
Post a picture of your wheels, might be able to give you a definate answer.
Post a picture of your wheels, might be able to give you a definate answer.
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29 January 2018, 07:20 PM
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29 January 2018, 08:40 PM
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To be fair mine is the V3 sti type ra and has the 2 pot floating callipers at the front and single pot floating callipers at the rear. I want to upgrade front and rear in time properly for sprinting and get involved in the white line 22 series but still training on my job at the moment so that’s a few months away. Thanks for all of your replies and info, much appreciated.Tom
29 January 2018, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobydreamer11
To be fair mine is the V3 sti type ra and has the 2 pot floating callipers at the front and single pot floating callipers at the rear. I want to upgrade front and rear in time properly for sprinting and get involved in the white line 22 series but still training on my job at the moment so that’s a few months away. Thanks for all of your replies and info, much appreciated.Tom
But then you know all that, already.
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29 January 2018, 11:18 PM
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Ah, yeah, the RA is the car you'd buy for competition use and alter it - hence RA for Race Altered. That's why they deliberately don't have any fancy bits on (aside from the DCCD of course), as you'd throw away and modify most of the OE stuff - brakes included.
But then you know all that, already.
But then you know all that, already.
30 January 2018, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by The Trooper 1815
No DCCD on a WRX RA.
But I can see now that my post actually reads as if I'm talking about all Type RAs, in general. So apologies for any misunderstanding.
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