As much as I love my car, I gotta admit the brakes kinda suck. Recently I needed to change the rear pads and rotors and figured that I might as well upgrade the fronts a little too. So I ordered some stainless steel lines and EBC Greenstuff pads. I had heard that some forum members had used these pads before so I figured I would give them a try.
A couple of months later I can reflect on them a little. Lets start with some pros and cons.
Pros:
Better cold braking over stock/generic pads
Decent stopping when hot
Never any brake fade
Can trigger ABS at almost any speed
Greens my favorite color
Seem to be wearing well
Cons:
Dust like crazy
Squeak sometimes when cold
Expected better from pads of this price
My old generic pads seemed almost as good for 1/2 the price
These pads are okay but I dont think I could have justified spending $80 for them. Also make sure you bed in the pads properly, I dont think I did very well so that might be why they squeak.
In retrospect, I really should have saved my money and purchased some WRX wheels and brakes. The route I am taking this summer is 16" wheels and a brake kit. Hopefully this will make the car brake like I want it to.
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The WRX upgrade with Hawk pads on mine outstops my Kumho tires. Highly recommended.
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I haven't, but I used cryo-treated rotors. Then again, they were the most worn rotors I'd seen (usually the warp unbearably way before they get pad-grooved that deep), but that was about three years later.
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It's not about locking the wheels, it's about the modulation of power.
Stock brakes with some shit pads, will lock the wheels at speed.
A great setup would be WRX front brakes with good pads (bobcats), ATE Superblue fluid, SS lines, and maybe a BF prop valve.
Stock brakes with some shit pads, will lock the wheels at speed.
A great setup would be WRX front brakes with good pads (bobcats), ATE Superblue fluid, SS lines, and maybe a BF prop valve.
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I have a set of WRX front calipers and brackets in my room. From what I've heard, bobcats sound like the best choice, and I think that's what I'll get when I do my brakes this summer. The problem is I don't see them available for the rear of my N/A. I'm also considering the BF prop valve, and if I've got the money, I'll call the guy I got the front brakes from, buy his rear calipers if he still has them, and go H6 rears. Although I suppose I could always go turbo or wagon rears. It seems to me like H6 would be better for more pad options and better brake balance.
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