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Brake caliper Akebono or Brembo
I'm running the '14 STI front/rear Brembo calipers with DBA slotted rotors and EBC Yellow pads with steel braided lines. And Motul 5.1 fluid. I can pretty much out brake everyone in to the turns at the track or touge.
Also have Porsche 997 GT3 brake cooling ducts installed (yes they fit). I have zero heat/fading issues. The brakes can do hot laps for a full 20mins track session with no performance lost.
Pros: superior braking, no heat issues
Vehicle:
Subaru Impreza WRX STi
Z33 Track Pack 324x30 front rotors + CTS-V 4pot Brembos and adapters. Z33 Track Pack 322x22 rear rotors + Z33 2pot Brembos modified to fit S13 knuckles.
Pros: modern look, good function
Vehicle:
Nissan
I had a friend with those 11” rears on his mk3. Nice upgrade when paired with his 312 Brembo boxsters.
Pros: Nice upgrade
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Must do, the WJ knuckle swap with Akebono calipers. Teves calipers are junk, and the factory XJ calipers are freakin worse!
Pros: must do, superior to others
Vehicle:
Jeep Cherokee
I've been running the brembos with ss lines, wildwood MC, stoptech rotors, hawk pads and dot 4 for years. And I run hard. 0 issues.
Pros: zero issues, reliable performance
Vehicle:
Nissan
I have installed those and drove them super hard at the track and they did great.
Pros: great performance, easy to install
Vehicle:
Nissan
Very common issue with Brembo calipers across brands. Basically, the galvanized bolt loses its coating and here you are.
I ended up going with the CTSV brembo front brake swap from CTSVbrakeswap. It comes with two 4 pot brembo calipers and a mounting bracket. You’ll have to drill into the knuckle to account for the bigger top bolt the brembo uses and tap the bottom hole. Overall though the braking kicks ass and bites much, much harder than stock with little to no brake fade after 5+ stops.
Pros: harder braking, no brake fade
Cons: requires modification
Vehicle:
Subaru
I bought used ones on eBay. Came out nice but they were kinda rough.
Pros: came out nice
Cons: kinda rough
I have them on our vdub touareg and have had to rebuild them twice due to pistons seizing.
Cons: pistons seizing, required rebuilds
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Touareg
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