Subie folks - 2007 WRX brakes

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

Getting ready to help a friend get everything needed to refresh the brakes on her 2007 WRX.
The calipers are painted red with 'Subaru' contrasting lettering. Is this stock, or do I need to look for a specific pad/rotor set?

MarcusMcRae · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:40 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

Getting ready to help a friend get everything needed to refresh the brakes on her 2007 WRX.
The calipers are painted red with 'Subaru' contrasting lettering. Is this stock, or do I need to look for a specific pad/rotor set?

That's stock.

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

MarcusMcRae wrote:

KendtEklund wrote:

Getting ready to help a friend get everything needed to refresh the brakes on her 2007 WRX.
The calipers are painted red with 'Subaru' contrasting lettering. Is this stock, or do I need to look for a specific pad/rotor set?

That's stock.

Thanks!

JamesShort · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 2:03 pm

They are not floating calipers, they are fixed calipers , so the method by which you change pads is different FYI. It's actually easier if you ask me.

Knock some pins out, remove a clip, pull the pads out...use an old pad as a lever to push the 4 pistons back in and plop the new ones in and put the clip and pins back in...done.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:00 pm

JamesShort wrote:

They are not floating calipers, they are fixed calipers , so the method by which you change pads is different FYI. It's actually easier if you ask me.

Knock some pins out, remove a clip, pull the pads out...use an old pad as a lever to push the 4 pistons back in and plop the new ones in and put the clip and pins back in...done.

Fixed piston pad changes are soooooooooooooooooooo easy.

Brian Herring · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:50 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

Getting ready to help a friend get everything needed to refresh the brakes on her 2007 WRX.
The calipers are painted red with 'Subaru' contrasting lettering. Is this stock, or do I need to look for a specific pad/rotor set?

It is easy to change, but the pads are expensive.

Oh well.

If she hasn't gotten pads yet (or in the future), get stock pads from people on www.nasioc.com. They throw good pads away all the time.

- brian

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

Brian Herring wrote:

KendtEklund wrote:

Getting ready to help a friend get everything needed to refresh the brakes on her 2007 WRX.
The calipers are painted red with 'Subaru' contrasting lettering. Is this stock, or do I need to look for a specific pad/rotor set?

It is easy to change, but the pads are expensive.

Oh well.

If she hasn't gotten pads yet (or in the future), get stock pads from people on www.nasioc.com. They throw good pads away all the time.

- brian

I priced out the basic centric blanks and centric semi-metalic pads for around $200 for the whole shebang from knsbrakes. This is a street car, no AX/track plans yet (working on that!).

Maria Winslow · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:35 pm

KendtEklund wrote:

This is a street car, no AX/track plans yet (working on that!).

Is she coming to chick school? Maybe we can get her hooked

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