Full Front and Rear 08-12 STI Brakes Swap

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by King Tut

Don't forget the following:

"Hold my beer..."
"Hey, watch this..."

[Turbowned]

Originally Posted by King Tut

What are you doing about the rear rotors for 5x100? I was not aware of the Centric rotors being dual drilled for the rears. You are getting a rotor from a 2008-2013 STI for the rear right? I don't think the DBA 5000 series are worth the extra cost, but I am still loving my DBA 4000 series. I think I only paid like $700 along with a set of Hawk HPS pads for all four corners.

2004 STi rotors in 5x100. If the DBA 4000 are dual-drilled to fit 2004-2013, logic dictates that 2004 5x100 rotors should be the same dimensions as the 2005-2014, no? And if they aren't then hey, I got new rotors for my STi!

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

2004 STi rotors in 5x100. If the DBA 4000 are dual-drilled to fit 2004-2013, logic dictates that 2004 5x100 rotors should be the same dimensions as the 2005-2014, no? And if they aren't then hey, I got new rotors for my STi!

Only front rotors are the same. Rear rotors changed hat offset and such in 2008; you can NOT use GD STI rear rotors.

[Turbowned]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Only front rotors are the same. Rear rotors changed hat offset and such in 2008; you can NOT use GD STI rear rotors.

Poop. Why then do the DBA's come dual drilled?

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

Poop. Why then do the DBA's come dual drilled?

Why's the sky blue?

It just is.

[Turbowned]

Not quite the answer I was looking for but oh well, like I said now I have new rotors for the STi for next year. One of my buddies has a hookup for DBA so I'll just wait a bit and get them once the calipers get back from powdercoating.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Turbowned

Not quite the answer I was looking for but oh well, like I said now I have new rotors for the STi for next year.

Sorry cupcake.


04-07 STI rotors from DBA are dual-drilled because the dimensions didn't change, only the bolt pattern did. Why have two P/Ns for what is essentially the same item?

08-13 STI rotors from DBA dual-drilled? Because swaps.

[wallace03]

if someone would do an DIY for the 04-07 brembos and 08+ you would be awesome.

[SkAsphalt]

Just wanted to bump this tread back up because it is very useful and I had to re-read it as I am going through this process (slowly) right now

[kiichiro]

How does this upgrade hold more heat than the stock stuff? Bigger mass on rotor? Pad? Sorry late to the party on this thread

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by kiichiro

How does this upgrade hold more heat than the stock stuff? Bigger mass on rotor? Pad? Sorry late to the party on this thread

326x30mm Brembo vs 294x24mm stock front brake rotor.
316x20mm Brembo vs 290x18mm stock rear brake rotor.

OEM pad front: D1539
OEM pad rear: D1124

STI Brembos pad front: D1001
STI Brembos pad rear: D961

[kiichiro]

Ok, thanks, worthy stop gap measure, possible negating need for a bbk, huh


Cool thread

Can someone sell all this as a kit or what?

[SkAsphalt]

So, terrible news. One of the bleeder bolts totally stripped, and it stripped in a fantastic way. The bot was so heated, that when it stripped, it turned into a bullet wound. Machine shop now says they will probably have to drill press it, cannot guarantee the threads will be salvageable and may need to over side it, put in a sleeve and do other work to make a bleeder usable.

So basically, I have one messed up bleeder plug, could cost me over $300 to fix (yay Regina Canada for not having more machine shops to promote lower costs....). Do I just leave it? The other bleeder swapped over fine, the other caliper is good to go. should I just leave it as is and remove the caliper when I need to bleed the system (we don't do that often, right?) or should I hunt for a new caliper?

Opinions, thoughts?

[SkAsphalt]

^ In response to the above post, (which I could edit, but this just bumps a useful thread)

My father was able to take out the strip bolt and chase the threads and have it perfect in like 30 minutes all utilizing stuff he had in the garage. $300 at repair shop...free at my parent's garage...yeah, that's a win.