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07-06-2009, 08:26 AM
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06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
Well I finally took some time yesterday and tried my 4pot brake calipers / pads I had laying around on the SVX.
In short.... they DO fit. In LONG... The Caliper bolts on fine. The notch for the rotor needs to be sanded down (width wise) VERY little. (I did it with a piece of 80 grit sand paper) for the rotor to fit width wide. (it fits on without doing this but the rotor will rub on the caliper... you could just do this and drive down the road and it will fix it self but thats a little ghetto) NOW... The big issue is you NEED to go to a slighly larger rotor (about 1cm bigger in diameter) and there is the proper amount of room on the caliper to allow this bigger rotor. You CAN use ur stock rotor but the pad sticks about 3/4cm over the top of the rotor. If you did use the stock rotors you would have to REMOVE this part of the brake pad as it would hang over as it wears. If anyone can tell me a slighty larger rotor that fits the SVX hub i will try it out. Pictures to come when i get home from class I will also put up the part numbers
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1992 SVX: JDM STI short geared 6-speed swap, COBB short shifter, slotted cross drilled rotors, Smallcar Clear headlight lenses, 1997 Grill. 1992 RHD WRX: EJ20G, 16G, Cusco Coilovers, Wilwood 4pot/2pot brakes, Defi Genome 60mm gauges, Exotic speed downpipe, 3.5" A'PEXi spec GT catback 
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07-06-2009, 08:42 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
How is this possible? I personally tried fitting these, and they weren't even close.
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07-06-2009, 09:05 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
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Im refering to the red ones not the BREMBOS... the Brembos definitly DO NOT fit, tried that first
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1992 SVX: JDM STI short geared 6-speed swap, COBB short shifter, slotted cross drilled rotors, Smallcar Clear headlight lenses, 1997 Grill. 1992 RHD WRX: EJ20G, 16G, Cusco Coilovers, Wilwood 4pot/2pot brakes, Defi Genome 60mm gauges, Exotic speed downpipe, 3.5" A'PEXi spec GT catback Last edited by the_paynter; 07-06-2009 at 09:18 AM.
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07-06-2009, 09:36 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
This is very interesting... Those Subaru brakes are reported to be pretty good. I believe they were standard fitment on the late 90's 22B STI GC-chassis Impreza.
Any hope on the corresponding 2-piston rear brake calipers? are they anywhere close to fitting? I wonder if the STI discs, or perhaps Tribeca discs, both being 5x114.3, would work for the increased diameter... but that is a common hub pattern, there are probably discs from another application that match SVX's dimensions, plus a bit of diameter... just a matter of finding them.
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"What you plan, and what actually happens ain't exactly ever been similar..." ------------ 1992 Claret SVX. Rescued from certain destruction, and still on the road, where it belongs. Waiting for a bit of a makeover, when I can afford it. 2005 Garnet Red Pearl Legacy GT Limited 5-speed. - The late great Subaru sport touring sedan. 1999 Classic Red Miata, Preferred equipment package 5-speed. Fun, fun, fun, in the Sun, sun, sun.
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07-06-2009, 12:24 PM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
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07-06-2009, 06:17 PM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
i never thought of tribeca discs... they are a little smaller then STI ones and bigger then the SVX discs... have to grab a pair of these and try them out. uploading pictures now
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1992 SVX: JDM STI short geared 6-speed swap, COBB short shifter, slotted cross drilled rotors, Smallcar Clear headlight lenses, 1997 Grill. 1992 RHD WRX: EJ20G, 16G, Cusco Coilovers, Wilwood 4pot/2pot brakes, Defi Genome 60mm gauges, Exotic speed downpipe, 3.5" A'PEXi spec GT catback
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07-06-2009, 10:03 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
check the DBA catalogue
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Former: 1994 Barcelona Red(x2), 1995 Brilliant Red, 1992 Liquid Silver, 1992 Ebony(x2), 1992 Pearl White (x2) Current: 2017 Ford Raptor 2017 Kawasaki KLR 1995 Guards Red Carrera 1995 Spec-ish Miata - track car 1957 CJ-5
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07-06-2009, 10:51 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
pics would probably help here
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07-06-2009, 11:55 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
Get home from class?? Ditch class and get pics up 5 minutes ago... LOL
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10-15-2009, 09:25 PM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
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10-20-2009, 08:43 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
sorry guys i have been busy as hell dealing with other things.
I will give that lexus rotor a try. I am looking into the 4pot brakes because they are a cheap upgrade (my cost on a new caliper is like $140cnd or something, and I already had them on the shelf). The route I am going, I will need bigger brakes, does willwood offer 6pots for the SVX?
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1992 SVX: JDM STI short geared 6-speed swap, COBB short shifter, slotted cross drilled rotors, Smallcar Clear headlight lenses, 1997 Grill. 1992 RHD WRX: EJ20G, 16G, Cusco Coilovers, Wilwood 4pot/2pot brakes, Defi Genome 60mm gauges, Exotic speed downpipe, 3.5" A'PEXi spec GT catback
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#12
10-20-2009, 09:35 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
and here I am sitting on a DBA cat and no one wants to tell me variences....
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10-20-2009, 09:46 AM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
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1992 SVX: JDM STI short geared 6-speed swap, COBB short shifter, slotted cross drilled rotors, Smallcar Clear headlight lenses, 1997 Grill. 1992 RHD WRX: EJ20G, 16G, Cusco Coilovers, Wilwood 4pot/2pot brakes, Defi Genome 60mm gauges, Exotic speed downpipe, 3.5" A'PEXi spec GT catback
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#14
10-20-2009, 06:16 PM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
Maybe I'm crazy but what about finding a pad that fits the sti caliper and svx rotor. Any chance of that?
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10-20-2009, 09:54 PM
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Re: 06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!
its cheaper to buy a wilwood BBK then do brembos
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1992 SVX: JDM STI short geared 6-speed swap, COBB short shifter, slotted cross drilled rotors, Smallcar Clear headlight lenses, 1997 Grill. 1992 RHD WRX: EJ20G, 16G, Cusco Coilovers, Wilwood 4pot/2pot brakes, Defi Genome 60mm gauges, Exotic speed downpipe, 3.5" A'PEXi spec GT catback
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