06-07 WRX 4 pot brakes... FIT!

[the_paynter]

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