LGT Pad/rotor suggestions?

[ShagginWagon]

It's that time. Dealer says I need new pads and machined rotors this spring. So, I am thinking about beefing up:

Option 1: Hawk Ceramic/stock rotors

Option 2: Hawk ceramic/DBA rotors

Option 3: Ebay pads/OEM rotors

Option 4: suck it up and pay for the brake job.

I'm curious about what aftermarket pads folks are running, and any suggestions.

Thanks!

 

[Nigel Prodrive]

Option #2 and #4 (OEM parts @ dealer) will probly end up at a similar price point

so if you are willing to do the work.....

 

[wzrd]

im running the hawk hps pads,with DBA 4000 rotors......only a few months into the upgrade but so far so good...Nice bite ,no fade....Big improvment over stock.

 

[SUBARUDE]

go to cvrmotorsports they have a four corner deal with hawk pads and stop tech rotors shipped for like $475 or so

 

[ShagginWagon]

Option #2 and #4 (OEM parts @ dealer) will probly end up at a similar price point
so if you are willing to do the work.....

I've never done brakes before, but replacing pads and rotors seems simple. Am I setting myself up for disaster?!

 

[SUBARUDE]

no they are pretty straight foward with your car

 

[4WRXter]

go to cvrmotorsports they have a four corner deal with hawk pads and stop tech rotors shipped for like $475 or so

no they are pretty straight foward with your car

Gabe is right on both. I got the FXT set-up from CVR and swapped them myself. Some bolts to thread through the rotors for removal will be your second best buy after the pads and rotors. I suggest getting at least 4 bolts. Mine mushroomed a little and it was hard to start them into the third and fourth rotors.

I think the bolt size is 8 or 10 mm X 1.5mm thread pitch????????? Not positive on that.

 

[Apollyon12]

What kind of driving are you doing?

As far as I am aware, if you aren't doing any motorsports then anything other than OEM is just bling.

 

[ShagginWagon]

What kind of driving are you doing?
As far as I am aware, if you aren't doing any motorsports then anything other than OEM is just bling.

This is my daily driver, but I sure wouldn't mind a little more power at the brakes.

 

[RallyCat]

I did Hawk HPS pads and DBA 4000 slotted rotors on the front of my 05 LGT Limited wagon. A very nice improvement over stock but still very street friendly. Brakes on the LGT are simple to change.

 

[Apollyon12]

I went with the Hawk HPS Pads too. No problems or complaints. I wanted to upgrade the rotors at the same time but I had a whole lot of other stuff that would get me more bang for the buck. I will eventually upgrade them but not until they are actually needed.

 

[Blue GT]

Another vote for hawk HPS pads and DBA 4000 slotted rotors, have been running them on my LGT for about 8 months and its a HUGE improvement. Nothing is going to make a LGT stop like a sti but these small increases are night and day.

I did the brakes myself, and they are all sorts of straightforward as far as brakes go, i'd be willing to lend a hand in the spring.

PS import image racing seems to have the cheapest prices for brakes.

 

[TheNailman]

for what it's worth. .. i am running recently resurfaced brembo rotors (thanks inski!) with Project Mu` B-Force pads.

grips like a monster. ask joel.

 

[ShagginWagon]

Joel? Any chance you could weigh in? More opinions would be great!

 

[patsti]

I have ebay drilled slotted rotors on my car with some nismo rtune pads... I beat the crap out of my car... rotors are not warped and are holding up great after 10k.