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Im looking at buying new brakes/disks for my impreza
Ive found from from a 94 WRX, although i dont know if they are better/worse or what.

as my impreza has drums on the rear wheels, i was curious, does the WRX also have drums?

anything else i should know about brakes?

Thanks

Front WRX brakes are 2 pot & all WRX's have rear discs, they will be better but I seriously doubt you'd notice the difference unless you were to track the car.

Avidus wrote:Im looking at buying new brakes/disks for my impreza
Ive found from from a 94 WRX, although i dont know if they are better/worse or what.

as my impreza has drums on the rear wheels, i was curious, does the WRX also have drums?

anything else i should know about brakes?

Thanks

Why upgrade?

New rotors, fresh brake fluid, and quality pads will be upgrade enough for the power of your car.

well since I just have a n/a impreza I dont see much point in having it perform like a track car.

The reason I was looking at WRX brakes is because they are cheaper than new ones, and the drums on my impreza look horrible.

I just want my car to look sexy, that way when I make a performance vehicle it wont just render this one redundant.

Front brakes will look exactly the same but will go straight on so if you'll save money grab them, I've got a set with rotors sitting here from a 94/5 also, it's only 99 onward that got the 4 pots which look totally different & would probably also mean a change of wheels.

Changing to discs at the back can be done but you need struts, different knuckles & all the backing plates etc, find the bits off an old Liberty, they are the same fit, much easier to find & cheaper.

Cheers, ill look out for some if I see them. didnt think about checking out a liberty, but what year liberty? + what year would you reccomend? usually id assume newer = better with something like these, but you never know

Pretty much all the same from 89 to 98, just don't go any newer. Must use FWD knuckles & struts too.