My offroader is a 81 hatch rolling on 31x10.50 15s.power is served by a EJ22 backed by a 5 speed DR and a divorced nissan transfercase.It goes just fine.stopping is different matter.I have never had a 4wd subaru with something I would consider good brakes especially when lifted and rolling on bigger and heavier tires. In the best of times I could get the rears to sorta kinda lock on gravel.Now my left front caliper is leaking.I should note that I am already running EA82 front suspension on my hatch.Anyway the caliper is leaking from the back-the ebrake setup..So I was planning on rebuilding the front calipers,but I got to thinking while I have to do the brakes anyway why not upgrade them.With the bigger rims I have some room for bigger brakes.So has anyone ever upgraded their brakes to better cope with the larger tires found under an offroader while staying with 4 lug?

 

thanks in advance.

Not really any bigger brakes that will be able to be bolted on unless you went with a 5 lug swap. Although, rear disc brakes make a big difference. You may want to do that swap if you haven't already.

anyone ever swapped in toyota or chevy 6 lug stuff?

I do remeber seeing a thread where someone put chevy brakes on but my ipod and the search function dont get along.

You can do the 4 wheel disc swap, run nissin rear calipers with the-ebrake and run impreza front calipers (bolt in to the existing brackets and such)

 

OR just run w/o an e-brake... but that is not recommended. at all.

OR just run w/o an e-brake... but that is not recommended. at all.

 

Especially if it's a manual trans car, the e-brake is pretty much a must have.

Yes, I Agree!

 

 

... I am already running EA82 front suspension on my hatch. Anyway the caliper is leaking from the back-the ebrake setup...

 

I Had the Same Problem in my Lifted "BumbleBeast" Subaru, due to Age / Rude Use \ Worn calipers; my solutions (yes, two) were:

 

♪ To Delete the Front e-Brake system from the front EA82 Calipers and let them be "Standard" as you can read ~► Here.

 

♫ To Swap Rear Disc Brakes plus Retrofit a Good & Strong Rear e-Brake System, as you can read ~► Here.

 

Forget about Nissan rear calipers... I found a much better & stronger option, just read the info followin' the above-posted Links.

 

Kind Regards.

As far as the handbrake goes.It would be great to have one in the car.I could use it to park the car with the engine running or even use it as a poor man's LSD for the front. Unfortunately my transfer case mounts where the handbrake used to mount and I haven't mounted it somewhere else yet...

New pads (decent set, no cheapies); new rotors, braided flexi lines and fresh fluid is a great way to go.

 

I've done this with my L series running 27's and it brakes better than a 300k km L series on stock brakes and tyres...

 

Cheers

 

Bennie