elmwood22 Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 So I before I sold my 99 outback I had a set of rotors that I purchased but never ended up installing....will these rotors fit onto my 95 legacy? If I remember correctly the 99 had 15' wheels while my 95 has 14'....does the size of the wheel matter? Does a larger wheel mean a larger rotor? This would just save me from having to deal with exchanging the parts at a Subaru dealership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 do you remember the calipers? the 95 could have just single pot calipers where the 99 will have dual pot front calipers. that won't be interchangeable. if they're the same number of pistons per caliper they'll be interchangeable though (not true of all subaru's - just in this case). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 actually - if the rotor diameters are the same then that would be a definitive yes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamal Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I think there may be a thread somewhere that explains the different brakes that are on Subarus. Perhaps in the repair manual section with brake stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow65 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 if your legacy now has one piston calipers they wont fit. the brakes that were on your outback had to have 15" rim on it to clear the caliper which was a 2 piston. that's the bad news the good news is all you have to do is find the calipers and mounting brackets from 91-94 Legacy turbo 96-02 Legacy GT/Outback 00-04 Legacy non-GT 98-07 Impreza RS/TS/2.5i 98-02 Forester as they all have the same size rotors here is a great write up on brakes for subarus http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1265631 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamal Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 i http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1265631 I posted that here too actually. Although the nasioc thread has been updated slightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 So I before I sold my 99 outback I had a set of rotors that I purchased but never ended up installing....will these rotors fit onto my 95 legacy? If I remember correctly the 99 had 15' wheels while my 95 has 14'....does the size of the wheel matter? Does a larger wheel mean a larger rotor? This would just save me from having to deal with exchanging the parts at a Subaru dealership. 95 fronts share parts with the 99 outback, i can't remember if it's fronts or rears or both. the 95 rears are smaller and a rotor, caliper etc swap would have to be done. the easy solution is to cross check the 95 rotor part number at autozone.com and see if it fits the 99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow65 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 95 fronts share parts with the 99 outback, i can't remember if it's fronts or rears or both. the 95 rears are smaller and a rotor, caliper etc swap would have to be done. the easy solution is to cross check the 95 rotor part number at autozone.com and see if it fits the 99. the rears have pretty much been the same size from the first legacy to a 05 wrx. this was the most common size rear rotor ever. 90-99 Legacies/Outbacks with rear discs non-turbo 93-03 Imprezas with rear discs 04+ non-Sti Imprezas 06+ non WRX or STi imprezas Foresters with rear discs Bajas and i used to work at autozone, during down times i would cross reference subaru part (not even joking) the rotors were all the same but the pads were not. the pads were different because of different brackets/calipers. which seems odd that they would use so many different brackets/calipers combos but who am i to tell subaru how to do their work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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