August 11, 200817 yr I did the fronts a couple of weeks ago and the rears today. Both passenger side calipers were sticking. I used SOA rotors and calipers all the way around and ceramic pads on all four corners. My backing plates were still in good shape so no need to replace them. I'm really glad to have them done and it was a very easy job, with a special thanks to John for the FSM PDF pages and words of wisdom :headbang: . This is what your rotors and pads should NOT look like.... Bad Pads, not the worst I've seen but close...... And the finished product...... Oh, and the rotors were made in Canada, I remember a thread awhile ago questioning that. Just another great day at the Subby Ranch. Tim
August 11, 200817 yr FYI there appears to be a shortage of things from China due to the Olympics. A lot of factories shut down in advance of the Olympics so that the pollution would be improved. Some companies that I know of for 12 weeks. Rotors are the primary thing that folks are currently scrambling for. Just an FYI. Dave
August 11, 200817 yr Author The ones I pulled off were from Canada too so I would assume the OEM ones are from there. I think I'd rather send my money to our neighers to the North anyways.... :lol: . Oh, and I almost forgot, total cost was just over $800 :eek: Later, Tim
August 11, 200817 yr Tim, Looks great, satisfying feeling to check one off of the "to-do" list. Hey, which ceramic pads did you use? Oh, and glad to help. Let me know if you need further. Again, nice job. John
August 11, 200817 yr I'm wondering why the OEM rotors and calipers and then aftermarket ceramic pads myself. What made you decide to do the mix and match this way? Dave
August 11, 200817 yr Author We use this car to pull our camper and I wanted the most brakes I could get. I used Duralast from Auto zone on the front and Akebono pads on the rear. Funny thing, the rear pads were a pain to find in a "reasonably" priced ceramic. I used the OEM for my own comfort knowing they had "Subaru" stamped on them. I read all the recent posts about rotors and pads and decided to stick with OEM. I think with this combimation the brakes should outlast the car Later, Tim
August 12, 200817 yr Author please coment on bleeding your brakes after changing the calipers. I just did the standard, start from the furthest from the master cylinder and work around. My wife does the pump the pedal and I open the bleeder screw, she holds it down until I tell her "pump it up". I did them both until there was no more ait in the flow, and then went back and then did it again. Later, Tim
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