How to Change the Brake Rotors & Pads on a Car (2015+ Subaru WRX)
Video Sections
0:00 Intro
1:22 Procedure for Brake Job
Front Brakes
2:05 Removing Caliper/Bracket
3:50 Removing Rotor
4:44 Cleaning Hub Surface
5:08 Removing Bracket Clips & Inspecting Guide Pins
6:28 Installing New Bracket Clips
7:21 Cleaning New Rotors
8:25 Pushing In Brake Pistons
10:00 Greasing Up Brake Components
10:46 Anti-Seize on Bolts and Torque Specs
Rear Brakes
11:28 Removing Caliper/Bracket & Disengaging Parking Brake
12:46 Adjusting Parking Brake to Remove Rotor
13:29 Removing Rotor & Showing Parking Brake Assembly
14:10 Cleaning Hub Surface & Removing Bracket Clips
14:40 Pushing In Brake Piston
16:05 Cleaning New Rotors
16:41 Re-Adjusting Parking Brake
17:38 Greasing Up Brake Components
18:00 Wear Indicator Position
18:45 Torque Specs
19:10 Reminder to Pump Brakes
19:28 Reminder to Bed in Brakes
Hello all, in this video I'll show you how to change the Brake Pads and Rotors on a VA (2015-2021) Subaru WRX. This is for a WRX with the regular brakes (Two piston front/One piston rear), the brake job for a WRX with the Brembo brakes will be a little different.
The rotors are the DBA T2 Street, the pads are Hawk HPS 5.0.
I bought the pads and rotors from New Provisions Racing. These did not come with clips/hardware, so I ordered the hardware separately from CARiD.com.
Link to Brakes: www.newprovisi...
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Great video! I have 2 questions if you get the chance to answer. How many miles did you do this job and any significant noise from this setup? I guess a third; would you have gone a different route or are these better than stock? Thanks ! Love all your WRX content - Nick
@alexs_wrex
4 ай бұрын
Glad you like the content! Here are my responses to your 3 questions: 1) I had about 45k miles on the car when I did the brake job. Rear pads definitely needed to be replaced, other components still had some life. I mainly did this as an upgrade. 2) If the car sits for a while I do get some slight squealing when using the brakes, but it goes away after driving for a bit, might be from surface rust that builds from the car sitting. There are periods where I only use my car once a week, in those scenarios I get the squealing. If I use my car multiple days in a row I don't notice any squealing. 3) I'm pretty happy with this setup. I like the slotted look and they perform better than stock, especially during spirited drives & hard braking. Stock brakes have brake fade when they get hot, I haven't really noticed any brake fade with these, even when I drive the car hard. Definitely bed in the brakes though, they will feel much better afterwards and will have more bite. If you can, I'd also recommend switching your brake lines to stainless steel ones. I haven't done it but I've been told by numerous people that it makes a big difference in brake firmness.
@NickyStrunz
4 ай бұрын
Good call on the stainless lines. Thanks a ton!
Just what I’m looking for. It’s crazy how fast time flies when work on a car. Nice job try and do a update.
@alexs_wrex
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, and will do. These brakes feel much better than stock. Especially after bedding them in.
How many miles were on the car at the time of the video?
@alexs_wrex
7 ай бұрын
I had around 45k miles on the odometer when I did the brake job.