(formerly) 03 H6 OBW , (presently) 06 WRX Sportwagon & 2021 Honda CR-V
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first upgrade for your brakes should be the tires. Tires stop your car, brakes only stop wheels from turning. For sporty street driving and an occasional track run, hard to beat centric premium rotors (or stock rotors) with StopTech Street performance pads. cheap and good.yes, there are better pads - but maybe not for the price.Centric posiQuiet Ceramic have close to the same feel for daily-driving, dust less and are even cheaper. Before pads got to where they are now, they did outgas at high-performance temps. and slotted rotors may have been helpful - but unless you're building a track beast, you won't need slotted/drilled rotors. yes, there are better pads - but maybe not for the price. I THINK the brakes from 02 are bigger so, maybe someone can suggest a way to upgrade from a junkyard later-model outback. check prices/availability at KNS brakes or rockauto. read the technical 'white papers' at the StopTech website - especially about 'bedding-in' process.
what engine do you have? how old are the struts?
what engine do you have? how old are the struts?