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How many brake choices can you have?

I am scrapping my '97 Legacy L with the blown HG, and my '89 GL Coupe (because of rust) :(

I have a 1996 Legacy Outback wagon I am getting ready, and I'm in a quadry about the brakes. The rotors are big masses of rust...I think I could drive the car 40,000 and never wear all that rust off, so new pads and rotors are in order.

The car was made in 1995 and has 15" wheels. We didn't take the wheels off to have a look. My choices for rotors are "dual caliper" which I would think was only used on the 2.5L model (this is a 2.2 ) and they are listed at Rock Auto as 10.24" diameter, 10.895" diameter, and "14 inch"

There are also specifications for "From 6/96" and at first I couldn't remember, but then I remembered thinking if it was a '95 or a '96, because it was made in 1995.

Other than pulling the wheels, is there an easy way to decide what rotors and pads? It seems you had two choices on the rear: drums or rotors, and this has 4 wheel rotors.

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hachiroku
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I would email KNS (

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) about it. Ithink, you also have a way to upgrade to 2/4-pot calipers if you wantto spend more $$$.(dunno if 15 inch wheels would clear the upgrade ifthere's a new caliper bracket involved) Otherwise, I'd get plain-janeCentric rotors and Centric Posi-quiet ceramic pads. Wife's 03 outbackhas those pads (on stock rotors) and they are fantastic. MUCH betterthan the Wagners they replaced and maybe a little better than stock.Not terribly expensive either.

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1 Lucky Texan

Ken there at KNS 'should' be able to make sure you get gear that fits

- they even have 2-3 Soobs among the shop cars. As I said, I put Centric Posi-quiet ceramic pads (stock rotors) on all 4 corners of the wife's 03 OBW and I have StopTech Street performance on the fron of my

06 WRX wagon (stock rotors) all from KNS.

You might be surprised how shallow that rust is on the rotors. But if the car seems to have original rotors and high miles - new otors may be a good idea. Of course, relubing the moving parts of the calipers and flushing brake fluid is always a good idea.

If the rotors are stuck, take a look for some - IIRC 8mm - bolt holes on the rotors. You can put bolts in there to crank down on while tapping on the disc.

good luck

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1 Lucky Texan

No, not at all when you consider OEM rotors from S00B are $79!!!!!!

The Centrics listed at Rock Auto are $23

I used Beck Arnley on my Mazda and they were good, too, but they were on Special for $14.

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hachiroku

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