View Full Version : drums to discs swap?
subarunut
08-19-2013, 11:26 PM
I realized I haven't posted anything I'm awhile because I have had the nightmare to deal with of a 1997 Chevy suburban. But I'm looking around at Subaru's I found a legacy Brighton 2.2 5 speed and it has 150,000 with no tach first thing is will one with a tach swap right in?
Now the question on the title will I be able to swap brakes from a outback onto this Brighton. I want the 2/1 pot calipers and rotors I hate drums. If I can replace these how much of the car will I have to replace for them to work?
r3v_v3ng3
08-20-2013, 03:05 AM
The tach should swap right in. Check out diy section cause i remember someone had done it before.
As far as the front brakes, you just swap the outback calipers/pads/rotors.
The rears you'll need the whole knuckle/spindle assembly(rotors/pads/calipers/parking brake assembly) ebrake line and brake lines.
We did a rear disc on my friends 97 impreza obs and i was gonna do a diy but i thought all legacy comes with a rear disc but i forgot about the brighton model.
Dead91silvia
08-20-2013, 11:03 AM
^ What he said... It's pretty easy to do the fronts and the rears are also some what simple.
Wiscon_Mark
08-20-2013, 05:43 PM
Some L models only had drums, too. 4 wheel disc was an optional extra until you stepped up to the Outback, LS, LSi, or GT models.
wentz912
08-30-2013, 02:00 AM
The rear disc swap is super cake easy to do. Just did mine a short while back. Only part that was even close to being a struggle was getting the new parking brake cables routed correctly. Of course, I didn't drop any of the heat shielding or anything else underneath the car before attempting it either.
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