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Brake caliper Girling or POWER STOP

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Girling
POWER STOP
POWER STOP › Brake caliper
Brizzle0212
Rating 5.0

I got the powerstop remanufactured brembo 4pot/2pot for a 2008-2017 STI on my 2018 WRX I found online for less than $800 with pads, calipers (red powder coated) and drilled and slotted rotors.

Pros: less than $800
Vehicle: Subaru
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POWER STOP › Brake caliper
Stocomx
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 5.0

I also do highly recommended the power stop brand calipers...And their customer service is excellent. I had a problem with one...They sent me a new one anyway. They do stand behind their products.

Pros: excellent customer service
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Girling › Brake caliper
Adabert
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 3.5

In the early aughts I scored a set of the Girling 54 calipers from a 16v and my dad and I rebuilt and painted them before installing in my first '84. I didn't upgrade the MC (didn't know better at the time) so the brake pedal travel increased but the braking improved so I kept the set up ... until the next annual MO state vehicle inspection where the car failed for excessive brake pedal travel The 9.4" set up went back on.

Pros: braking improved
Cons: brake pedal travel increased
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Girling › Brake caliper
rclements03
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 3.0

There’s two lines, as the caliper is split into two sections vertically. The top two pistons (inside and outside piston, directly across from eachother) are hooked up to one brake line, and the other line hooks up to the bottom chamber and bottom two pistons. If one brake line fails, you still have some brake pressure (the pair of pistons on the non broken line). Unfortunately, this means that only a pair of the 4 pistons will work with just one brake line (all abs cars). This would make your pads wear at a severe angle, and drastically impact your breaking performance. I’d definitely say just find some rebuild kits for your current calipers. It’s pretty easy and cheap.

Pros: easy and cheap repair
Cons: uneven pad wear, poor braking
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Girling › Brake caliper
petethepug
Rating 3.0

I've recently upgraded to Girlng 60 calipers and feel a bit uneasy about the pad to rotor size difference. The discs on your car are 280mm. The Audi discs that the Girling 60 caliper came off of are 276mm but slightly thicker.

Pros: thicker than stock
Cons: uneasy pad to rotor size
Vehicle: Audi
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POWER STOP › Brake caliper
adkichar55
Rating 1.0

I bought new Power Stop calipers. I have not been able to get the brakes fully bled since then. The pedal was really bad. Even after multiple bleeding attempts, including by a shop, it's not perfect. My power bleeder also couldn't seal with these calipers.

Cons: difficult to bleed, pedal still bad
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POWER STOP › Brake caliper
0_1_1_2_3_5
  • Uneven wear:
Rating 1.0

Power stop reman parts are trash. Only buy them if you’re planning on re-rebuilding them yourself with oem parts. Out of the multiple sets of calipers, all of them had issues like seals not fitting or being torn up, blasting media left inside the caliper or slide pins, pistons being scored or rusted, etc. The red powder coat was decent though lol.

Pros: decent red powder coat
Cons: seals not fitting, torn seals, blasting media left, scored pistons, rusted pistons
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POWER STOP › Brake caliper
Korax234
  • Smell/heat:
Rating 1.0

Be careful Powerstop calipers are just remanned calipers. Poorly powered coated. Paint came off the first winter and one caliper seized up in under a year.

Cons: poorly coated, seized up
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Which brake caliper to choose — Girling or POWER STOP?

If choosing brake caliper across many manufacturers, check the part ranking. If your choice is down to two brands, the PartReview part comparisons help.

We compare brake caliper across these categories:

Comparison of brake caliper Girling and POWER STOP
  1. PR Score.
  2. Overall ranking.
  3. Vote balance.
  4. Average rating.
  5. Number of reviews.
  6. Feature ratings.
  7. Car owners’ choice.

Which brake caliper are better — POWER STOP or Girling?

In March 2026 on PartReview, brake caliper Girling were overall better than POWER STOP.

  1. Girling received a PR Score of 69 out of 100, and POWER STOP scored 55 points.
  2. Girling ranked 2 in the overall ranking, and POWER STOP ranked 8.
  3. The average rating is higher for Girling (3.7) than for POWER STOP (3.1).
  4. Brake caliper Girling have better feature ratings than POWER STOP:
    • Smell/heat - owners believe, that this property for Girling is better than POWER STOP.
    • Pulling - drivers claim, that this property for POWER STOP is outperforms Girling.
    • Uneven wear - reviews suggest, that this property for Girling is preferred to POWER STOP.

Which brake caliper are more popular — Girling or POWER STOP?

In March 2026 on PartReview, brake caliper Girling were overall more popular than POWER STOP.

By vote balance, brake caliper Girling surpassed POWER STOP:

  • For Girling, the ratio of positive (103) to negative (46) votes is 57 votes.
  • For POWER STOP, the ratio of positive (33) to negative (27) votes is 6 votes.

By number of reviews, brake caliper Girling surpassed POWER STOP:

Which brake caliper do car owners prefer — Girling or POWER STOP?

In March 2026, according to PartReview, brake caliper Girling led more car-specific ratings than POWER STOP:

Girling are chosen by owners of cars such as: Volkswagen Corrado, Volkswagen Jetta, and others.

Brake caliper POWER STOP have not yet taken leading positions in car-specific ratings. You can help by adding a review and specifying your car.

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