Brake pads EBC or OEM Subaru

I replaced mine with EBC red. Same as OEM to me, good stopping power. Less dust to deal with.

EBC brakes from [perfectbrakes.com](http://perfectbrakes.com) are great. Ultimax is my recommendation for low dust and great performance.

I replaced the brakes myself around 95k miles. Dealership said they were fine but I replaced them anyway.

BRZ is roomier, neutral steering and has the best feel brakes of any car that I’ve owned including the S2k.

I went with EBC RED. noticeably softer. Perfect for the street. Don't get them if you track.

better steering, better brakes

I tried EBC on one SVT Focus and my first Fiesta ST. Yellowstuff on both.

They're marginally better than the OE ST pads, aside from dust production. They do not bite as hard as Hawk 5.0s or Stoptech Sports (which are my go-tos now; $76 for fronts from Tirerack). They do not stand up to actual track day driving (no one I know who does track stuff uses EBC). They're okay for autocross.

I currently have EBC Blues on my BBK and they are pretty quiet and way better than the yellows, for sprinted driving or mountain carving I def recommend the blues over the yellows. Yellows were also obnoxiously annoying. Only downside is they eat through rotors pretty quickly, and the brake dust can be pretty corrosive and damage the finish on your wheels.

I thought the brakes sucked

I still think the stock breaks on my 22VB needed more bite. They weren’t giving me the performance I wanted. My stock brakes didn’t give me that confidence. In the moments where I had to slam on the breaks, I still stopped safely, but it was a brown flag moment. They worked, but they didn’t inspire confidence. Additionally, I had issues with heat. Driving down the a mountain on a hot day (101°F), I needed to pull over and sit because my brakes were fading and my fluids boiling. Yes, the stock brakes will stop you. But I couldn’t trust them to stop me every time.