So I did pads and rotors at all 4 corners on my 2014 Track Pack.
Pads - HPS 5.0
Rotors - Centric 120 Cryo Treated Front, low mileage take-off rears.
My car has 56k miles now. Up until now, I've had factory Brembo pads. I've been very happy with the braking, didn't mind the dust, but unhappy with the pedal firmness and the cost. I've had HPS pads in the past and didn't love them but didn't hate them. They were alright, but I always missed the initial bite, even though they were more linear deeper in the pedal.
So, how do the HPS 5.0s stack up? I did the install yesterday, but didn't get a chance to bed them per Hawk's instructions until this afternoon. Before bedding them, I couldn't even get the ABS to activate, which is pretty scary considering I'm on Blizzak LM60s right now. Hawk's bedding procedure is 6-10 moderate stops from 35 and 2-3 hard stops from 45. I had to go find an empty office park to do that without causing an accident or a scene. Now that I've bedded them, the braking performance has mostly come back. Mostly.
Brembo Mustangs have never had the pedal feel of other Brembo cars I've owned or driven. The first third of the pedal has always been soft, but the rest will pull your eyeballs out. The pedal firmness hasn't changed, but the initial bite is a little bit less aggressive than OEM. The ABS will activate when I go deep into the pedal, but there is a strange dead spot after the initial bite where I give it more pedal, feel it get firmer, but I don't feel like I'm getting all that much more braking. I'm not sure how these are going to perform when I get BFG Sport Comp 2s installed.
All in all, I'm not thrilled. My opinion may change after a week of driving, as more material may transfer to the rotors, but as of right now, I don't think I would purchase again.
Update: I've been driving around on them for 3 days now and they've improved markedly. The pedal HAS firmed up some, they bite higher, the initial bite is less aggressive than stock but not obnoxiously so the way the old HPS pads were, but the pads do want heat before you'll get them to be real aggressive.
I think I'm going to change my initial review. Would do again.
Pads - HPS 5.0
Rotors - Centric 120 Cryo Treated Front, low mileage take-off rears.
My car has 56k miles now. Up until now, I've had factory Brembo pads. I've been very happy with the braking, didn't mind the dust, but unhappy with the pedal firmness and the cost. I've had HPS pads in the past and didn't love them but didn't hate them. They were alright, but I always missed the initial bite, even though they were more linear deeper in the pedal.
So, how do the HPS 5.0s stack up? I did the install yesterday, but didn't get a chance to bed them per Hawk's instructions until this afternoon. Before bedding them, I couldn't even get the ABS to activate, which is pretty scary considering I'm on Blizzak LM60s right now. Hawk's bedding procedure is 6-10 moderate stops from 35 and 2-3 hard stops from 45. I had to go find an empty office park to do that without causing an accident or a scene. Now that I've bedded them, the braking performance has mostly come back. Mostly.
Brembo Mustangs have never had the pedal feel of other Brembo cars I've owned or driven. The first third of the pedal has always been soft, but the rest will pull your eyeballs out. The pedal firmness hasn't changed, but the initial bite is a little bit less aggressive than OEM. The ABS will activate when I go deep into the pedal, but there is a strange dead spot after the initial bite where I give it more pedal, feel it get firmer, but I don't feel like I'm getting all that much more braking. I'm not sure how these are going to perform when I get BFG Sport Comp 2s installed.
All in all, I'm not thrilled. My opinion may change after a week of driving, as more material may transfer to the rotors, but as of right now, I don't think I would purchase again.
Update: I've been driving around on them for 3 days now and they've improved markedly. The pedal HAS firmed up some, they bite higher, the initial bite is less aggressive than stock but not obnoxiously so the way the old HPS pads were, but the pads do want heat before you'll get them to be real aggressive.
I think I'm going to change my initial review. Would do again.
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