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I'll tell ya how my Hawk HP+ and stainless lines at all four corners turn out with front brake cooling ducts. Should be a couple weeks.
Hawk HPS here, They are great. No dust or noises :thumbsup:
I have the HPS pads, they are very low dust, they do sqeal a little if you REALLY heat them up
EBC = Pure poop... no really, just bought the green pads a few months ago, they squeel like a pig, don't stop any better than stock that I have noticed, and dust considerably more than stock pads.
+1, Hawk hps is a very good pad and not too expensive either.
I've heard only good things about the hawk ceramic pads.
They also have PLUS brake pads, stay away from those unless you autocross.
I've heard the PLUS pads are MORE dust, and don't last as long, but are way better performing than street pads.
I'm going to be ordering the pads ASAP just to get away from cleaning my rims daily from the all the damn brake dust...
They also have PLUS brake pads, stay away from those unless you autocross.
I've heard the PLUS pads are MORE dust, and don't last as long, but are way better performing than street pads.
I'm going to be ordering the pads ASAP just to get away from cleaning my rims daily from the all the damn brake dust...
stick with the stockers.
quiet
low dust
stops well when cold
pick any two
quiet
low dust
stops well when cold
pick any two
ShelbyGuy said:
My stockers are TONS of dust. If I clean daily it's not enough...
I've heard the hawk ceramics are like 1/10th the dust of the stockers
I have used kevlar metallic for the past 3 years, great pad for the street and track as long as the speeds are under 120mph. They cost about 75.00 for fronts and rears shipped. Look on e-bay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...001QQitemZ110174671807QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...001QQitemZ110174671807QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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For you guys with squeal and/or excessive dust, one question. Did you bed your pads? I have found that bedding new pads and seasoning new rotors helps avoid a lot of nagging problems.
I did bed my pads, and even used the brake quiet goop with no avail. I think I'm going to go back to stock pads. I was going to, but they are almost twice the price of aftermarkets, so I thought I'd give the brand X a try.
capello said:
Bedded?
Did you get the hawk ceramics? I was about to order those but lethal wants as much for shipping as half the rear pads cost! I'm gonna have to try to work something out with them or try to find some free shipping somewhere.
my experience:
Hawks SQUEELED big time and yes they were bedded in and my rotors were resurfaced. I hated them - only bought them cause they were cheap.
Stock Cobra pads work great for me and have very little dust but are very expensive.
Funny that you mention EBC in the Mustang world. I had the RED STUFF on my 2 previous imports and really, really liked them... (VERY LITTLE dust and braked great) I have been thinking about using them later down the road when my Cobra pads are gone. I would NOT do the Green Stuff or Yellow Stuff though. Green is their basic street line, which do dust and the Yellow are supposed to be for track days. Red are for aggressive street.
Hawks SQUEELED big time and yes they were bedded in and my rotors were resurfaced. I hated them - only bought them cause they were cheap.
Stock Cobra pads work great for me and have very little dust but are very expensive.
Funny that you mention EBC in the Mustang world. I had the RED STUFF on my 2 previous imports and really, really liked them... (VERY LITTLE dust and braked great) I have been thinking about using them later down the road when my Cobra pads are gone. I would NOT do the Green Stuff or Yellow Stuff though. Green is their basic street line, which do dust and the Yellow are supposed to be for track days. Red are for aggressive street.
I've seen the Hawk pads on ebay for like 1/2 price than i've seen them on any other mustang performance website. Just FYI.
I wonder how these compare with the Hawk HPS? :rolling:racebronco2 said:
DO NOT GET THE EBC YELLOWSTUFF. They are an incredible pad, my friend Rich uses them on his 05 STi with StopTech rotors, and BOY ARE THEY LOUD. At most, go with the Reds. The Yellows make no noise until you try to come to a complete stop and for the last fifteen feet or so they squeal like fingers on a chalkboard, metal on metal type sound.
We just did a road rally and after about 45 minutes of straight beating the crap out of the car he was saying he finally felt some fade in the brakes but he thought it was the brake fluid failing not the pads because the pads still bit like crazy, the pedal was just getting a little low but still hard. Stainless lines and DOT5 fluid are next.
Hawk HP+ had some noise after heating them up real bad on my brother's Intrepid daily driver, but not nearly the level of the YellowStuff.
We just did a road rally and after about 45 minutes of straight beating the crap out of the car he was saying he finally felt some fade in the brakes but he thought it was the brake fluid failing not the pads because the pads still bit like crazy, the pedal was just getting a little low but still hard. Stainless lines and DOT5 fluid are next.
Hawk HP+ had some noise after heating them up real bad on my brother's Intrepid daily driver, but not nearly the level of the YellowStuff.
Carbotech Bobcats. Perfect street pad.
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