Which Pads To Get?

[WhiteSaleen248]

Title says it all, 03 cobra brakes, I want some QUEIT brakes, that have decent stoping power. (I slam on it once in a long while). What do you guys suggest?

Thanks

 

[03 svtvenom]

These are pretty popularhttp://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brakes.jsp?autoMake=Ford&autoModel=Mustang+Cobra&autoYear=2003&autoModClar=&make=Hawk&model=HPS+Street+brake+pads

 

[WhiteSaleen248]

I have had bad experience with Hawk Pads. Ive had 2 different kinds, and my friend one kind and they all squeil like a pig. I hate it.

 

[2003HostileSVT]

my brother put hawk pads on his 03 gt with the baer big brake upgrade kit in the front and back and they stop great with no sounds..highly recomended for high speed driving...

 

[03 svtvenom]

I have also looked into the EBC greenstuff pads.

 

[InArmyWPride]

Hawk Performance HPS pads those are good i have them on my cobra now they do not have any sound and stop pritty good

 

[Hye]

i changed the front with ferodo pads (left the back stock) and really liked the brake feel. but then again at the same time i did install stainless steel russell braided lines on all 4 corners...

noticed a very nice braking improvement with those two mods.

 

[I-CAN-STANG]

Raybestos QS Ceramic Pads rockauto.com

No squeal and no brake dust! I'd never use another pad.

 

[BreBar21]

I have had bad experience with Hawk Pads. Ive had 2 different kinds, and my friend one kind and they all squeil like a pig. I hate it.

Yes. Mine SCREAM too. I hate them. I am going to get rid of them ASAP.

 

[WhiteSaleen248]

Brembo any good?

 

[2003HostileSVT]

to be totally honest my brother has been full throttling that car since day one and the breaks are great they stop on a dime with little or no bereak dust and virtually any noise at all... :thumbsup:

 

[I-CAN-STANG]

to be totally honest my brother has been full throttling that car since day one and the breaks are great they stop on a dime with little or no bereak dust and virtually any noise at all... :thumbsup:

on the brembos?

 

[2003HostileSVT]

yea the brembos are great he is using hawk pads with them..

 

[WhiteSaleen248]

yea the brembos are great he is using hawk pads with them..

What kind of hawk pads? There are like three different kinds?? :shrug:

 

[ModsAway]

Raybestos QS Ceramic Pads rockauto.com

No squeal and no brake dust! I'd never use another pad.

I have these and they squeal AND produce brake dust... :shrug:

 

[I-CAN-STANG]

I have these and they squeal AND produce brake dust... :shrug:

I doubt you do! Check your part numbers and get back to me. I doubt they are ceramic because that just defeats the purpose of the material. never have I heard of someone complaining a ceramic pad squeals and it's made to minimize brake dust. I've had mine on for a little over a month now with brembo rotors and I'll never try another pad.

 

[BigBeez03]

I have the Hawk Plus Pads and they definitely bite better than the stockers but do squeel a bit when intitially applying the brakes. I think brake dust is about the same as stock, not bad unless you've just pitted from the road course

 

[WhiteSaleen248]

I have the Hawk Plus Pads and they definitely bite better than the stockers but do squeel a bit when intitially applying the brakes. I think brake dust is about the same as stock, not bad unless you've just pitted from the road course

I have Hawk HPS + on my car currently. They squeel when I go in reverse, and when cold make horrendous sounds. You can hear it from half a city block away (at least). They brake better than anything I have ever tried when they heat up, but I really don't need track pads on a daily driver.

I doubt you do! Check your part numbers and get back to me. I doubt they are ceramic because that just defeats the purpose of the material. never have I heard of someone complaining a ceramic pad squeals and it's made to minimize brake dust. I've had mine on for a little over a month now with brembo rotors and I'll never try another pad.

So you suggest blank rotors, and ceramic pads? I have cross drilled/ slotted rotors on right now (they were for show purposes only), will this make them squeel?

 

[I-CAN-STANG]

So you suggest blank rotors, and ceramic pads? I have cross drilled/ slotted rotors on right now (they were for show purposes only), will this make them squeel?[/QUOTE]


I have slotted and cross drilled as well and I do not have a single problme with these pads. No squeal or anything. That is why I'd never try anything else.

 

[RJCobra]

Title says it all, 03 cobra brakes, I want some QUEIT brakes, that have decent stoping power. (I slam on it once in a long while). What do you guys suggest?

Thanks

Go ceramic:
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/resu...premium&perfcat=perf&perfcat=track&x=116&y=16