Gotta say....Hawk HPS brake pads are......

[Raizinman]

so Raizinman, what are your favorite pads?

I prefer the Performance Friction / Carbon Metallic brakes. This is the brake manufacturer used by the Kansas Police and Sheriff vehicles. No need to have to tell you how hard they are on their vehicle brakes. These come with a lifetime warranty and are not as expensive as Hawk brakes. I've been using these pads for many years. Here if from their web site:

MEETING FMVSS 105

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 105 (FMVSS 105) specifies a standard of performance for trucks, buses and cars equipped with hydraulic brakes. Not all disc brake pads meet FMVSS 105 performance standards, But Performance Friction believes all Carbon Metallic® disc pads should stop without fail and meet or exceed FMVSS 105. You can be sure with Carbon Metallic®. Carbon Metallic®is now OE at Ford and GMC.

SAFETY

We understand hot disc brakes. When disc brakes get unusually hot Carbon Metallic® pads keep delivering that important safe and reliable stopping power. We also offer the highest pad bond shear strength in the business because we invented Ionic Fusion (tm) to be positive that your pads don't debond. We give a commercial vehicle warranty. That's why we are truck, bus and OE proven. That's why we are Performance Friction.

PAD LIFE

Many maintenance people have documented in the field under realistic conditions the superior life of Carbon Metallic® disc pads. Documented to be clearly superior in comparative evaluations. Documented to be clearly superior while preserving rotor life. You realize that shortened pad life means more maintenance cost both for labor and material. Do your disc pads last as long as they should? Specify, Carbon Metallic®.

ROTOR LIFE

Rotor life and brake pad life are both important to good economy. Performance Friction ensures extended rotor life because the carbon technology in Carbon Metallic® brake pads provides superior disc conditioning. That' s what we say Performance Friction links rotor life to pad life.

ANTILOCK(ABS) COMPATIBILITY

Carbon Metallic® is the only disc brake with Ionic Fusion(TM) pad attachment engineered for superior antilock (ABS) compatibility, integrally molded (no rivets) disc pads reduce plate flexing throughout the life of the pad. Carbon Metallic's® friction stability remains constant. This allows antilock (ABS) software to work as intended throughout the life of the disc pad.

COST PER MILE

Carbon Metallic® performance characteristics link rotor life to pad life. Pad life is extended, too. Stopping failures and breakdowns are minimized. This all means fewer service calls, longer maintenance cycles, reduced maintenance labor, and more vehicles on the road. Combine that with the reasonable cost of replacement pads, add up the cost categories, divide by the miles driven and what do you get? Carbon Metallic®. It delivers the "Lowest Cost per Mile".

 

[Meghan54]

This most likely would of happen with any pad/rotor combo because your old ones were shot.

Either way, a new brake pad will always outperform one thats near end of life.

Never said the old pads/rotors were shot.

 

[Excelsior]

Not a huge fan of the HPS myself.. I prefer the Stoptech Street Performance ones now. Better cold-bite and don't dust as much.

Love my stop tech street pads on my S2K. Did light tracking in them even.

 

[pandemonium]

I always read great things about Hawk pads, but when I replaced my pads on my '06 RSX-S I went with Duralast's Gold Cmax. So far I have 3/5ths the pad left after 48k miles. I'm fairly conservative when it comes to driving (since I commute to work and average 25k/year), but I did manage to take it up and down a few mountain passes recently (note: to be read as crazy-fun and fast passes) and I didn't have any loss in braking feel on each of the 6 passes that lasted 30 minutes or so. The dust isn't that bad, either. One of the best pads I've ever used.