View Poll Results: Which brake pad for daily driver?
Stock OEM mazda pads
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Hawks HPS
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Brake time, hawks or stock
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Brake time, hawks or stock
Hey guys, its time for brakes for me. I am going to get new rotors, new caliper, new lines and new pads. I am leaning toward the Hawk HPS pads over the stock ones. What do you guys think of this decision. Which one is more quiet, last longer and dust more?
I am looking for pads that are quiet, dont dust long
Thanks
I am looking for pads that are quiet, dont dust long
Thanks
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Hawk HPS pads friggin' rock. They are ultra grippy.
Pros - Ultra grippy, allow you to lock up tires at any time if you WANT to. Great pedal modulation, makes threshhold braking easier.
Cons - Squeeky, and VERY dusty.
Pros - Ultra grippy, allow you to lock up tires at any time if you WANT to. Great pedal modulation, makes threshhold braking easier.
Cons - Squeeky, and VERY dusty.
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HPS are quiet and low dust - perfect street pads, and WAY better than stock. HP+ are noisy and dusty, but are awesome at the track.
I highly suggest getting HPS's from www.splparts.com - that's where I got mine from. They don't list them, but will order them for you, and have great prices and service. I also got my stainless lines from them.
I highly suggest getting HPS's from www.splparts.com - that's where I got mine from. They don't list them, but will order them for you, and have great prices and service. I also got my stainless lines from them.
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definetly go HPS. a fair amount prippier than the oem pads with none of the downsides of the more aggressive or "race" pads. cheaper too. i have them on front and rear and i love em.
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I used the HAWK HPS and they're great at Auto-x and road courses. They still hold up great after the 3 road course events. At each road course event I did over 20 laps and there were two corners where I had to threshold brake. One corner i had to slow down from 90mph to about 30mph the other corner I go from 65mph to about 20mph, imagine doin that for 20+laps,plus I did it on 3 different occasions within a 3 month time span. So yeah they held up fine i love um.
Not to mention the auto-x events i did, but i didn't really use the brakes all that much during the auto-x events anyways, cuz i wasn't goin that fast to begin with.
So in all they are great, I think I should start checkin the pads tho after all that racing, but I been lazy. As far as drag racing goes, stock should be fine unless you're running some crazy amount of horsepower
Not to mention the auto-x events i did, but i didn't really use the brakes all that much during the auto-x events anyways, cuz i wasn't goin that fast to begin with.
So in all they are great, I think I should start checkin the pads tho after all that racing, but I been lazy. As far as drag racing goes, stock should be fine unless you're running some crazy amount of horsepower
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Dammit... I can't get my hands on any Hawk HPS pads for like another 2 weeks and need some pads by tomorrow or wednesday. The only ones i can get are the stock ones.
This sucks!!
This sucks!!
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Hey guys are Stock OEM pads really that much worse than Hawk HPS?
I need pads like tomorrow and all i can find are the OEM ones.
All i do is street drive. No racing or autocross... Will i really notice that big of a difference?
I need pads like tomorrow and all i can find are the OEM ones.
All i do is street drive. No racing or autocross... Will i really notice that big of a difference?
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Yes, it's that big of a difference. At least put them on the front. OEM is ok for the back, as they don't do much work. Imagine when you have to panic stop...a couple feet shorter stopping distance can mean the difference between totalling your ride or not. WORTH IT!
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Originally posted by SpeedRacer
Hawk HPS pads friggin' rock. They are ultra grippy.
Pros - Ultra grippy, allow you to lock up tires at any time if you WANT to. Great pedal modulation, makes threshhold braking easier.
Cons - Squeeky, and VERY dusty.
Hawk HPS pads friggin' rock. They are ultra grippy.
Pros - Ultra grippy, allow you to lock up tires at any time if you WANT to. Great pedal modulation, makes threshhold braking easier.
Cons - Squeeky, and VERY dusty.
my rears squeak a tiny bit...but that might be because i threw out the anti-squeal plates....besides that no problems with the squeaky.
Originally posted by SAiamNE
Hey guys are Stock OEM pads really that much worse than Hawk HPS?
I need pads like tomorrow and all i can find are the OEM ones.
All i do is street drive. No racing or autocross... Will i really notice that big of a difference?
Hey guys are Stock OEM pads really that much worse than Hawk HPS?
I need pads like tomorrow and all i can find are the OEM ones.
All i do is street drive. No racing or autocross... Will i really notice that big of a difference?
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Originally posted by Cloud
Yes, it's that big of a difference. At least put them on the front. OEM is ok for the back, as they don't do much work. Imagine when you have to panic stop...a couple feet shorter stopping distance can mean the difference between totalling your ride or not. WORTH IT!
Yes, it's that big of a difference. At least put them on the front. OEM is ok for the back, as they don't do much work. Imagine when you have to panic stop...a couple feet shorter stopping distance can mean the difference between totalling your ride or not. WORTH IT!
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Originally posted by $150FC
Your brakes don't stop the car, your tires do. Better pads won't help stopping distances.
Your brakes don't stop the car, your tires do. Better pads won't help stopping distances.
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Well glad to say i got my hands on some Hawk HPS pads.
Phoned about a dozen places today and finally found someone that could ship them within 2 days.
Sweeeeeett!!!
Phoned about a dozen places today and finally found someone that could ship them within 2 days.
Sweeeeeett!!!
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