Hawk Brake Pads

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:36 pm

Dust is annoying, but not as high on the priority list as having something that's capable of both track and daily. I'm currently on EBC greens, and I reckon they're pretty dusty as it is. Hopefully the HP plus aren't any worse.

So, it seems like they're a good option for daily?

Postby **NitroDann** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:41 pm

They are well renowned as a good all rounder with track ability. Guran runs these on his 'Australias fastest stock na6'.

Get over some dust and they seem great.

Dann

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:48 pm

What're they like on rotors? Are they pretty tough on them? I'm thinking about doing a rotor upgrade as well since the OEM ones are pretty thin.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:25 pm

I've used 5 sets of HP+ front pads for one set of rotors. I can't give any sensible estimate of life as a road car but this equates to 40 track days.

Thin rotors are much more prone to overheating on the track anyway.

green_comet · Postby **green_comet** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:59 pm

manga_blue wrote:I use HP+ on a daily. They've got about 80-90% of their full stopping power when cold, which still gives you something a fair bit better than OEM.

Before these I used Bendix Ultimates which produced about 4 times the dust and rotor wear and only 75% of the stopping power of HP+. I think most of the dust was actually iron powder from the rotors.

Seems strange, im running Ultimates on mine atm, and they don't dust anywhere near as much as my Hawks do. Maybe I got a bad batch of Hawks pads or something.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:17 am

manga_blue wrote:I've used 5 sets of HP+ front pads for one set of rotors. I can't give any sensible estimate of life as a road car but this equates to 40 track days.

Thin rotors are much more prone to overheating on the track anyway.

Sounds like a good compromise to me. I'd rather a high level of stopping on the track (and on the street) over a super long life, so it seems like they'll suit. Now I just need to decide which rotors to get... Suggestions?