Changed to Hawk brake pads, now I'm squeaking
 

I changed to the Hawk HPS pads front and back and after a week I'm getting a squeak.

I used anti-squeak grease between on the back of the pads.

The stock fronts had a metal plate that I didn't use because it looked like it didn't fit. Should I have made it work somehow?

tia

Did you bed them in properly?

I did go through the procedure on the box. Would that have an effect on squeaking?

im actually going to order hawk pads this week, is this a known "problem"? Hawk pads are supposed to be silent.

Not true, they squeaked on my 03, and I installed them on my 05 Roadster. They still squeak at very low speeds, but not all the time like on my 03 Z.

I would take the noise anyday over the dusting!

from what I've heard they squeal when they are cold, when you warm them up they get very sticky.

Thats a funny one, haha. I have seen zillions of posts about Hawk HPS and noise problems. Now I'm not 100% convinced it is the pads fault but rather is improper installation or bed in procedures. My advice would be spray anti-squeak spray on everything having to do with the pad except the contact surface to be on the safe side and then go out and break them in properly.

I put the grease on the back of both pads. These pads came with a metal plate mounted to the pad itself. The SS plate that was on the front stock pads didn't seem to fit. And I did a bed procedure.

Should I have used it somehow?

I've used Hawk HPS on my Z without any squeeking issues. As stated above, try bedding them in again, perhaps going a little more aggressive than what's on the box. Have also used HP+ on the street and track without squeeking as well. But in both cases I was pretty aggressive with bedding them in.

Try our bed-in procedures here:
http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/bedincontents.htm

Noise should go away until you wear off the pad transfer layer again. When that happens, bed them again!

I'll try it and let you know, give me a couple days, thanks

just bed them and that will take care of the problem. I put them on a '03 4 weeks ago, no squeaks at all and no brake dust at all.

Hawks don't squeak, they squawk. So maybe you just need anti-squawk grease.

my small angled ss plates fit as well as another thin metal plate that was stuck on my oem brembo pads. I had to pry that one off since it was stuck on. I put them both on my HPS's and they work great, not a single squeak yet.

I wish I said that. lol