Okay I have it narrowed my brake pads down to (2). Please vote using the poll. Please only vote if you know a lot about these brake pads, or have them on your Z. Thanks for your suggestions.

Also if their are other brake pads out there that are better than these two, let me know.

I do not race, or use the brakes hard. I am sick of the brake dust.

Thanks again,

 

Go w the Green!

 

Hawk HPS pads. NO dust!!
They will squeek a little though.

 

How about Green Stuff. Do they squeek also?

Anyone know?

 

Greenies don't squeek and are relatively rotor friendly. (Non-Brembos)

 

i hear hawks squeak, not just on one person cars but most.

 

I have heard good results on Axis Premium front pads - Non Brembo www.cobaltfriction.com - There is a mini article on the pads in Sprt Z Mag - Summer 2003.

It stated a 15-20% better stopping power than OE and 50% better life - Very low brake dust, Very Quite, and rotor friendly. Made of a Kevlar ceramic composite, very low metal content.

I thing they are like $80.00 if you mention Sport Z mag you get a 10% discount.

 

Hawks are racing oriented. I do not recommend them for what you are doing. I will switch to HP+ soon, but they have dust and squeel. I know nothing about the Greens

 

It's important to tell folks WHICH of the Hawk pads you are considering. That's like doing a poll and asking if you should run Bridgestone tires. Are you talking about the Pole Position S03 or the Blizzak WS-50? Two very different tires from the same company!

The Hawk HPS is a much better pad than the EBC Greenstuff. It's a low dust, quiet pad which is relatively rotor freindly. The EBC Greenstuff is extremely prone to pad deposition issues. In other words, if you overheat it, it will "poop" on your rotors and you will suffer from vibration problems. I see more complaints about EBC Greenstuff than almost any other pad. (Pagid Orange is way up there too, but it's a club race pad, not a street pad.)

The Axxis Deluxe Plus is another excellent pad that retains stock levels of performance, yet is virtually dust free. The BMW M5 owners have been raving about it and they just sent it into a national backorder situation. See: http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/sho...threadid=28899 You should consider this pad. Unfortunately, they don't yet make a rear pad (few manufacturers do) but the Cf level is close enough to stock that I would not be uncomfortable mixing the Deluxe Plus with the stock rear pads.

 

They shouldn't squeak if you bed them in properly. See: http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

 

"It's important to tell folks WHICH of the Hawk pads you are considering. That's like doing a poll and asking if you should run Bridgestone tires"


Hmmm, I guess when I said I don't race or do any hard braking, that kind of narrowed it down on the HAWK pads, wouldn't you think?

Wait, lemme guess, I got the racing ones when I don't race. Come on , you have a point, but if you would have read my post, you would have realized when I said I do not race, that would have narrowed the two pads down to one, don't you agree?

Anyway, I got the Hawk (NON RACING PADS). Installing them this Saturday. I will post a follow-up on how they work out.

I do appreciate the post on the "bed" solution though.

So stop with the POLL people, thanks.

 

Actually, Hawk makes a number of street pads that you could have been considering. BillR thought you meant the HPS. patdsaunders thought it was the HP Plus. And Mike Wazowski's comments on Hawk pads squealing didn't apply to the HPS. You could have also been considering the HP Super Duty, Hawk's newest street pad.

Clearly, the members of the board didn't know which Hawk pad you were considering. I wasn't trying to put you down. I was merely trying to put bounds on the pad discussion.

 

Hawk.

I replaced the fronts with HAWK HPS pads and the dust is GONE.

An occasional squeak but not too bad, much better than the dust. You will actually learn ways to minimize or avoid squeak in how you brake as you get use to the pads.

I bedded as instructed but still some squeak, again well worth it.

 

What's the right part number for the Axxis Ultimate pads on cobaltfriction?

 

I recently installd the Hawk HPS pads on my front brakes. They are low dust and do not squeak. If your brake pads are installed properly, they should NOT squeak.

 

How about the NISMO pads, same amount of dust as the HPS & more bite I hear.