Brakes, pads, gravity feed issue

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09-16-2012, 04:18 AM

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I've hated all Hawk pads. We ran the HPS pads on a sedan and the brake performance was almost dangerous. I followed a bed in process that was 40-5,60-5,80-5,100-5 and a cool down drive. The pads had better bite after the bedding but. Even after this process I couldn't get abs to kick in. My experience is stock honda pads are better than anything hawk can sell you.

ALL Hawk pads? or just the HPS?

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09-16-2012, 06:26 AM

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ALL Hawk pads? or just the HPS?

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09-16-2012, 08:26 AM

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[quote name='rob-2' timestamp='1347725301' post='22013854']
I've hated all Hawk pads. We ran the HPS pads on a sedan and the brake performance was almost dangerous. I followed a bed in process that was 40-5,60-5,80-5,100-5 and a cool down drive. The pads had better bite after the bedding but. Even after this process I couldn't get abs to kick in. My experience is stock honda pads are better than anything hawk can sell you.

ALL Hawk pads? or just the HPS?

Do share, I'm willing to learn.

Not sure there is more to share on this topic. Hawk is largely a marketing company. Their pads are very poor. Best find someone else's pads. If you're just doing street driving, stock ap1 pads are far better.
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Good to know. Please endulge me and expand on them being "very poor". Hawk makes several different compounds, are all of them "very poor"? For me, the HP+ has been sufficient thus far for the money.

Do you track your car? And if so, do you still use OEM pads when tracking? If not OEM, then which Brand and model? Do you run street tires or r-comps when on the track?

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