Who installed them?

 

Thanks. I too live in an area where the temps go below 40F. I want a good initial bite when the pads are cold as well as when they are hot.

 

I have the Stoptech Street Perf. pads on all four corners of my FX. CRAZY initial bite, took awhile for me to get used to it. Sometimes I still tap it a little too hard and get whiplashed. Kinda tricky in the snow, locked up my wheels a few time a couple years back. Now I'm in Cali, so don't have to worry about that anymore No fade, great on hard stops, and into turns. Almost a track pad made for the street. Got about 14-15k miles on the pads now, dust seems to be is getting heavier. Pretty light in the beginning, but now it's pretty bad. I get a squeak/vibration when I let the pedal go, too. It feels like the pads are sticking to the rotor and popping loose. I'm guessing this is normal, considering how "sticky" the pads are. That's my 2 cents.

For cars of friends and family members that I've worked on, I've always used Akebono Proact. Inexpensive, but not cheap. On par or better than OEM. Light on the dust and noise.

 

Wichone are the most silent ones and still pretty good when you going hard stopping . For street use

 

I've heard mixed reviews on the HAWK HPS pads (non brembo), but I've heard enough good ones to try them out. Used em for about 3 days now and the bite is great in socal cold weather and during warm/hot weather.

I will continue getting HAWK HPS pads unless I find another set of pads for significantly cheaper but with great reviews...

 

ive been running ebc pads for about 3 years now, started with yellows all around then i put red stuff in the back and recently i put green stuff in the rear... next i will go back to yellowstuff, overall i think there the best, but they give out alot of dust

 

Nobody has mentioned the Hawk performance Ceramics(ultra low brakedust) yellow box..
Anyone ran them on a 03-04 g35 coupe with brembos?