Recommendation please...... Stock pads or Hawk HPS... Mild aggressive driving... Or if there are any other recommendations you guys can make for my 05 Sedan

 

Don't always need new rotors, but they should be "turned" or refinished so the pads have a new surface to work with. I'm lazy and it's hard to find someone to turn rotors these days, so I always just replace them.

Akebono ProACT pads for street with occasional spirited driving, or Carbotech Bobcat 1521 street compound pads for street with aggressive back road driving and occasional track day. I run the Carbotech pads.

No experience with Hawk, but I had "heard" that they squeal and need to warm up because they have weak initial bite on cold days, but are good when warmed up.

 

Is it the other way around too? So when you get new rotors do you need new brakes as well??

 

Usually yes. You may notice older rotors are not smooth and may have some grooves in them, and pads will mirror those imperfections. Old pads won't mate with the new rotors very well, so pads and rotors should be replaced at the same time.

 

Usually don't need to replace both at same time. Rotors have minimum thickness stamped on the edge. As long as they are working fine and above that thickness they are fine.

Just when you replace one or the other you should re-bed in your brakes. Look at the stoptech page for instructions. And if you get any judder rebed your brakes to save your rotor.

 

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Hey guys

I am looking to replace my brakes (oem brembos).

I DD the car 25 miles highway a day each way, and also a track once a month (4 sessions of 25 mins)
I prefer to just keep same set of rotors/pads on and off the track, I realize that this will mean that I won't be able to use track-only pads, but I'm okay with the decreased performance.

I do care about noise and dust, but of course I am not looking for a pad with zero dust because brake fade will be ridiculous at the track. Price is less of an issue.
What pad would you guys recommend? I have heard about, Stoptech Street performance, EBC Yellow Stuff, Project Mu NS (Have had them and love the streetability, but have never used them on the track), Project Mu B-Force and Fedoro DB2500. Anything else I should buy instead?

Thanks!

 

I have Hawk HP plus and they are awesome. The car has never felt better as far as performance is concerned. I do get mild dust and low noise from them. You might be better off with Hawk HPS as they are more 'streetable'. Will you be doing rotors and lines as well?

 

Thanks for the reply!
However, just as a reference for people who read this in the future, and def not trying to bash your choice, but the HP+ and HPS are known to be some of the worst choices for even light track. They produce fade very quickly, and even with cold rotors, they don't have good breaking torque. For street only they will hold up fine, and probably some autoX as well. The autocross/road racing section on my350 can provide further info on them in case people with the Hawks want to learn more.

I alreay have SS lines and centric rotors, so I'm good with that part at least, thought I'll get the rotors done when I change the brake pads

 

I kinda like the HP + pads, lol. No offence taken. I run Carbotech on my track car on the recommendation of fellow drivers and they rock. I don't know if they make anything street friendly, but the pads are no joke. You might want to look in to those. The only other pads I have tried are EBC Red Stuff and I prefer the Hawk HP + over them.

 

For sure, the hawks are very appropriate street choice, specially now that the pmu streets (ns) double in price making the difference unreasonable.
Ill def look into your suggestion, thanks again

 

I've heard mixed reviews about hawk pads that they squeal and aren't as good as OEM but I've heard centric pads are OEM quality and are cheaper. anyone recommend which is the best value? I have non brembo

 

Non Brembo rotors I would recommend centric pads and rotors for daily use.

 

Carbotech "Bobcat" 1521 is their street compound.

 

Anyone know a good website for some staggered wheels?!