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whats the diff bt turned and resurfacedOriginally Posted by gary c
Drilled/Slotted DBAs with the gold lug area! Just installed a new set of HAWK HPS pads and had the DBA rotors turned, good for another 30K miles...Gary
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http://www.hawkperformance.com/perfo...pads/hb268f665
http://www.hawkperformance.com/perfo...pads/hb387f547
I'm speculating the listing is wrong. The larger pad is for the 05+ brakes and the smaller pad for the 03-04 brakes. Originally Posted by bmars06
So does anyone know why the Hawk website has two different HPS FRONT pads list for my 06' coup? One is large than the other. Which would you use for non-Brembo calipers? Links to the two pads are below.http://www.hawkperformance.com/perfo...pads/hb268f665
http://www.hawkperformance.com/perfo...pads/hb387f547
I didn't fact-check this.
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I didn't fact-check this.
That's interesting. I checked tiretrack.com and for my car specs they listed the smaller one for the front, not the larger one. Originally Posted by Mustang5L5
I'm speculating the listing is wrong. The larger pad is for the 05+ brakes and the smaller pad for the 03-04 brakes. I didn't fact-check this.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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I tend to stay away from cross-drilled/slotted. They look nice, but I've never noticed a huge performance increase. At the last track event I was at, people were joking about how it doesnt matter what kind of rotors you get, they'll all crack so might as well get the cheap ones.
I dont fully subscribe to that philosophy, I still buy Brembo rotors, but I just get vented. I've seen a fair amount of people at the track getting slotted StopTechs (Centric I think is the same company) and the like. I find that people at the racetrack usually know whats up when it comes to best bang for the buck.
Get slotted and cross-drilled for looks if you want, but you're probably not going to need to cool your rotors that much if you're not on a racetrack.... unless you live in an area where you can repeatedly get up to +125mph and back down to 60mph every minute or so for 30 minutes, then you'll want to get racing brake fluid and some semi-metallic pads as well (very dusty).
Pad Recommendations:
EBC Redstuff for street (I tried Hawk HP-S's, have always been a fan, but they sent me the wrong size so I tried someone else)
EBC Yellowstuff for track (Hawk HP+ were great on my other cars)
The Redstuff pads faded after 2 laps, I would slow from 125-80 at a decent pace, but the 80-40 took WAY longer than I wanted. Switched to yellowstuff and everything was lovely. The Reds are ceramic and low dust, perfect for the street. They stop you pretty well, just dont try to do a ton of 100-0's in a row. Yellows are semi-metallic and that means brake dust, plan on cleaning your wheels a lot, I didnt find a real need for them off of the track so I went back to the reds for the street. I'll throw the yellows back on at the next track event though.
I dont fully subscribe to that philosophy, I still buy Brembo rotors, but I just get vented. I've seen a fair amount of people at the track getting slotted StopTechs (Centric I think is the same company) and the like. I find that people at the racetrack usually know whats up when it comes to best bang for the buck.
Get slotted and cross-drilled for looks if you want, but you're probably not going to need to cool your rotors that much if you're not on a racetrack.... unless you live in an area where you can repeatedly get up to +125mph and back down to 60mph every minute or so for 30 minutes, then you'll want to get racing brake fluid and some semi-metallic pads as well (very dusty).
Pad Recommendations:
EBC Redstuff for street (I tried Hawk HP-S's, have always been a fan, but they sent me the wrong size so I tried someone else)
EBC Yellowstuff for track (Hawk HP+ were great on my other cars)
The Redstuff pads faded after 2 laps, I would slow from 125-80 at a decent pace, but the 80-40 took WAY longer than I wanted. Switched to yellowstuff and everything was lovely. The Reds are ceramic and low dust, perfect for the street. They stop you pretty well, just dont try to do a ton of 100-0's in a row. Yellows are semi-metallic and that means brake dust, plan on cleaning your wheels a lot, I didnt find a real need for them off of the track so I went back to the reds for the street. I'll throw the yellows back on at the next track event though.