Just wondering what a few of the favorite compounds round these parts are for the steel brake system.
100% safe spirited street use.
Not driven to the point of fading so fade resistance is a much lower concern for these street pads.

Looking for something that will get a good bite and allow modulation at cold and moderate temps. Not expecting track-like temps.
Would very much like something with as low amount of dust as possible while not sacrificing stopping power.
Lower noise would be nice but not required.
No concern over pad/rotor wear.

I have frequently heard EBC Red recommended for this use. Also hear a lot of Pagid RS29 Yellow, but that seems to be a track-oriented compound.
Lots of recommendations for Hawk HPS, but not sure exactly which compound to go with here. I imagine Ceramic HPS will produce less dust but would have lower bite, correct?
I would very much appreciate any input from members who have used different compounds and can compare how they stack up. Thanks!

 

EBC Red suck.
Pagid rs29 require good amount of heat. Pending how fast you drive on back roads, these are good. Modulation is better with PFC.

IMO stay oem. Nothing you can do to meet your above needs in terms of little/no brake dust + performance, unless you go ceramic
If you don't mind brake dust- it opens a lot of options, from my experience.

 

Thanks for the ideas. I'm happy enough with the stock performance but it's just so unbelievably dusty. That's my biggest complaint. I know, just wash the wheels, but it's really pretty annoying to deal with and would like to avoid it as much as possible. It makes me love the CCBs on my 360CS all the more.

 

PFC pads - but as mentioned need some heat to get the bite in them IMO. Its one of those things where we can't have our cake and eat it too.

 

I wish Textar made its ePad compound for the GT3. Had them for over a decade on my E46, hands down the best street pad ever. Awesome bite, modulation, release, friction and less than OEM dust.

 

I'm going to need rear pads soon, and I'm leaning toward getting Textar. They're only $115 at Pelican, while the Porsche pads are $500. I'll be doing maybe 1-2 half track days per year, so I too am looking for a street pad.

 

That's more or less what I'm finding.
Want good stopping power? Stopping power means friction, friction means material transfer, material transfer means dust for steel brakes.
Any thoughts on the Hawk HPS 5.0 pads?

 

Hawk HPS. I used to use them in my M3 as a street pad and they worked great in a street-only application, dust is much lighter gray than black and doesn't show nearly as badly as the OEM dust. They are street only...don't pretend to track them and you'll be fine.

 

+1 on Hawk HPS. I've been using them for years on Porsches and BMWs on the street and been very pleased. Good bite, easy on the rotors and are low dusting as Andy mentioned above.

 

Textar

 

if you want to try pfc 08's i have front/rear set with ~60-70% coming up for (cheap) sale soon.
Or i have brand new rears for sale.

 

Decided to go with the Hawk HPS 5.0 pads. Will give them a shot and see how it goes. Fortunately the pads are such a fast and easy change and they're so inexpensive that if it doesn't work out, it's an easy change. thanks for the input

 

Loving the Hawk HPS. Installed last summer. No noise, medium dust, good bite. I'm in New England and I drive the car when it gets cold, but not when it gets crappy out (snow, rain).

 

Do you replace rotors at the same time? Seems like that is always the recommnedation of the service department - when there's a "lip" on the rotor edge.

 

Low dust? Ceramic. It a life changing event to never have to clean wheels ever again.