Ceramic brake pads???
#61
Mine have stopped the horrible squealing, but still do, even a little is unacceptable to me. I called the manufacturer they said they produce a lot of dust while breaking in, then should drop off. Time will tell.
#63
I'm just providing feed back on my experience with Hawk HPS and ceramics on a 6 piston caliper on a previous car. I find the HPS better for street and found the ceramics not as grabby at first until it heats up a bit. Minimum dust but it's like light gray on both pad types. Neither squealed but there was a difference in initial bite which I preferred the HPS which I may go next
Last edited by estrellajon; 04-28-2016 at 08:31 AM.
#64
Initial bite still not as good as stock pads, but once warmed up, much better. Dust is still minimal.
#68
Any updates folks? My cool carbon has a slight sequel when warmed up, dust is still lower than stock, but performance is not as good. Keeping them on for now, but will probably go stock next time unless I hear better feedback from the hawk ceramics.
#70
As far as dust I would say huge improvement over OEM pads. Maybe 1/10 as much and it is a light grey color. With stock pads I needed to clean the wheels every day, filthy! Now after 2-3 days when I clean then they are still looking presentable.
Initial bite AFTER bedding-in is close to OEM. I did meticulously scrub the rotors with maroon scotchbite and Dawn dish soap solution/rinsed with water(no brake cleaner, have heard can cause squeal) during install to remove the old pad material and followed Hawks recommended bed procedure.
Personally, I will install them again without question... Overall very little trade off from OEM. Hope it helps!
#71
I installed the Hawk Ceramic pads on used OEM steel rotors about a month/2000miles ago. I have not had any squeal since bed-in stops... Completely silent.
As far as dust I would say huge improvement over OEM pads. Maybe 1/10 as much and it is a light grey color. With stock pads I needed to clean the wheels every day, filthy! Now after 2-3 days when I clean then they are still looking presentable.
Initial bite AFTER bedding-in is close to OEM. I did meticulously scrub the rotors with maroon scotchbite and Dawn dish soap solution/rinsed with water(no brake cleaner, have heard can cause squeal) during install to remove the old pad material and followed Hawks recommended bed procedure.
Personally, I will install them again without question... Overall very little trade off from OEM. Hope it helps!
As far as dust I would say huge improvement over OEM pads. Maybe 1/10 as much and it is a light grey color. With stock pads I needed to clean the wheels every day, filthy! Now after 2-3 days when I clean then they are still looking presentable.
Initial bite AFTER bedding-in is close to OEM. I did meticulously scrub the rotors with maroon scotchbite and Dawn dish soap solution/rinsed with water(no brake cleaner, have heard can cause squeal) during install to remove the old pad material and followed Hawks recommended bed procedure.
Personally, I will install them again without question... Overall very little trade off from OEM. Hope it helps!
#72
I installed the Hawk Ceramic pads on used OEM steel rotors about a month/2000miles ago. I have not had any squeal since bed-in stops... Completely silent.
As far as dust I would say huge improvement over OEM pads. Maybe 1/10 as much and it is a light grey color. With stock pads I needed to clean the wheels every day, filthy! Now after 2-3 days when I clean then they are still looking presentable.
Initial bite AFTER bedding-in is close to OEM. I did meticulously scrub the rotors with maroon scotchbite and Dawn dish (soap solution/rinsed with water(no brake cleaner, have heard can cause squeal) during install to remove the old pad material and followed Hawks recommended bed procedure.
Personally, I will install them again without question... Overall very little trade off from OEM. Hope it helps!
As far as dust I would say huge improvement over OEM pads. Maybe 1/10 as much and it is a light grey color. With stock pads I needed to clean the wheels every day, filthy! Now after 2-3 days when I clean then they are still looking presentable.
Initial bite AFTER bedding-in is close to OEM. I did meticulously scrub the rotors with maroon scotchbite and Dawn dish (soap solution/rinsed with water(no brake cleaner, have heard can cause squeal) during install to remove the old pad material and followed Hawks recommended bed procedure.
Personally, I will install them again without question... Overall very little trade off from OEM. Hope it helps!
I bought my pads at Bestbrakes.com (no affiliation)
#75
i'm glad so many of us are enjoying these pads. it makes me feel good for riding Hawk's like sea biscuit for over a year.
i hounded them on twitter, the production manager, the support team and anyone else i could call or email. they ended up giving me a 50% coupon code and i told them i would have paid 150% to get the front pads done. In the end, they made us these low dust, low noise pads that i absolutely love. After 18 months they ended up giving me the first pair to try out.
i hounded them on twitter, the production manager, the support team and anyone else i could call or email. they ended up giving me a 50% coupon code and i told them i would have paid 150% to get the front pads done. In the end, they made us these low dust, low noise pads that i absolutely love. After 18 months they ended up giving me the first pair to try out.