Jun 22 2011 from the august 2011 issue of car and driver.
Hawk brake pads hps vs ceramic.
If you even take it once to a track day you might invest in upgrading to steel braided lines.
Engineered to reduce brake nvh noise vibration and harshness performance ceramic is a premium disc brake pad that delivers excellent performance mile after mile.
Had the rears for the last 15 000 miles and fronts for 5 000 miles.
I hear mixed thoughts about both.
If brake dust is super high priority on your list akebono s are the way to go.
Performance brake pads compared.
If hps is cheaper there is no question to get the hps over the ceramics.
Hawk s unique ceramic compound is specially engineered to reduce vibrations and noise for quiet and smooth braking.
I m hopeing to order some new brakes next week and i m stuck between the hawk hps pads and hawk ceramic pads.
Hawk hps hawk hp plus ebc yellowstuff.
Hawk backs your high performance low dust ceramic brake pads with a lifetime warranty.
This also makes the pads last longer and wear easier on your rotors.
Hawk performance makes a brake pads and brake rotors that upgarde a vehicle s system one piece at a time.
If performance is in your mind hawk hps or oem.
Best yet hawk ceramic brake pads bolt right in place of your stock pads.
Hawk hps brakes are known to be good for street application and you can take to 1 or 2 track days but definitely not for heavy track use at all.
True you lose the initial bite that the oem pads broke and doesn t brake like oem or hawk hps but the difference in dust is night and day.