What Brake Pads Is Everyone Using?
#11
gonna have to look into the Hawk HPS pads for my next change then......anyone running the A8 upgrade with these? Any difference between other pads you may have used prior? I have no issue with the pads I'm running now, but if it can be better with a little less dust.....
don't want to threadjack......
don't want to threadjack......
#12
Yep, I'm running Hawk HPS with drilled/slotted A8 brakes. I bought them all at one time so I haven't tried other pads with them but I doubt I will. The combination is great and stops right-frigging-now when you hit the pedal. I'd recommend this setup to anybody.
#15
Tell me about it - my inspection is due by the end of May. I have a laundry list too - gotta do front CAs, rear pads and rotors plus one slider bolt, fuel sending unit, outer TREs, and adjust my ebrake cables to get the ebrake functional again. Then I need to find my next set of wheels, paint my roof black, pick up/paint/install my S4 bumper, dial in my rear coilovers, put in a short shifter, finish my suede interior...it never ends. Thankfully
#16
Tell me about it - my inspection is due by the end of May. I have a laundry list too - gotta do front CAs, rear pads and rotors plus one slider bolt, fuel sending unit, outer TREs, and adjust my ebrake cables to get the ebrake functional again. Then I need to find my next set of wheels, paint my roof black, pick up/paint/install my S4 bumper, dial in my rear coilovers, put in a short shifter, finish my suede interior...it never ends. Thankfully
#18
Nobody can recommend the correct pads for you without knowing your driving style... is it a easy DD? do you do hard canyon runs? auto-x? track days? spirited daily? the Hawk HPS pads are a good DD pad, but they're more auto-x and twisties oriented. I'd go with mintex red box pads for a spirited DD.