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01-06-2008, 03:17 PM | #1 |
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Brake pad suggestions?
Any suggestions on some good brake pads to purchase? I want to improve braking performance on the Honda, and wondering if there are specific brands that I should be looking at?
- Improve performance over stock pads - Don't care about brake dust - Don't care about longevity - Don't want pads that are prone to squealing - Reasonably priced - Car won't be tracked, so these don't have to be anything terribly special |
01-06-2008, 03:20 PM | #2 |
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Tirerack is listing the following for my car:
Akebono (ceramic) ATE (ceramic) Hawk (ceramic) Satified pro (ceramic, composite, or OEM) Hawk HPS (composite) |
01-06-2008, 04:29 PM | #3 |
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If by "performance" you mean minimum possible stopping distance where heat isn't going to be a factor, you're looking at the wrong part.
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01-06-2008, 04:51 PM | #4 |
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If I was to just replace the pads with something "better", is the improvement generally pretty negligible?
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01-06-2008, 05:40 PM | #6 |
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So there's no improvement in stopping distances with a better aftermarket pad?
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01-06-2008, 07:45 PM | #8 |
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Guys, ff has a japanese car. While I can't say anything about the S2000 brakes specifically, my experience is that they come with unbelievably bad pads.
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01-06-2008, 07:51 PM | #9 |
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Hawk HPS will occasionally violate criteria #4.
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01-06-2008, 09:45 PM | #10 |
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Yeah, I had to go apeshit crazy with anti-squeal compound to keep my hawk pads from screaming like my wife with a spider in the shower on my old E46.
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