Subject	After four years, I'm dissappointed with the HPS
Posted by	Broke_as_**** on August 21, 2012 at 6:35 AM
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In Reply To	Recommend brake pads for street driven turbo posted by Fly-Surf on August 20, 2012 at 06:43 PM
Message	I followed the bed in procedures to a T on both sets of Hawk HPS pads and they felt awesome afterward. Plenty of low temp bite, a good linear grip and no noise nor excessive dust. But then you start driving around. And as soon as you start using mild pressure on the brakes, coming up to a light or etc, the bite goes away. They become unresponsive and wooden. Only a stomp from 70+ regains any bite or feedback. If that's a temperature or pressure issue it's kind of a moot point in terms of everyday performance because they just don't deliver. I do like the Axxis (PBR semi-metallic) pads on other cars, I've run them on my Sentra for years, and they provide good, consistent bite for daily driving. I have a set for the Z when they burn through this set of Hawk pads but I do note that they don't like getting hot, as noted from autocrossing the Sentra.
Follow Ups	Recommend brake pads for street driven turbo - Fly-Surf 18:43:29 08/20/12 Axis ultimates. I tried a lot of pads and those worked great - ShakaShaun(Denver) 20:03:57 08/20/12 So dusty that they are not worth it. (n/m) - RAGTPZ 22:23:10 08/20/12 Agreed (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 05:52:05 08/21/12 That's what I run, and I agree.. - zfreak(Dallas) 10:49:49 08/21/12 way too dusty. In one week, my wheels look like a bum's shoe (n/m) - fuzzymonkey 13:23:54 08/21/12 a bum's purplish-brown shoe (n/m) - LJZTT 16:30:52 08/21/12 I DD Hawk HPS pads on both legacies and use them on the - zgene4 20:40:06 08/20/12 Hawk HPS (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 20:46:55 08/20/12 Okay Hawk...any preferred vendor? - Fly-Surf 06:10:48 08/21/12 SPL (n/m) - zgene4 07:48:38 08/21/12 Hawk HPS offers plenty of stopping power - megaDan 08:03:18 08/21/12 Brakeman. very low dust. - 90TT Zfan (E.Tenn) 21:38:28 08/20/12 EBC Redstuffs. - Joe@ZSpeedperformance 21:53:42 08/20/12 I have the Brake Man pads from SZ (n/m) - 1911a1 21:58:14 08/20/12 I have Hawk HPS and agree that there is too much dust. - Aqualung 11:04:42 08/21/12 I've installed a few sets of the Stoptech pads on cust Z's - Woody75 (Denver) 23:12:01 08/20/12 After four years, I'm dissappointed with the HPS - Broke_as_**** 06:35:10 08/21/12 These pads are supposed to provide better braking when they - Haasz32 10:50:00 08/21/12 I know - Broke_as_**** 21:35:48 08/21/12 Sentra and Z are completely different - vorpalZ 10:58:18 08/21/12 What's your contact info? I had a Q about your RPF1 setup. - evan_aggie 11:30:46 08/21/12 Re: What's your contact info? I had a Q about your RPF1 setup. - vorpalZ 12:37:50 08/21/12 To be pedantic - Broke_as_**** 21:51:29 08/21/12 In your profile - inf 22:01:49 08/21/12 Some of them - Broke_as_**** 17:10:09 08/22/12 Re: Recommend brake pads for street driven turbo - TRJohn46 07:27:54 08/21/12 Brake pad choices - JMartz 08:04:17 08/21/12 Carbotech XP10/12's ftw... (n/m) - Cruicad 09:23:45 08/21/12 a local brand FTW! (n/m) - SuparexTT 22:57:20 08/21/12 I love my Centric Posi Quiet pads. - JMW300ZX 09:43:55 08/21/12 2nd on the Hawk HPS - vorpalZ 09:50:18 08/21/12 I love my AMS pads.......................................... - HighPsi (NorCal) 14:13:36 08/21/12 In all seriousness, AMS pads are actually good. (n/m) - Jschwingschwing 15:27:19 08/21/12 Completely agree, I put them on my friends - HighPsi (NorCal) 16:11:30 08/21/12 Every stock brake setup Z I've driven with Hawk HPS had poor - Ashman2k2 16:26:48 08/22/12
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