Anybody local have Hawk HPS pads on their car? If you do, I am curious as to what your opinions on them are vs OEM pads.

 

I do - they will dust pretty good in the summer months. Hard to wear them out unless you track your car. I would buy them again over the stock OE pads, but I need to find ones that don't make such a mess.

 

i used mazdaspeed and they last forever!! but i'm switching to hawk ceramic for street in the spring. I also use dtc60/ht10 for track

 

It seems I am encountering a few issues. First of all, the pads are taking much longer to bed in than I have seen with other pads, and their cold stopping performance, was not very good. Its been so cold the past few days, that it likely had alot to do with the first few stops in the morning. It was like 20 degrees warmer today, and it made a pretty big difference in the first few stops today.

 

how did you bed them in?

 

did 5 50% stops at 45mph let them cool all the way down, then 5 80% stops at 60MPH and let them cool down.

 

I do have to re-bed mine allot.... I need to change

 

what happens if you don't bed them in??? and what is it exactly?

 

Not local, but have them.

Live in Florida, as far from you as possible. Great pads, great on track. BUT, if you look at the friction/temp charts, they need to be warm. If you drive in the cold, below freezing, will take a stop or two to warm up. I see it here in the winter if the car is left outside and it freezes.

Other than that, fantastic.

 

Pretty good article about it here:

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedintheory.shtml

 

Good Article.

Some other snippets, some from this forum.. Often the "warped rotor" that causes a jitter is the uneven layer mentioned in the article. Cutting down the face of the rotor cures it, because it also cuts off the uneven layer. A cheaper, faster way is to clean off the layers, and start over. Acetone will cut the layer very easily and let you clean off the layer with a towel.

 

also if you use the pads and take them out but dont put them back in exactly the same spots you need to bed in again. that happened to me when i swapped in track pads for a day.

 

Is this something you have to do to use the hawk hps brake pads only?
because I have never heard of it before. I now you have to cut the rotors went you change brake pads, but that its it!!!

 

So basically a couple of hard braking(s) does the job right? (sorry for the fantastic grammar )

 

Just don't stop, just don't brake too hard, just don't brake too soft.. Just follow the directions that come with the pads or on the manufacturer's web site.

 

all pads

 

Always when changing pads and rotors. The point is to get some of your pad deposits loose and bedded into the rotor to cause some friction to aid in your stopping power. If you dont bed your brakes, and you slam on the brakes, you arent going to stop that well. Think of it like using your brakes after riding your bike through a puddle.

 

A bit of an update, a bit more time and a second round of bedding seem to have done the trick. Getting better every day.