I could not believe the improved braking performance after switching to Hawk ceramics on my GTI. Honestly it went from mediocre to great.
Pros: improved braking performance
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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Belated follow up. I replaced the plug at the distributer as the signal from the hall sender was intermittent. Brand new Bosch plugs were had for cheap.
Pros: cheap, brand new
Cons: intermittent signal
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
My Father works for Akebono. We run their pads on a lot of cars (Mainly my GTI and a buddy's FoST) and I prefer the Euro sport ceramics to hawk HPS pads or any other pads I've tried. The Euro Ceramics are absolutely great. They have greatly decreased dusting over stock, less noise when both cold/hot, and stopping power is improved over stock.
Pros: decreased dusting, less noise
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
i have akebono pro act ceramic pads on my golf with 20thAE brakes. they dont seem to be wearing down in the past 5 years, and the rotors have no grooving or wear on them. nice change from doing an annual 4-wheel brake job :thumbup:
Pros: rotors have no grooving
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
I went through two sets of Akebono Euro pads on my golf. I'm planning on putting a set on the 996. They wear well, stop well, and have low dust.
Pros: wear well, stop well
Cons: low dust
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
The Akebono ceramic pads give off a low-visibility tan dust...but on occasion, I miss the grip of the stock pads. Was definitely a worthwhile tradeoff though: Much less to no dust for a barely perceptible reduction in initial bite/grip compared to stock VW brake pads.
Pros: Much less dust
Cons: miss the stock pads grip
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I autocrossed my car in the Houston SCCA, NGS class back in early June 2015. Car did great, and I have a non PP car. I'm gonna be upgrading to ECS red stuff pads, and stainless steel brake lines for next months autocross. The only complaints I have are the crappy stock Pirelli P7 tires but I will upgrade them when its time to replace those.
Pros: car did great
Cons: crappy stock tires
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
I was doing some more research, and found out that Alcon has replacement rotors for the front, albeit Price is high(on par with RacingBrake's price but overall better quality i'm sure) I'm sure it is worth it, which will also allow for the partially cheaper rear matching Alcon Big rotor kit for the golf R to be utilized.
Pros: better quality
Cons: price is high
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Replacing my Wilwoods b/c I dont race (yet) and don't want to maintain them every 10k miles.
Cons: high maintenance
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Corrado
Mileage: 10000 km
My 2012 GTI, with only 10.000 miles started leaking coolant, turns out the water pump is bad, it is now sitting at the dealer waiting for the part.
Cons: leaking coolant, water pump bad
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 10000 km
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