Depending on the track the factory pads may be adequate for your first day, but a more aggressive and higher temp pad would be my recommendation because nothing will up the "pucker factor" like your brake pedal going to the floor. A pad like the Hawk HPS 5.0 is what I'd consider to be minimally acceptable for street tires on an average track. I'm a big fan of GLOC pads and I can confirm their R8 compound on all 4 corners works great on the GTI/R/A3/S3 for street tires.

Pros: higher temp pad, good for street tires

Cons: factory pads may be inadequate

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

everythingstakenFUCK 2 Dec 2021, 19:49

Rating 4.0

Braking:
Dust:

Hawk makes the DTC series for the 718 base. Can't go wrong with the DTC-30 for a pad that you can drive back and forth to the track and will perform very well on track. The dust is nasty and corrosive though, so I'd recommend cleaning the wheels and changing the pads out for street duty.

Pros: performs well on track

Cons: dusty, corrosive dust

Vehicle: Porsche

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

dichotomous_ 28 Nov 2021, 02:02

Rating 4.0

Braking:
Noise:
Dust:

I had Hawk HP+. They were extremely noisy and dusty, very strong bite though. I now have the standard Hawk HP pads, no noise and far less dust. Not as much initial bite, but still really great performance. I wouldn’t swap back to the HP+ after having both.

Pros: less dust, no noise, good performance

Cons: noisy, dusty, less bite

Vehicle: Porsche Cayman

Hawk Performance › Brake discs

jimbonewtron 25 Nov 2021, 15:59

Rating 4.0

Braking:

I went with hawk rotors and pads I think the Lts pads they feel way nicer then the old one stuff.

Pros: nicer feel

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

Mythische 31 Oct 2021, 12:59

Rating 5.0

Braking:

Have used these for a while now and will be getting them again to pair up with some DBA t3 rotors

Pros: good quality

Vehicle: Subaru

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

SLVRon 30 Sep 2021, 00:25

Rating 4.0

Noise:

Hawk (no, not that Hawk) pads work well, bedding in process is straightforward, and they only squeaked for a first few hundred miles or so when coming to a dead stop.

Pros: straightforward bedding in process

Cons: squeaked first few miles

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

CatzRuleZWorld 22 Aug 2021, 21:20

Rating 5.0

Braking:

I autocross mine. With whatever pads the last guy used and old fluid, I could put the brake pedal to the floor without activating ABS. I swapped out pads for hawk hps 5.0 and put on new standard rotors and now I can stop almost instantly. I very highly recommend the hps 5.0.

Pros: stops almost instantly, highly recommended

Hawk Performance › Brake discs

The Stalker 24 Jul 2021, 04:18

Rating 5.0

Braking:
Noise:

I have Hawk Talon Rotors with Hawk HPS 5.0 pads. Awesome setup. But, if your looking for less dust, look at a different pad.

Pros: awesome setup

Cons: dusty

Vehicle: Volkswagen Passat

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

dieselxindustry 22 Mar 2018, 18:34

Rating 3.5

Braking:

I only daily as well but I did a slight upgrade due to some spirited runs each year. I did Hawk ceramics and DBA T2 rotors. Theyre enjoyably different but likely overkill.

Pros: enjoyably different

Cons: likely overkill

Hawk Performance › Brake pads

theitguy52 24 Jul 2024, 16:57

Rating 2.0

Braking:
Dust:

Has anyone else experienced crazy dust from their Hawk HP+ pads? These wheels were clean at the start of the day, and what you see above is after 6 47 second runs.Advertised as low dust, I find it hard to imagine this is what they mean by that. Under hard braking, you can literally taste the dust in your mouth, and the car had a thin film over it. I reached out to Hawk 9 days ago asking for some clarification but have been disappointed not to hear back from them at all. Not impressed with the customer service, nor with the brake pads. They bite great, but the amount of dust im getting is insane.

Pros: great bite

Cons: insane dust, poor customer service