I used these for a track day and the dust melted/hardened onto my wheels and spent days scrubbing with different wheel cleaners and chiseling it off.
Cons: dust melted, hard to remove
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Yeah wish I knew this before I put them on this weekend. Brand new wheels lol. I’ve been wiping them down every night
Cons: excess dust
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
As good as they are I had to stop using them because of the dust. Ruined the clear coat on my rims. Also the noise when coming to a gentle stop
Cons: ruined clear coat, noisy
My wheel looked the same after an autocross day with my 2017 Mustang GT. I was daily driving these pads a couple years ago, and they nearly destroyed my wheel finish when I left the dust on too long (not to mention how incredibly noisy they were). It took multiple washes with iron remover and the wheels off the car to properly clean it all off.
Cons: destroyed wheel finish, incredibly noisy
Vehicle:
Ford Mustang
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
Front - OEM rotors, check Lexus parts too, same same, with Hawk Heavy Duty pads. Rear - Centric or OEM rotors and oem pads. Fluid - Pentosin DOT 4 Low Viscosity brake fluid. Full fluid change every brake job.
Pros: no issues towing
Zimmerman blanks and Hawk HPS pads, Motul 5.1 fluid. Initial bite is as good as if not better than stock, but they seem to get much stronger with some heat in them. Biggest plus is the massive decrease in brake dust.
Pros: stronger with heat, less dust
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Hawk hps 5.0 and blank Zimmerman rotors
Pros: good stopping power
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Whole setup feels really damn good.
Pros: feels really good
Vehicle:
Subaru
They're quite a good combo. I glazed them doing too much drifting in the snow, but fixed with a bench grinder and they're as good as day 1.
Pros: good combo, as good as day 1
Cons: glazed easily
Vehicle:
Subaru
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