Hawk pads brake great but they will eat your rotors and they are some of the dustiest pads.
Pros: brake great
Cons: eat rotors, very dusty
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I changed out the oem and ran Hawks for a while, braking distance wan't much difference but the brake dust was terrible, Rims where dirty all of the time.
Cons: terrible brake dust, dirty rims
Been on Hawk HPS 5.0 for over a year now. Good feeling pad.
Pros: good feeling, durable
Vehicle:
Subaru
I went with hps 5.0s and they’re great but I should’ve gone less aggressive
Pros: great performance
Cons: too aggressive
I run Hawk HPS 5.0 on the street and just pad slap DTC-60 / 30 front / rear and it works fine.
Pros: works fine
The racing shop that does the work on my track car picked out Hawk HPS 5.0 pads for me for this same purpose. They worked great on the track and don't have much more noise than a factory pad.
I'm only in HPDE2, though, so my track evaluation may not mean much. They were definitely an improvement over the stock pads I used in the previous track outing.
Pros: worked great, little noise
I recently switched to DTC-60 for my first full on race pad. Worked fine for my turbo car except my calipers got crazy hot.
Pros: worked fine
Cons: calipers got hot
Vehicle:
Mazda
Hawk HPS 5.0 pads, Raybestos AT. I'm on my 4th? set of front pads+rotors after 125k miles. Rears are still the stock.
Pros: long lasting
Vehicle:
Honda Fit
Mileage: 125000 km
Blank rotors and Hawk HPS 5.0 pads. I’ve been running them for almost a decade, and I’m always surprised at how long they last and how little dust they make for how aggressive as they are.
Pros: long lasting, low dust
I haven't investigated ceramic pads for the Golf R but based on the Hawk Ceramic Compound Performance Pads I have on my A4, which has huge RS4 front calipers and B7 S4 rears, I'd try them as they are quiet, generate negligible dust and are easy on the rotors.
Pros: quiet, negligible dust
Cons: none
Vehicle:
Audi A4
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