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Hawk Performance › Brake pads

Outrageous-Visit4963 27 Sep 2025, 19:37

Rating 4.0

Braking:
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I recently put Hawk Performance Ceramics (yellow box) on my FL5 for daily driving to combat the insane amount of brake dust that OEM pads have. So far they feel really good! They seem to have an initial bite that is a little more aggressive than the OEM pads, but still have good modulation. FWIW I live in the south and I haven't yet driven them in cold temps. I've read that ceramics can have a weaker initial bite when temps are near freezing but I haven't had a chance to evaluate that.

Pros: reduced brake dust, good initial bite, good modulation

Cons: potential weaker bite in cold

Vehicle: Honda Civic

OEM Subaru › Brake pads

Sad-Ad-7906 27 Sep 2025, 02:00

Rating 5.0

Braking:

I had the eyesight go off the other day and that car stopped hard as a mutha fucker. Wasn’t necessary but I know that shit works legit.

Pros: stopped hard, works legit

Vehicle: Subaru

Akebono › Brake pads

kgruesch 26 Sep 2025, 23:33

Rating 4.5

Braking:
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Dust:

They're quiet, low dust, and take away a little of the overly aggressive initial bite (i hate it, you might not).

Pros: quiet, low dust, less aggressive initial bite

Vehicle: BMW

POWER STOP › Brake pads

LtMaxFightmaster 26 Sep 2025, 16:23

Rating 5.0

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I replaced the dusty, loud semi-metallic Brembo pads with Powerstop z26 pads on my 6-piston front and 4-piston rear Brembos. Been on them for 2 years, NO dust, NO squeak, great bite and excellent cost. Super easy DIY too.

Pros: no dust, no squeak, great bite, excellent cost, easy DIY

POWER STOP › Brake pads

Brichardson45 25 Sep 2025, 20:08

Rating 5.0

Braking:
Dust:

Power stop pads all day. Running them on my 6 piston setup and produce very little dust at all and great stopping power too

Pros: very little dust, great stopping power

Raybestos › Brake pads

New_Ordinary_6618 25 Sep 2025, 01:27

Rating 4.0

Braking:

I did use raybestos pads for my girlfriend’s Yaris and they are holding up fine and were a fraction of the price of advics!

Pros: holding up fine, fraction of price

Vehicle: Toyota Yaris

EBC › Brake pads

MrJimBusiness- 25 Feb 2025, 15:23

Rating 2.5

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EBC pads are highly overrated for the price. Red stuff are pretty squealy and dust more than stock. Initial bite is about the same.

Cons: squealy, dusts more

Vehicle: MINI

Duralast › Brake pads

shadytheatlas 23 Feb 2025, 01:02

Rating 3.0

Noise:

Replaced the rears with Duralast Elites today. They are a bit louder (you can hear the pad dragging on the rotor inside the car). Maybe they will not be as loud as they break in.

Cons: bit louder

Vehicle: Volkswagen Jetta

Brembo › Brake pads

Timely-Surround-2306 27 Feb 2025, 17:43

Rating 2.0

Braking:

Man I have civic ep3 I know it's not the same but I did mine for 180 pounds it's like 220buck brembo pads and rotors front and back. I did it myself but dude that sound fucking expensive

Cons: expensive

Vehicle: Honda Civic