With some research I decided to order Akebono EUR1348. Just for the rear. I think the fronts are ok for now. I know the fronts usually wear out sooner, but I think they were originally replaced by the previous owner - just not the rears.
Hawk HPS for the street. Hawk Blue for the track.
ECS Big Brake kit Stage 2 v2 with Porsche calipers and Hawk HPS pads
R32 Front Brakes w/ Adam's Rotors (slotted pattern), Hawk HPS Pads, and TyrolSport brake stiffening kit GLI Rear Brakes w/ Adam's Rotors (slotted pattern), Hawk HPS Pads Stainless Steel Brake lines
Upgrade Discs Front Drilled and Slotted hyperventilating of ECS 312mm Geomet Rear Drilled and Slotted Discs ECS Geomet Akebono Brake Pads front and rear
I mentioned it up above but thought I'd expand on my experience with the Hawk HPSs...Car's at 95,000 miles now and I've done 8 trackdays since the car was new...I still have over half the pad left, don't have squealing issues on the street, they work well when cold...Overall, would highly recommend them as a street pad that functions in regular road use, in high performance backroad use, and copes well with track use too.
The stock pads on my 3.6 4-motion were made by Pagid and were very sensitive and dusty. I changed out the fronts only to Akebono Euro Ceramics and I like the feel much better. Plus, they don't dust at all.
I mostly agree with the info above about the rotors. In terms of pads, I also vote for Hawk HPS or EBC GreenStuff. I've ran both and love them.
FWIW, for street driving, ECS recommended to simply upgrade the rotors to the drill slotted ones and upgrade the pad to maybe the Hawk HPA. That's something that would give you the visual appeal and brake performance upgrade w/o breaking the bank.
started w/ oem here, way overcooked them and then changed to hawk hps (no HP+ for the R which was what I liked). Used them last year and cooked the fronts good and used them up, not enough bite for me, but felt a bit better than oem.
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