I'm in the market for new pads for my G37S Akebono's. Debating between Hawk High Performance Street (HPS) and their Performance Ceramic compound. It's a daily driver so I'm not interested in anything more agreesive than that. Anyone willing to offer first hand experience?

Thanks.

 

I have the Hawk Ceramic and I love them. Very low dust, no noise at all. I can't compare them to the HPS personally because I've never had those but I'd buy these again in a heartbeat.

 

Thanks for the input. How do they compare to the OEM pads?

 

Much better bite.

 

I had HPS on my Mazda 3. The brakes became less responsive when pressed initially, but stepping on it hard, it will eventually brake a bit harder than stock. I prefer the responsiveness of stock pads more. My calipers & rotors were stock BTW.

 

I always replace brake parts with OEM or equivalent. More than adequate for street driving.

Unless you're driving on a racetrack, or chasing noise/dust issues, brake upgrades are almost always a waste of money. Nothing more than jewelry for your car.

 

HPS dusts too much, if you don't overheat the brakes, get the ceramic hawks or the Akebono proACT ceramics. If you do want a better performing pad, go for the stoptech street performance, it is much better than the HPS with no noise, but it does dust.

 

replaced rotors and went with hawk hps because that's what was in stock. tough to compare because of new rotors too, but they're a bit noisy when coming to or starting from a stop. other than that and a crazy amount of dust, they're great lol.

 

The brakes became less responsive when pressed initially

 

That's funny.

On my previous car, I first had Hawk Ceramic pads. After they wore out, I went with Hawk HPS. Between the two pads, I preferred the HPS. The Ceramics were noisier, and even though the grip was great, the HPS pads felt like a smoother, more controlled experience. Of course, this is all very loose and subjective. And it's not like I tried these pads back-2-back on the same day. Also, these were on a 2003 Maxima with OEM calipers and Centric rotors.

I had no issues with dust with either set of pads. None at all. But that's because I keep all my rims regularly cleaned and treated with Wheel Wax.

For whatever it's worth, that's my opinion. And when it's time for new pads, I'm going with HPS again.

 

nice logic!

 

Had the HPS and they are better than stock. Now I have Posi Quiet pads and they are my favorite so far.

 

what about costs?


I think the OEM pads are almost twice the cost as the Akebono or Hawk ceramics.
The last time I checked on Amazon, the Akebono pads are like $40 for the rear and $70 for the fronts. The dealer part is like $100.

Anyone with inputs?

 

I think the problem with many performance brake pads is the heat needed to get them biting well is not attained during normal street driving.

I had hawk HPS on my camaro, and unless repeatedly braking hard, the pads had very poor bite (initial and otherwise).

There's another thread on here reviewing the stoptech street performance pads (https://www.myg37.com/forums/brakes-...rake-pads.html). From that review, it sounds like it would make for a good street pad.

 

I haven't felt fade from the stoptechs, and last time I ran them hard the disk was glowing red. They are great for performance street use imo