While I do know that a full brake upgrade is the best way to go, I am plannign on changing my wheels at some point soonish, so I want to do something in the mean time to improve the braking of my 88 GTA. I have heard that upgradeing the pads can make a big difference to the bite and fade-resistance in these cars, so what are people using? What's good, and what's not? I have heard good and bad about EBC red and green stuff and mintex pads, who has used these and what are they like? What else is good, bendex ultimates?

 

HAWKS HPS are all day

 

+1 HPS. I run EBC on my Iroc and they grab like crazy but dust like mad. Good on performance, bad for looks.

Ed

 

I have only had my Hawks HP+ pads on the rear for a week, and am very impressed. I wasn't going to upgrade the fronts until later this fall, but will have to do it much sooner. We had a snow storm hit last night, and the overpass was iced over. I hit my brakes and went all the way around (facing the wrong way). They grab very well. I will need to get some for the front so that this doesn't happen again. I also locked them up later just to test, and on dry pavement the rear locked up first. I only did the rear because I just put a new axle in it.

 

OK, I hadn't really thought about hawks, and they are a lot cheaper, but do they really work as well as the others? I am not really concerned with the price, even the dust doesn't really worry me as I wash my car every week, but if they work as good then that's what I will go with.

 

I dont think youll be disappointed

 

Where does everyone order their Hawks Pads from? I just bought mine from Summit, and they were like $67 for the rear pads. I needed them fast, so I didn't spend time shopping around. Is there anywhere else to order them for less? /hijack...

 

Hawks? They are a sponser of this site.
p.s. hijack away, the more info in one thread the better

 

Im pretty sure either CARQUEST or NAPA sells them