Thread: Dust-Free Pads
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Old 02-08-2010, 04:48 AM   #7
sting808

 
Drives: 2010 SS RS
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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I installed the Hawk Performance Ceramics this weekend.

See this thread:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63866

Was very easy to install, even with the mod I did to repair Q&C issue with the Hawk pads.

One pad's wear sensor was poorly mounted so the pad wouldn't clear the calipers when installing. I bent them back and re-alligned. Also, only (2) of the (4) front pads have wear sensors. Rears have none. Of course, rears don't wear as quickly and you should do regular pad inspections anyway. But, Q&C was questionable.

Also, the Hawk pads didn't look like the same attention to detail was applied as compared to the stock Brembo ones. The stock pads have a media layer between the pads and the metal shim. I'm guessing this is for noise and/or heat insulation. Only the front Hawk pads have this layer. I re-used the OEM metal shims with the Hawk high temp grease and everything seems to be working fine.

IMHO, I don't think the Hawk Performance Ceramics will offer equal or better braking than stock pads due to the large tapered area, but I'm not auto crossing/SCCA. I bought it for dust reduction with hopefully near OEM braking performance. We'll see in the next weeks regarding dust residue.
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