Did a Quick Search and FOund very little. Mostly Preference. SO my questions really pertains to manufactures or persons with experience with 2 or more ( which isn't likely due to what seems like the Avg. Mileage)


Anyway.

Major brands include :



Hawk
HP

HPS



Project MU
B-FORCE

NS

TITAN KAI


ENDLESS
SUPER STREET SPORT (SSS)



There are others (Porterfield, Autozone , ETC. ) but these above seem to be what people generally run.


On a 1-10 scale where 10 being the Highest and Most desireable, How would you rate the Pads you've had experience with based on :


1. Noise

2. Stopping Force

3. Lifespan

4. Price Vs. Performance, Noise, Lifespan.


Any help would be appreciated and any other pads that we feel we need to add Mention them and I'll add them to the Top.

 

I currently use Hawk HPS. *remember, this is a street pad, so this "scale" is based on street performance/desire.
1. 9. (stock is a 10)
2. 7. (stock is 7.5)
3. Too early to tell, plus I use slotted rotors...any number I give would mean nothing.
4. 9.5 (in short this pad: no noise when warm, can't beat the price, acceptable stopping power, little dust, should be very easy on your rotors)

So if all you need is a pad very much like stock in performance for a grocery getter, this is your pad, b/c it's the cheapest in price and identical to stock in quality...once again on the street.
Hope this helps.

 

You might want to add Ferodo DS2500 to your list.

Anyway, I've gone thru 2 sets of DS2500 and am now on Project Mu Titan Ki.

DS2500 are really good on street and light track use but i got the pad to fade on the track. Overall if you're going to be doing street driving than go with DS2500. I had very minor squealing issue and that too was very rare. I use the stock metal shims on all aftermarket pads

Project Mu Titan Ki - Only way to describe the stopping power of these badboys is On the street they are good but need a tap or two to get warmed up. The best thing about these pads is their variable cf from 0.4 to 0.6 and they can handle heat up to 800C. On the track these pads have a very aggressive bite (never experienced pad fade) and they really stop the car. I had to relearn my braking points as they would stop the car a good 10-15 feet (may be more) before the DS2500 would. They never squealed on me till I took them to the track. Now once they heat up during street driving they squeal but nothing obnoxious.

As for life. lets say both pads I went thru 60% of the pad in one track day. If you're doing street driving i'd think you should be able to get 12-15K miles out of them. I will strongly recomment you getting DS2500 if it's a daily driver.

I plan to stick with the Titan Ki's now. maybe next year if i'm not too lazy i may swap them with Ferodos for street use and the Titan Ki's for track use.

 

some info here.

http://www.norcalevo.net/forums/view...042&highlight=