Hawk Pads are Best Upgrade Ever

[VioletMethod]

Yessir I do have the Z compound, using the same part numbers provided earlier in the thread. Not entirely sure how I may have received a different compound, but yeah the dust is the same front to rear.

 

[geoffbland]

Every time I put another 20 miles on the car I'm cleaning the same amount of dust off the rear wheels as I am the front, and I'm a pretty light on the brake pedal individual, allowing the car to slow using whatever gear I'm in at the time to about 1,000 RPM and then finally using the brake pedal.

That's weird in itself. The front pads do most of the braking and so the front wheels should get the dustiest? Even with my stock pads on all 4 corners I can tell the front wheels get a lot dustier that the rear ones.

 

[Foosh]

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And you have the Z compounds? That shouldn't be the case. Even with my EBC reds, the reduction in dust over the OEM ones has been drastic.

Ditto, can't speak to the Hawks, but the EBC Red's amount of dust reduction after 2000 miles or so has been dramatic. During break-in, they dusted a bit as one might expect, but the more miles I put on them, the dust eventually diminished to the minimal level. As I said in an earlier post above, it's now 80-90% less than the Brembo OEM pads on my '26.

I'm sure it all depends upon how hard you use them. Except for occasional romps, I'm a light-braker in normal street use.

 

[papadop88]

Yessir I do have the Z compound, using the same part numbers provided earlier in the thread. Not entirely sure how I may have received a different compound, but yeah the dust is the same front to rear.

The compound must not be right. Not possible for the Hawks or EBC reds to dust as much as the OEMs. Something probably isn't right.

 

[767Driver]

I have had the Hawk pads, same Z compound on the Maserati and they were terrific with very little dust and overall great performance for the street. Can’t say what if any difference there is with the Lotus pad other than shape and size. I have ordered the Hawk pads for the Lotus, awaiting delivery.