Aby@MIL.SPEC

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I was wondering if anyone is currently running the Hawk HIGH PERFORMANCE STREET 5.0 pads on their evo 8/9?

currently on ds2500's = my favorite pad for all around DD blasting.

If anyone is running these, please offer your insight, relative to any other pad you have run on your evo 8 or 9.

TIA

lv05evo

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Aby I think the street/race pads are more comparable to the ds2500 based off the temperature range.

Neal@tirerack

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Everyone I've sold a set to has been very happy. Most came from the HPS or even HP+ with better individual results.

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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Thanks for the input.

hoping to hear from people who r using them.

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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Still nobody?

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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still curious.... car has been parked for a while

Dallas J

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Why not get another set of DS2500s?


On that subject, did you much squeeling with the DS2500s? I need a more street friendly pad than the Raybestos ST43 (monsters on track but waaayyy to loud on the street).

LetsGetThisDone

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I really like my racing brake ET800's. Only mildly squeaky sometimes, and they do really well unless I'm slowing down from deep into triple digits, like 140+... Dusty as hell though.

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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They dust a lot & i am too lazy to wash my wheels/car as often as i should... other than that, the ds2500's are my first choice


not for me, never actually... on either of the 2 sets I have gone through.

I love the braking performance & feel of the ds2500's + how quiet they have been for me.

heel2toe

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What is your main motivator to switch things up or are you just open to alternatives assuming there is something better?

Personally I have no experience with the new Hawk 5.0 pads but my friend's friend melted them after 5 laps with his WRX on Monday. They are obviously not a track oriented pad and I dont know how hard he was pushing the car but I figured they would have worked out better than that.

I've had good luck for the most part with my Girodisc S/S pads which are supposedly similar to the 2500's. But as for dusting, well, yeah they dust a lot, lol! However any performance oriented pad is going to dust a lot. If they aren't dusting then chances are the performance is lacking considerably.

I guess what I'm getting at is that the 2500's are known to be a great pad and while there are others out there chances are you'll end up in the exact same boat as before. So unfortunately I don't think you be able to have your cake and eat it too...

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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Thanks for your insight & your buddies experience.

yeah, just looking... Other people have said the same thing, "you cant have both", but i kind of look at it like camshafts for example.

oem units work fine, but when you want more performance, you go searching for other cams, either way, you'll have trade-off's.... just wondering if someone has nailed it on the head for something im looking for.

Nimpoc

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I like the PFC Z-rated on the street front and back. Quiet, not much dust and stop fine in "emergency" situations every day.

At the track we swap to PF-08 in front.



Just about timed out rotors...

Aby@MIL.SPEC

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Thanks for sharing... those were the last pads I put in, took them out to put in my used ds2500's

Nimpoc

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So you must like the 2500's better? Why?

LetsGetThisDone

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Update on the racing brake ET800's...I do not like them. The brake dust is very metallic and likes to stick to the wheels, I had one wheel that took me close to 30 minutes to get a lump of brake dust off of it. I now clean them weekly to prevent this (which is really only every 150 miles since I only drive the car on weekends). I will not be going with them again.