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Hawk HPS Front Pads
« on: January 11, 2010, 08:39:04 pm »
How do Hawk HPS front Pads compare to the VWR front pad set (£99 or so iirc)?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180421799059&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

They're roughly the same price and I wondered if there's a preference on one or the other? I've not driven a car that uses either of them.

Thanks.
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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 08:59:12 pm »
the yanks forums rave about the hawk pads, i believe the hawk HP+ pads are the better ones to have though iirc

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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2010, 09:02:42 pm »
Are the HP+ ones the ceramic sets?

They do ceramics in the HP for about a 5ver more.
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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2010, 09:07:42 pm »
golfmkv.com

do a quick search on there for Hawk pads and there wil be a fair amount of threads on them. you just have to sieve through the bone replies like .........."Sick" and all sorts of other sh!te, still there should be plenty of good info available


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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2010, 09:11:22 pm »
Haha, they're so ghetto  :jumpmove:

I'll have a read, thanks.
Any idea whether the VWR's are 'better'?

I'll be running no more than 250bhp with no extra weight than standard, Mk5 GTI  :smiley:
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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2010, 09:13:44 pm »
I think Greenouse has a set of vwr pads for sale 

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2010, 09:14:39 pm »
no idea if they wil be better, but id bet they are way better than stock. personnaly iod go with the VWR pads as you can pretty  much say VWR wouldnt sell them if they were sh*te

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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2010, 09:16:16 pm »
I think Greenouse has a set of vwr pads for sale 

Yeah I spoke to Nath about them Matt, ta  :happy2:
I can't purchase this month and during a bit of planning, wanted to know what was the best value for money.

no idea if they wil be better, but id bet they are way better than stock. personnaly iod go with the VWR pads as you can pretty  much say VWR wouldnt sell them if they were sh*te

That's true. Thought I'd ask for comparison sakes though. Cheers.
Pete


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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2010, 12:49:27 am »
I have a set going cheap of the HP+ pads, used for the around 6k so plenty of life left if anyone is interested  :happy2:

They gave a much better bite than the OEM pads and defo coped with the heat better  :smiley:

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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2010, 08:43:02 am »
I use them as rears, cope perfectly fine with what I throw at them.  :happy2:
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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2010, 12:48:24 pm »
^ Cool guys, ta.

Would the ceramic pads be noticeably better do you think?
I don't know much about ceramic brakes but I expect the life of them is substantially shorter, thus replacement is required more frequently?
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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2010, 01:23:07 pm »
Ceramics are good, but you can't run them on a used disc - otherwise they'll judder like hell!

Lifespan isn't anything to worry about, you'll not rinse through them on the road.
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Re: Hawk HPS Front Pads
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2010, 06:43:09 pm »
Haha, they're so ghetto  :jumpmove:

I'll have a read, thanks.
Any idea whether the VWR's are 'better'?

I'll be running no more than 250bhp with no extra weight than standard, Mk5 GTI  :smiley:

it dependds on how you drive..
HPS are a bit stronger than our stock pads, Hp+ are like DS2500, thay make nose and dust. Ive got ds2500. and they are very nosy, but I don;t care, someone thinks it is annoying

Cheers