My experience with the Hawk HPS brake pads

[PhillipsLT5]

Summit
hb112f-540
hb111f-610

[Mystic ZR-1]

Amazon

[Roadster]

Originally Posted by PhillipsLT5

Summit
hb112f-540
hb111f-610

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

Amazon

Thank you....thank you......

[PhillipsLT5]

They work, improvement over stock
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[edram454]

when I bought my z the previous owner occasionally took it to the track and he upgraded the brakes with hawk hps pads and the grand sport fron calipers with drilled and slottled rotors, not chinese. this car stops on a dime. no fade. only thing is dust and noise when warm. I dont drive it much so I dont care about the dust etc.. it stops great. I also have a brake bias which also helps quite a bit.

ed ramos #3028

[Paul Workman]

The HPS pads DO dust a bit after some spirited driving or after a few routine drives between washings. But, hey...If the rims need to be washed, so likely does the rest of the car. So! It's not like an inconvenience (to me) anyway.

On another note: Chrome or high-polished wheels:

I am very impressed with the Blingmaster, Inc aluminum/metal polish. I've got chrome wheels. I like 'em to look nice, but I hate having to contently fuss with keeping them that way. This stuff not only puts a heck of a shine on chrome/aluminum, but it does it easier and lasts and lasts through many washings. You could think of it as Zaino for wheels. Water beads up and blows dry (leaf blower) usually without any need to touch them. It's a nano-molecular product that bonds with the surface and denies access to the adhesion by dust and road film. Washes and wipes clean very easily. Good chit!!

[emmvette]

I tried the Bliongmaster and didn't like it. I thought it didn't produce any better result than my old turlewax chrome polish. My favorite is Autosol metal polish. On Chrome and especially aluminum, nothing beats it. My '68 has a lot more parts to polish and it does better than anything else I've tried. Even after doing a multi step buffing process, I went back and finished with the Autosol - because it provided better results. I don't claim its easy to use, rub it on until you get the black flim, then polish it off. Takes elbow grease.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by emmvette

I tried the Bliongmaster and didn't like it. I thought it didn't produce any better result than my old turlewax chrome polish. My favorite is Autosol metal polish. On Chrome and especially aluminum, nothing beats it. My '68 has a lot more parts to polish and it does better than anything else I've tried. Even after doing a multi step buffing process, I went back and finished with the Autosol - because it provided better results. I don't claim its easy to use, rub it on until you get the black flim, then polish it off. Takes elbow grease.

I'll try the Autosol. It sounds interesting. A comparison would make for an interesting article for the HOTB, methinks.

That said, Autosol's work is cut out for it. The Bling Aluminator (to be specific) was an epiphany compared to all other polishes I've tried: easy to apply, easy to polish off, wears like iron - repelling stains incredibly well. (Last time I applied it was spring 2 years ago. Still bright and beautiful, only washed and rinsed and blow dried.

So, if Autosol is better, then the two of them (Autosol/Bling) are so far ahead of off-the-shelf stuff I've tried they aren't even in the running!

ANYWAAAAAAY..... My point was in regard to brake dust (for example) almost rinses off with a garden hose, and most definitely a quick wipe with a soapy wash mit *in combo with the Bling stuff). I can't say that about a lot of other wheel polishes I've tried.

[efnfast]

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

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Local business owner?

[efnfast]

How about rotors? If I'm doing brakes at 70K miles, should I be looking for rotors? Stock, or drilled, or slotted, or both?