Car vibrates when braking, more at higher speeds, less at lower.
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So I shouldn't use Hawk pads in the front and stock pads in the back?
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ideally you want to stock with both the same pad compounds (or as close to similar characteristics as possible)
if they are HPS yeah those are ok with OEM. Stoptech SP pads are ok with OEM as well.
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if they are HPS yeah those are ok with OEM. Stoptech SP pads are ok with OEM as well.
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I'd recommend you get same compound for consistency, however it's not like front and rear are same size. For daily driver on oem rotors, I can't see pad flavor being too much of a issue. At a track day however you may get undesired results.
+1 on ss lines. Wrx comes with rubber. My lines are sleeved and Ss. Make the pedal feel way better.
+1 on ss lines. Wrx comes with rubber. My lines are sleeved and Ss. Make the pedal feel way better.
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i upgraded to brembos in the front with hawk ceramics i def notice a bias but its not too bad hps will be less noticable.
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I'd recommend you get same compound for consistency, however it's not like front and rear are same size. For daily driver on oem rotors, I can't see pad flavor being too much of a issue. At a track day however you may get undesired results.
+1 on ss lines. Wrx comes with rubber. My lines are sleeved and Ss. Make the pedal feel way better.
+1 on ss lines. Wrx comes with rubber. My lines are sleeved and Ss. Make the pedal feel way better.
we have those in stock as well: http://www.licmotorsports.com/store/242%2C284
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I'd recommend you get same compound for consistency, however it's not like front and rear are same size. For daily driver on oem rotors, I can't see pad flavor being too much of a issue. At a track day however you may get undesired results.
+1 on ss lines. Wrx comes with rubber. My lines are sleeved and Ss. Make the pedal feel way better.
+1 on ss lines. Wrx comes with rubber. My lines are sleeved and Ss. Make the pedal feel way better.
I went from oem rotors/pads to stoptech slotted replacements and hawk pads and it is way better...haven't done an exact measurement but they grab really hard when needed and never fade (I drive highway 17 almost daily so its high speed braking), brake dusts like crazy though
I used HPS front pads with oem rear for several years (before rear pads needed to be replaced.) - no problem. My wrx is 10 yr old.
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Let me know if anyone is selling front hps pads+rotors! If not, I'll support a vendor and buy from them.
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Pads have different coefficient of friction, so you want fronts and rears to match as best as possible (in a street car especially).
Remember the car is front biased anyways, so you dont want some extreme variance of pad compounds on the front and std pads on rear, it will make the fronts do too much work and is not safe. Same goes vice versa but would be even worse to have rears operate faster than the fronts. Extra front bite or in extreme scenario "lock up" is always safer than rear. Modern cars are all setup with a front bias over the rears for that reason.
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Remember the car is front biased anyways, so you dont want some extreme variance of pad compounds on the front and std pads on rear, it will make the fronts do too much work and is not safe. Same goes vice versa but would be even worse to have rears operate faster than the fronts. Extra front bite or in extreme scenario "lock up" is always safer than rear. Modern cars are all setup with a front bias over the rears for that reason.
-Noah
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Pads have different coefficient of friction, so you want fronts and rears to match as best as possible (in a street car especially).
Remember the car is front biased anyways, so you dont want some extreme variance of pad compounds on the front and std pads on rear, it will make the fronts do too much work and is not safe. Same goes vice versa but would be even worse to have rears operate faster than the fronts. Extra front bite or in extreme scenario "lock up" is always safer than rear. Modern cars are all setup with a front bias over the rears for that reason.
-Noah
Remember the car is front biased anyways, so you dont want some extreme variance of pad compounds on the front and std pads on rear, it will make the fronts do too much work and is not safe. Same goes vice versa but would be even worse to have rears operate faster than the fronts. Extra front bite or in extreme scenario "lock up" is always safer than rear. Modern cars are all setup with a front bias over the rears for that reason.
-Noah
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If you're looking to mod your brakes, instead of sticking with stock, the SS lines are a huge upgrade. My car had 109k (so my rubber lines were probably softer than yours just from normal wear) when I changed to SS lines, but the pedal feel is night and day. Definitely worth the money.
From my personal experiences, I would avoid the hawk HPS pads. While they're quiet, they dust like mad. I would have to wash my wheels once every other week if I wanted to see any silver. They also have a weak initial bite, something that took a little getting used to in the beginning. I want to swap them out, but they do the job, so I don't want to spend the extra money on getting another set of pads.
I needed new pads on the rears recently and had them changed a couple weeks ago. With the great reviews of the StopTech Street Performance pads on nabisco, I went with them and they're great (only cost me ~ $45 for the set of pads too). I did the H6 upgrade, SS lines and StopTech pads and the car feels so much better.
From my personal experiences, I would avoid the hawk HPS pads. While they're quiet, they dust like mad. I would have to wash my wheels once every other week if I wanted to see any silver. They also have a weak initial bite, something that took a little getting used to in the beginning. I want to swap them out, but they do the job, so I don't want to spend the extra money on getting another set of pads.
I needed new pads on the rears recently and had them changed a couple weeks ago. With the great reviews of the StopTech Street Performance pads on nabisco, I went with them and they're great (only cost me ~ $45 for the set of pads too). I did the H6 upgrade, SS lines and StopTech pads and the car feels so much better.
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Pads have different coefficient of friction, so you want fronts and rears to match as best as possible (in a street car especially).
Remember the car is front biased anyways, so you dont want some extreme variance of pad compounds on the front and std pads on rear, it will make the fronts do too much work and is not safe. Same goes vice versa but would be even worse to have rears operate faster than the fronts. Extra front bite or in extreme scenario "lock up" is always safer than rear. Modern cars are all setup with a front bias over the rears for that reason.
-Noah
Remember the car is front biased anyways, so you dont want some extreme variance of pad compounds on the front and std pads on rear, it will make the fronts do too much work and is not safe. Same goes vice versa but would be even worse to have rears operate faster than the fronts. Extra front bite or in extreme scenario "lock up" is always safer than rear. Modern cars are all setup with a front bias over the rears for that reason.
-Noah
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If you're looking to mod your brakes, instead of sticking with stock, the SS lines are a huge upgrade. My car had 109k (so my rubber lines were probably softer than yours just from normal wear) when I changed to SS lines, but the pedal feel is night and day. Definitely worth the money.
From my personal experiences, I would avoid the hawk HPS pads. While they're quiet, they dust like mad. I would have to wash my wheels once every other week if I wanted to see any silver. They also have a weak initial bite, something that took a little getting used to in the beginning. I want to swap them out, but they do the job, so I don't want to spend the extra money on getting another set of pads.
I needed new pads on the rears recently and had them changed a couple weeks ago. With the great reviews of the StopTech Street Performance pads on nabisco, I went with them and they're great (only cost me ~ $45 for the set of pads too). I did the H6 upgrade, SS lines and StopTech pads and the car feels so much better.
From my personal experiences, I would avoid the hawk HPS pads. While they're quiet, they dust like mad. I would have to wash my wheels once every other week if I wanted to see any silver. They also have a weak initial bite, something that took a little getting used to in the beginning. I want to swap them out, but they do the job, so I don't want to spend the extra money on getting another set of pads.
I needed new pads on the rears recently and had them changed a couple weeks ago. With the great reviews of the StopTech Street Performance pads on nabisco, I went with them and they're great (only cost me ~ $45 for the set of pads too). I did the H6 upgrade, SS lines and StopTech pads and the car feels so much better.