# What kind of pads do you guys use
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [April 23, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270 "2008-04-23T06:42:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/1 "2008-04-23T06:42:23Z")
For my DD
Set of pads are:
$24-Organic
$38-Semi-Metallic
$44-Ceramic
It being my DD im tempted to go with Organic since its cheapest but whats another $20
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### Author:  [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/2 "2008-04-23T06:43:23Z")
$4-Maxi
(i use semi-metallic)
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/3 "2008-04-23T06:45:12Z")
Hawk HPS for the street.
Switch to HP+ for track days.
Went ceramic on the Expedition because I hate constantly cleaning the rims. Semi-metallics stopping all that weight dust like crazy.
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### Author:  [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/4 "2008-04-23T06:47:03Z")
i have light days once i got on the pill :gotme:
no i get the Ceramic b/c i do about 150-200 miles a day
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### Author:  [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/5 "2008-04-23T06:47:21Z")
OEM
i don’t track the car much (only once at dunville actually), no need for anything more…
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### Author:  [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/6 "2008-04-23T07:02:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/7 "2008-04-23T07:02:52Z")
> [@66impalass](#):
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:repost:
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/8 "2008-04-23T07:02:56Z")
> [@66impalass](#):
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Explains why most of your posts make it seem like you’re on the rag.
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/9 "2008-04-23T07:52:10Z")
i just ordered my Hawk HPS…Brembo Blanks and SS Lines
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### Author:  [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/10 "2008-04-23T08:02:14Z")
> [@Zong](#):
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> :repost:
I was giving another option
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### Author:  [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/11 "2008-04-23T08:03:30Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> Explains why most of your posts make it seem like you’re on the rag.
:biglaugh:HAHAHA
Yea im thinking Ceramic, I too hate cleaning my rims.
Which give best stoping?
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/12 "2008-04-23T08:04:52Z")
> [@MaximaSE98](#):
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> i just ordered my Hawk HPS…Brembo Blanks and SS Lines
Follow Hawk’s bed in procedure carefully or you’ll have squeal. I saw lots of people talking about it on [ls1gto.com](http://ls1gto.com) but the people that did a proper bed in (myself included) haven’t had any noise issues.
> [@rugsr](#):
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> Which give best stoping?
Brakes are like anything else… a compromise. The best stopping pads make noise, dust and eat rotors. The lowest dusting pads don’t offer the best braking. The ceramics on my Expedition are more than good enough for a panic stop, but will start to fade quickly if you do multiple aggressive stops. The truck really doesn’t like being driven that way so it’s not an issue.
The HPS are a nice compromise for how aggressively I drive the GTO. They dust a bit more but hold up well to repeated hard braking and are rotor friendly. The stock semi-metallics were cheaper and dusted less but would fade on spirited back roads hustling.
Deciding what will work for you all comes down to how hard you’re going to make your brakes work.
That said, cross the organics off your list. Never, ever, buy the cheapest ones places like autozone have in stock. My grandmother could overbrake those shitty pads.
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### Author:  [@rugsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rugsr)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/13 "2008-04-23T08:36:15Z")
Thanks^
Where do you guys pick up your HPS’s
Maybe I put some of these on the S2K
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### Author:  [@speedracer329](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedracer329)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/14 "2008-04-23T09:12:27Z")
go semimetalic for your DD, ceramic have no stopping power when cold
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### Author:  [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/15 "2008-04-23T09:21:55Z")
> [@Zong](#):
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> $4-Maxi
beat me to it
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### Author:  [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/16 "2008-04-23T09:25:11Z")
OEM Pads, Brembo Blanks all around. Lots of IS300 guys switch pads and had a lot of problems. People say they even track the car with OEM pads and have no complaints so that’s what I went with because I’m just a boring street guy anyway.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/17 "2008-04-23T09:30:58Z")
Next person that mentions a maxi pad get a pistol whipping.
I’m running Hawks upfront, no name semi-metallic out back.
Slotted rotors (not cross drilled) up front, blanks out back.
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### Author:  [@Garick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Garick)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/18 "2008-04-23T09:53:35Z")
hawk hps here, may try out hp+ this summer
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/19 "2008-04-23T10:18:04Z")
> [@rugsr](#):
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> Where do you guys pick up your HPS’s
> Maybe I put some of these on the S2K
I got mine when I ordered my DBA 4000 slotted rotors from a place that sells lots of GTO stuff. Tirerack sells Hawk, and even Pep Boys has them locally. I’m not sure about other local retailers but I’m sure there are tons of places online.
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### Author:  [@99\_civic\_si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99_civic_si)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-kind-of-pads-do-you-guys-use/47270/20 "2008-04-23T10:54:45Z")
Porterfield R4-S [http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/pads.html](http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/pads.html)
When you order mention you are an SCCA weather you are or aren’t for a discount.
Or I’ve heard really really good things about the Carbotech Bobcats. It seems everyone who’s used them has been really pleased all around with these pads.
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