Brake pads

[Ron Burgundy]

Anyone here used American Hawk brakes pads on thir VF ? What are your thoughts.
Any other Brands I should look into ?

 

[arthurk]

Anything you don't like from the OEM pads? Both on track and street they perform nicely.

A mate has gone through 5 different sets from different manufacturers and has come back to the OEM as the best all rounder.

 

[warrick]

QFM HPX definately worth trying for general use.very low dust, no squeal,good bite and reasonable price at around $80 a set front or back. used them on all my cars for years.
cheers
warrick

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Anything you don't like from the OEM pads? Both on track and street they perform nicely.

A mate has gone through 5 different sets from different manufacturers and has come back to the OEM as the best all rounder.

I find stock ones quite dirty. Ton of brake dust only after a few days

 

[warrick]

i find i can go weeks without there looking like any dust on my wheels.
cheers

 

[Sean880]

I find stock ones quite dirty. Ton of brake dust only after a few days

The OE pads are quiet and tend to be low dust.
If you are getting a lot of dust with OE pads after a few days check that the pads are not dragging on the rotors. The caliper slide pins might need cleaning up and re-lubing.

Remsa make a very good pad to fit commodores but they tend to produce a bit more dust than the OE product does. You can get these from Brakes Direct if you want to try them. https://www.brakesdirect.com.au/

 

[RED LION]

QFM HPX definately worth trying for general use.very low dust, no squeal,good bite and reasonable price at around $80 a set front or back. used them on all my cars for years.
cheers
warrick

My rears squeak a fair bit

 

[warrick]

did you put some grease on the back of them? i found a slight chamfer usually helps also.
cheers

 

[Ron Burgundy]

The OE pads are quiet and tend to be low dust.
If you are getting a lot of dust with OE pads after a few days check that the pads are not dragging on the rotors. The caliper slide pins might need cleaning up and re-lubing.

Remsa make a very good pad to fit commodores but they tend to produce a bit more dust than the OE product does. You can get these from Brakes Direct if you want to try them. https://www.brakesdirect.com.au/

My factory pads are ferodo hp1000/1
Same as redline brakes...
Lots of dust

 

[Ron Burgundy]

The OE pads are quiet and tend to be low dust.
If you are getting a lot of dust with OE pads after a few days check that the pads are not dragging on the rotors. The caliper slide pins might need cleaning up and re-lubing.

Remsa make a very good pad to fit commodores but they tend to produce a bit more dust than the OE product does. You can get these from Brakes Direct if you want to try them. https://www.brakesdirect.com.au/

I had remsa before and although good I found them quite filthy too