Stoptech Street Performance Pads
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:09 am
Finally bought some rotors last week and put on the new brakes yesterday. I already had WRX front and H6 rear brakes, SS lines, a master cylinder brace, and good fluid with Hawk HPS pads. Still, I was never really happy with how they worked. A lot of pedal travel and effort was required to get much of response out of the pads. Once you got them warm they worked better, but from there it didn't take much to overheat them.
Going to the stoptechs was a night and day difference. I concede it had been about a year since I'd last bled the brakes and I did overheat the hawks on a couple of occasions, so they may not have been in ideal shape, but man, these are so much better.
Now when I hit the brakes, they respond immediately and it takes less pedal travel and effort to get the car to slow down at the same rate. I actually need to make adjustments to how I brake because I'd gotten so used to mashing the pedal down halfway just to get anything. I've only driven around to do a bed in and home from the shop so I'll have to add to this after I get a chance to abuse them.
Best part? They're CHEEEEEP. Like a little over $100 for the whole set. I think there available in at least some of the older pad shapes too.
Pictures of my shiny new brakes:
Going to the stoptechs was a night and day difference. I concede it had been about a year since I'd last bled the brakes and I did overheat the hawks on a couple of occasions, so they may not have been in ideal shape, but man, these are so much better.
Now when I hit the brakes, they respond immediately and it takes less pedal travel and effort to get the car to slow down at the same rate. I actually need to make adjustments to how I brake because I'd gotten so used to mashing the pedal down halfway just to get anything. I've only driven around to do a bed in and home from the shop so I'll have to add to this after I get a chance to abuse them.
Best part? They're CHEEEEEP. Like a little over $100 for the whole set. I think there available in at least some of the older pad shapes too.
Pictures of my shiny new brakes: