Old Guy Garage Report post Posted September 27, 2019 I am so over brake dust that I was on a mission to conquer it. OK, I have it all mapped, and if you hurry you can get a rebate from Hawk. Order them up from Summit racing, they will price match amazon and give you free shipping+ the rebate of $35 Rear Pads Hawk Performance HB193Z.670 Performance Ceramic Brake Pad 2007 LP640 Front Pads Hawk Performance HB609Z.572 Performance Ceramic Brake Pad 2009 R8 link for rebate http://www.summitracing.com/go/hwk Hope this helps someone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Garage Report post Posted October 4, 2019 Just received the pads and I can confirm they fit perfectly. Fronts even have wear sensors and the plug is the same :-) Enjoy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destructo Report post Posted October 7, 2019 Nice! How many miles are you going to put on them before testing how much dust they emit? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Garage Report post Posted October 7, 2019 Well it's pretty easy. When I drove 50-100 miles the wheels/calipers were super dusty/black with the factory Brembo pads, I hated it. I put the same pads on my Maserati and so far after 200 miles they are clean still. As these are the same exact pads, I feel it's going to be a win! Will know within the next week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Garage Report post Posted October 7, 2019 PS: doing a video on it as well. Don't know if I posted this but did the same thing with the Murci brakes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destructo Report post Posted October 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Old Guy Garage said: Well it's pretty easy. When I drove 50-100 miles the wheels/calipers were super dusty/black with the factory Brembo pads, I hated it. I put the same pads on my Maserati and so far after 200 miles they are clean still. As these are the same exact pads, I feel it's going to be a win! Will know within the next week. No compromise on performance? That would be a big win. I'd be curious if you feel a softer pedal or it takes longer to stop compared to OEM. But glad to see you trying this stuff, the community definitely derives benefit from it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Garage Report post Posted October 8, 2019 Thanks Destructo. The pedal hardness does not change at all, and on the Maser it stops just as good if not better. The benefit overall though is no brake dust. Here's the rotors after turning. Oreilly's $12 each, great job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimpy Report post Posted October 9, 2019 At $1500/rotor, I couldn't get myself to have an auto parts store jockey turn my rotors. Besides, I have heard that Blanchard grinding is the way to go on high performance brake rotors. If they cut your rotors down enough to eliminate the chamfer on the holes, you'll want to add them back if your rotors originally had them. My 2004 definitely does. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Guy Garage Report post Posted October 9, 2019 They only took off .005 on the face, no problems. Also this guy is a pro that did them, not a hack. I had him do my maser rotors first, they were perfect like these were when I got them back. The finish was awesome. Though I understand the concern for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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