Brake pads EBC or Hawk Performance

All the people complaining about the noise of the Hawk, i cannot say that i experience the same result. They are a little squeakier than the OEM pads of course, but they aren't like full on race brake loud like people have reported. Maybe my experience is the outlier here, because i was really happy actually with them on the track

HP+ are fine on the track. They are not full-on race pads, but they will hold you down for the first few days back. We run those on the Scirocco LeMons car - it's so light that it never gets the brakes beyond warm. I also run them with summer tyres on my wagon - Great balanced pad that lets you know you are braking.

Ive run HP+ recently at road atlanta for an hpde with NASA. While they are loud i never had any issues with them on track. I was running in a stock brake e36m3 on slicks.

I think HP+ make good track pads for HDPE first timers. I had them on the front of my car when I first started taking it to the track. I liked the initial bite of them. That said, for someone with track day experience like yourself, you might find and exceed their limit fairly quickly.

I put EBC Red stuff on my GTI (non-PP). I thought the stock pads were too aggressive when driving around town. The reds are less touchy when lightly applied and stop quite well. Very little brake dust. I'm very happy with them.

Stoptech Rotors and SS Brakelines, Tyrolsport Caliper Guides and Hawk HPS pads.

I switched to Hawk HP Plus pads all around and I've been extremely happy with them

I used ebc yellows on a 93 mr2 turbo at road Atlanta for 2 full track days this spring with no issues. Also dailied it for a while with them as well.

Those were my last pads. The bite is totally different from stock... but in the winter, the first couple of stops are down right scary until the pads get some heat in them. I'm braking down some steep inclines... that's why I got rid of them half way through its life--- hoping the Akebonos will be better..

Ebc pads are total garbage.