Brake pads Hawk Performance or OEM Volkswagen

I have dtc-60 on mine. They’re great track pads, but overkill for your first track day. They’re comically squeaky if you use them around town and def not made for that.

I run the 60s in the front and stock in the rear. The 60s are a lot of braking power specially for your first time. I would not recommend the 70s that will be way too much. They are dusty but I'm at about 50% life on 5 track weekends. One weekend the car almost never shut off. If you are really using them make sure to give them a cool down lap or they will smoke.

I have the dtc60 with rbf600 fluid. No fade at all. Would recommend. If you're tracking only once a year though, make sure to swap back to street pads. The hawks dust a ton and squeal veeery loud.

Been on Hawk HPS 5.0 for over a year now. Good feeling pad.

I went with hps 5.0s and they’re great but I should’ve gone less aggressive

well done vw for letting me get 77k out of the factory pads/rotors

WRT the Hawk Pads… I’ve run both compounds and for a beginner you’re not going to notice the difference. They’re both good track pads. Do not run them on the street or if you do try to minimize the time you are on them and know you will have horrible stopping distance when cold.

Hawk pads brake great but they will eat your rotors and they are some of the dustiest pads.

I swapped to Hawk HP+ as a hybrid but ultimately I hated them on both street and track. They worked fine though.

I changed out the oem and ran Hawks for a while, braking distance wan't much difference but the brake dust was terrible, Rims where dirty all of the time.