Hawk Pads

[geswek]

Any experience or recommendation on Hawk ceramic pads?

Link; http://goo.gl/t7ogti

I'm not fond of OEM pads for two reasons; 1) they are noisy and 2) they are too damn dusty.

So far Powerstop doesn't have anything (according to their catalogue) for 2013 and neither does EBC. Hawk is the next company I know of that makes a decent pad. I've never actually used their pads--it was always Powerstop in my Diesel and EBC in my Audi.

 

[RedRocket327]

You should see how dusty the factory pads are on my Audi.  Drives me insane!  I've found that dust vs noise is always the trade off.  I'd rather they be dusty then noisy myself.

 

[geswek]

Yeah, my Audi pads were f'n horrendous on my S6. I swapped them for EBC's and couldn't have been happier--until I broke the car. *GASP* Long story but I managed to grenade the V10 (had 06 S6).

Now I want something for the SHO; might go with Hawk--they don't seem too bad and frankly they are the only things available at moment.

 

[RedRocket327]

I'll be interested to hear what you find out here.  The Explorer is a bit dusty but the black rims make it seem not so bad.  I have a feeling this vehicle won't be brake pad friendly being that it weighs 5000lbs...

 

[geswek]

Look at the Powerstop pads; they probably have them for your model.  I used their ceramic pads and cryo rotors on my 7k pound diesel and they would stop it REALLY well with 35" tyres and 700bhp twin turbo pushing the ground on 1200lb torque.

 

[RedRocket327]

Does the Taurus and Explorer Sport share the same brakes? And what is the difference with the PP SHO's brakes?

I had read that the Sport has the police package brakes which are 13.9 front, 13.6 rear rotors. but they seem larger then that to me...

 

[geswek]

According to Ford;

Performance Package braking is enhanced with the addition of highperformance brake pads that are
more resistant to fade under severeduty use. Track-tuned 18-inch brake calipers improve pedal response.
These brake components work in harmony to deliver a firm – yet easyto-modulate – brake pedal under extreme performance conditions"

So, no idea if my rotors are bigger or not.

 

[Timeless]

18 inch calipers must be a typo....

 

[geswek]

Probably.

It was pulled from their media marketing site and some brochure.

http://media.ford.com/images/10031/2013_TaurusSHO_Perf.pdf

 

[explorergotoluvit]

i used them on my sti and loved them

 

[68_GT]

loved my Hawk pads on  previous G35 no dust or squeeks, and stop on a dime. I ran through 2 sets on that car.

 

[shoman04]

Look at the Powerstop pads; they probably have them for your model.  I used their ceramic pads and cryo rotors on my 7k pound diesel and they would stop it REALLY well with 35" tyres and 700bhp twin turbo pushing the ground on 1200lb torque.

THIS WAS POSTED ON ANYOTHER THREAD. I don't know if The 2013-2014 Flex/MKS/& Exploror got got the same upgrade the SHO did or not but if they did then PowerStop had a brake kit for them that should work on the SHO.

 
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Re: NEW BRAKE SOURCE PowerStop thur AutoAnything
« Reply #34 on: December 27, 2013, 07:07:10 AM »
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Quote from: BiGMaC on December 26, 2013, 08:07:59 PM
Quote from: shoman04 on October 29, 2013, 02:45:55 PM
Quote from: Boggus on September 24, 2013, 11:51:31 PM

So... Is the 2012 SHO brakes (front) different than a 2013 SHO?  Most sites do not list the 2013 yet.
2010-2012 are exactly the same, 2013 total different.
BOO….  :cry1:  I guess I have to wait… or do caliper covers for a while"

BIGMac Question in the 2010-2012 SHO/FLEX brakes were exact the same but AutoAnything only showed the PowerStop brake kit for the 2010 SHO! So I ask them why? They said that some supplyer will not update year date if the parts don't change from one year to the next. So the question is did 2013-2014 Flex/Explorer get the upgrade SHO brake two? If they are still the same between SHO/Flex/Explorer then P-Stop do have brakes for 2013-2014 SHO.
http://www.autoanything.com/brakes/61A5870A0A0.aspx