I wanted to give a shout out to anyone thinking of spending the $100 for new Hawk ceramic front pads for our 03/04 Cobras. The install went fine, put lots of goop on the back of the pads to help prevent squeeks, bedded them in per instructions, a couple of weeks later here is my opinion:
The pads squeek like mad under medium to light braking (like coming up to a stoplight) - it is very embarrasing to pull up in a nice high performance pony car and it sounds like you are driving a 1974 Pinto :mj: The pads dust like crazy - about as much or more as the stock pads. I wash the car and by the time I get home I have a haze on the chromies. After two days it looks like total crap. They do stop like mad, but considering the specs on Lethal Performance's website claims they are ultra-low dusting and extremely quiet - I am more than just a little dissapointed. No slam against Lethal - they seem like straight up guys and a good vendor, but may want to consider changing their description of these pads as it is nowhere close to accurate. The back seem to be fine - no noise or dust :shrug:
IMO - anyone looking for low dust, low noise pads should look elswhere. I would return the pads but didn't save the box :nonono: I guess it will just be a $100 lesson learned.
Dan
The pads squeek like mad under medium to light braking (like coming up to a stoplight) - it is very embarrasing to pull up in a nice high performance pony car and it sounds like you are driving a 1974 Pinto :mj: The pads dust like crazy - about as much or more as the stock pads. I wash the car and by the time I get home I have a haze on the chromies. After two days it looks like total crap. They do stop like mad, but considering the specs on Lethal Performance's website claims they are ultra-low dusting and extremely quiet - I am more than just a little dissapointed. No slam against Lethal - they seem like straight up guys and a good vendor, but may want to consider changing their description of these pads as it is nowhere close to accurate. The back seem to be fine - no noise or dust :shrug:
IMO - anyone looking for low dust, low noise pads should look elswhere. I would return the pads but didn't save the box :nonono: I guess it will just be a $100 lesson learned.
Dan