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Old 07-24-2006 | 10:22 PM
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EBC Greens or Hawk HPS

Sup guys, I wanted your opinion on which of these two brake pads i should get. I;ve been wanting new pads for a while now, my car currently has 33000km or so on it since august of 05. on my 32k checkup the dealer told me i needed to change my rear pads. Now i don't know how the rears went out before the fronts but i didnt care as i wanted to change them anyway.


So which ones should i get, price difference for me would be about 10-20$ more for the HPS (not per pad but all together for all 4).

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Old 07-24-2006 | 11:03 PM
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According to this article http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~peer/Duc/duc-brakePads.html, EBC Green only lasted for 11k...
Old 07-25-2006 | 09:19 AM
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Go with the HPS pads. EBC Greens are known to be squeaky.
Old 07-25-2006 | 09:31 AM
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I really liked the HPS pads on my 1991 Integra. They were quiet, had great initial bite for a "street" pad, and they were nice for aggressive braking as well.

They aren't a race pad, so don't expect slam-your-passengers-face-into-the-dash initial bite or stopping power, but they're streetable, which makes them a pleasure to have on the car, IMO.
Old 07-25-2006 | 09:40 AM
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Yeah i am no tracker, but maybe once in my cars lifetime i might go auto Xing or to a drag strip. Though on the daily, i am a hard braker i'd say, I tend to be a spirited driver.

I am basically looking for better than stock stopping power, and longer lasting pads, the brake dust shouldnt bother me unless it's really excessive. If the HPS are better than the EBC Greens then for about 20$ more i should get those?

Or if you guys know of a better choice for me other than these two let me know.
Old 07-25-2006 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MTLer
Yeah i am no tracker, but maybe once in my cars lifetime i might go auto Xing or to a drag strip. Though on the daily, i am a hard braker i'd say, I tend to be a spirited driver.
You're from Montreal...




As for HPS vs EBC, I'd do HPS for only $5/corner price difference. The brake dust isn't anything extreme at all, either.
Old 07-25-2006 | 12:04 PM
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Thanks, hehe everytime i go to Ottawa for work trips they all look at me funny because i perform all these U-Turns and drive a bit quicker than them
Old 07-25-2006 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by hrj_1985
According to this article http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~peer/Duc/duc-brakePads.html, EBC Green only lasted for 11k...
That's on a bike! How are you going to correlate brake wear on the TSX by looking at the brake pads of a Ducati?
Old 07-26-2006 | 09:12 AM
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Ok Turns our that the price difference between the HPS and the Greens is about 60$.

Now which one should i get? the more expensive HPS?
Old 07-26-2006 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MTLer
Ok Turns our that the price difference between the HPS and the Greens is about 60$.

Now which one should i get? the more expensive HPS?
HPS all the way!
Old 07-27-2006 | 08:16 AM
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HPS

I have been more than pleased with mine. Get those things warm & the difference is night and day compaired to OEM. The dust hasn't become a problem.
Old 07-27-2006 | 09:16 AM
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squeeling issues with HPS?
Old 07-27-2006 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jiggaman
squeeling issues with HPS?
HPS = zero noise and very little dust.

The more potent version, HP+, sounds like your pads need to be replaced all the time. And it spreads dust all over the car too.
Old 07-27-2006 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Power1Pete
HPS = zero noise and very little dust.

The more potent version, HP+, sounds like your pads need to be replaced all the time. And it spreads dust all over the car too.
Yeah, a friend of mine w/ a 99 Teggy had the HP+ on his car (it has an H22A, supercharged... needs the braking power!)... he basically described it as "sounding like a freight train trying to stop on a dime". I agreed with him 100%. Thing is, those pads grip SO hard it's rediculous.

The HPS are a lot more sane.
Old 07-29-2006 | 03:20 PM
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My vote goes to the HPS as well. Tried quite a few different types of pads over the years on my Integra, and the HPS pads are easily my favorite.
Old 07-31-2006 | 03:03 PM
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I can chime in here. I had EBC with Brembo's on my old Prelude (RIP). Stopping distance was great, and I had no squeel. The one negative I found was it was IMPOSSIBLE to keep my rims clean due to the sheer amount of brake dust these left. Performance wise, I can't complain about them however.
Old 08-01-2006 | 11:21 AM
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HPS are composite, right ?

ceramic wouldn't be a better bet ? looks there about the same price??
Old 08-01-2006 | 02:44 PM
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Thanks for all your responses guys! It seems the consensus was get the HPS, though i am not sure if it's because not a lot of people have the ebc greens or something else. I have went ahead and ordered a set of the racingbrake rotors along with the hawk HPS pads from Heeltoe since he has a special going on. It will actually come out a bit cheaper than me getting the pads from my friend and it's my chance to get rotors.

Woot!
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