Good afternoon, GMK6.
After owning my MK6 GTI for a short while, I recently had the opportunity to bring the car out to a small autocross event. Although the event and my subsequent times went well, I left the event feeling "These brakes need help."
When I purchased the vehicle from the dealership, it had been recently serviced with new rotors, pads, and tires throughout. However, I can't help but feel as though the quality of components used was like very cheap. The tires I received were $65.00 a piece tires that were harder than rock.. so I can't imagine that the dealership was too kind on the "quality over quantity" scale.
The tires have since been replaced with a brand new set of Firehawk I500's, as well as all of the easily accessible filters and fluids being replaced with quality components.
The rotors appear to be something similar to Centric blanks, so I'd like to run as much life out of them as possible. That being said however, I'm really interested in new brake pads.
In the past, I've ran multiple Subaru's on Hawk HPS Performance or HP 5.0 pads. Although they have been good, they have all began to generate a good bit of noise after awhile.
Ideally, I'd like to try something suitable for occasional autocross events, but primarily spirited street driving.
Does anybody have any recommendations as per brand/product? I've considered going back to the HPS Performance, but have also heard good things about EBC RedStuff's, StopTech Street pads, and more.
Any insight provided would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks guys; take care!
After owning my MK6 GTI for a short while, I recently had the opportunity to bring the car out to a small autocross event. Although the event and my subsequent times went well, I left the event feeling "These brakes need help."
When I purchased the vehicle from the dealership, it had been recently serviced with new rotors, pads, and tires throughout. However, I can't help but feel as though the quality of components used was like very cheap. The tires I received were $65.00 a piece tires that were harder than rock.. so I can't imagine that the dealership was too kind on the "quality over quantity" scale.
The tires have since been replaced with a brand new set of Firehawk I500's, as well as all of the easily accessible filters and fluids being replaced with quality components.
The rotors appear to be something similar to Centric blanks, so I'd like to run as much life out of them as possible. That being said however, I'm really interested in new brake pads.
In the past, I've ran multiple Subaru's on Hawk HPS Performance or HP 5.0 pads. Although they have been good, they have all began to generate a good bit of noise after awhile.
Ideally, I'd like to try something suitable for occasional autocross events, but primarily spirited street driving.
Does anybody have any recommendations as per brand/product? I've considered going back to the HPS Performance, but have also heard good things about EBC RedStuff's, StopTech Street pads, and more.
Any insight provided would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks guys; take care!
