Thread: I need an opinion about brake pads

SO here is the deal guys, im doing a brake upgrade on my car, replacing the AD22VF calipers for R32 GTR calipers with 12.25" rotors, the issue is that with the AD22 i used ROSS brake pads that were good until 650 Celcius. They had a good braking performance when cold and an amazing performance during trackdays.

This is how i brake during track days with the AD22VF:


Now the ROSS brake pads are not available now at least not in the next 7 months.

So i need to find new pads for this setup(R32 GTR) and really dont know what to use.
These are the ones i have read about:
-Hawk HPS
-Hawk HP Plus
-EBC Yellow R4000
-Porterfield

Any advise, i would like something that dont eat my brake rotors and that can be used to brake hard on track or street. I was thinking on the HP Plus but need someone that have already used them to tell me an opinion.

This is for a Street car that sometimes goes to the Track with Slicks.

Any thoughts?

You could some Centric StopTech pads. These were designed for what you have in mind. I use them, and they are affordable plus work well. They work well under hard braking, or normal street use. The others you listed are good for what I've heard, but never tried them.

I've used HP+ for my daily/autocross car,but switched to HPS.The HP+ was noisy as hell when they are cold (during a morning commute),and were a little too agressive for autocross(flat spotted Hoosiers) I went to HPS and found a good compromise.Never really done a track day,so I can't vouch for that part.