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Hawk HPS Front and Rear Brake Pads
FMSI Number: D0961, D0109
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(Hawk compound code F)
The Hawk HPS is an inexpensive, mild, semi-metallic pad that is perfect if you want low dust and very little noise during street driving. The small amount of dust that is produced is a light coppery color, and is easily removed when washing the car. Hot and cold bite are both adequate for day-to-day driving, but certainly won’t snap your neck when standing on the brakes. The HPS does not have a high enough max operating temperature to work well on the track. Once these pads absorb too much heat, their mu falls off and wear rates accelerate quickly. The HPS is an appropriate street pad for all types of coupes, convertibles, sedans, hatchbacks, and wagons.
Hawk Performance Street Brake Pads now come with Hawk Gearhead Grease Paks, designed to minimize brake noise. Essex does not recommend using the Grease Pak if you plan on driving your car aggressively and putting a lot of heat into your brake system. Under such conditions, the grease can essentially “cook” on the back of the pad, making a mess of your pads, rotors, and calipers.
HPS disc brake pads are world-renowned for increasing stopping power on your street legal vehicle. Hawk Performance’s engineers developed the HPS compound by blending the safety and quality aspects of Aerospace design with braking technology derived from Motorsports efforts. The result is a unique Ferro-Carbon brake compound that delivers significant advantages of increased stopping power, extended pad life, extended rotor life and low dust properties for street applications.
Our high performance street compound offers a higher coefficient of friction over stock brake pads and can provide you 20-40% more stopping power, with higher resistance to brake fade than standard replacement pads.
HPS Brake Pad Key Features:
- Increased stopping power
- High friction/torque hot or cold
- Gental on rotors
- Extended pad life
- Low dust
- Virtually noise-free
- Ideal for import and domestic automobiles
All Hawk Performance street brake pads provide a limited lifetime warranty, ensuring products to be free of defects from manufacturer’s workmanship and materials. See the FAQ section on our website (www.hawkperformance.com) warranty information.
Note:
Hawk Performance burnishes its High Performance Street brake pads as a final step in the factory, but all brake pads have to be bedded-in with the rotors (new or used) that they will be used against. Properly bedding-in new brake pads results in a transfer film being generated at the pad and rotor interface to maximize brake performance.
| Essex Part # | 04 180 .560F |
| Manufacturer Part # | HB180F.560 |
| FMSI # | D0961, D0109 |
| Composition | Semi-metallic |
| Category | Street |
| Max Operating Temp* | 800F |
| Dust | Low |
| Noise | Very Low |
| Bite / Mu | Low to Moderate |
| Judder/Vibration | Low |
| Pad wear | Moderate |
| Rotor wear | Low |
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| Product Name | Hawk HPS Front and Rear Brake Pads | CL RC5+ Brake Pads | Ferodo DS2500 Brake Pads | Hawk Blue 9012 Front and Rear Brake Pads |
| Price | $79.80 | $133.09 | $107.66 | $113.69 |
| Essex Part # | 04 180 .560F | 07 4060 15.5 RC5+ | 11 FCP1562H-N | 04 180 .560E |
| Manufacturer Part # | HB180F.560 | 4060RC5+ | FCP1562H | HB180E.560 |
| FMSI # | D0961, D0109 | D0961, D0109 | D0961, D0109 | D0961, D0109 |
| Compound | HPS | RC5+ | DS2500 | Blue 9012 |
| Composition | Semi-metallic | Sintered | Semi-metallic | Semi-metallic |
| Category | Street | Club Sport/Full Race | Street/Club Sport | Club Sport |
| Max Operation Temp | 800F | 1800F | 1300 F | 1000F |
| Dust | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Very High |
| Noise | Very Low | Low to Moderate | Low to Moderate | High |
| Bite/Mu | Low to Moderate | Moderate to High | Moderate | Moderate to High |
| Judder/Vibration | Low | Very Low | Low | Very Low |
| Pad Wear | Moderate | Low | Moderate to High (on track) | Moderate |
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How to Choose the Best Street and Track Brake Pads
How to Choose the Best Street and Track Brake Padsby Jeff Ritter
IntroductionI'm going to share a little secret with you: As delivered from the factory, the brakes on your car are not capable of handling repeated lapping on a racetrack. They're also probably not very good for Autocross, drifting, or rally racing. I don't care if your calipers are painted red or gold, if you have gigantic carbon ceramic rotors, or if your car is advertised as being optimized on the Nordschleife. Do you know why your brakes are not up to the task of a serious thrashing as delivered? It's the lowest common denominator rule.
In the US in particular, manufactur...