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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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greenstuff brake pads

I have a 2000 se. Any feedback on these pads from Courtesy Nissan?
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 06:45 PM
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Those pads suck, I had them on a honda civic a few years ago, ran them for 2000 miles and was so disapointed I replaced them with hawk pads from tire rack. Hawk pads = If I were you, I'd look else where for a replacement pad.
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Hawks HPS and you will be fine......
Old Jan 24, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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I am a dealer for Hawk and I wont even put it on my own car. I have green stuff on my car and love it. It funny looking cuz its green but I love it. They are soo quiet and no brake dust. With the Hawk since they are matalic they will dirty ur rims sooo fasttt its not funny
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by NOCturnalI30
I am a dealer for Hawk and I wont even put it on my own car. I have green stuff on my car and love it. It funny looking cuz its green but I love it. They are soo quiet and no brake dust. With the Hawk since they are matalic they will dirty ur rims sooo fasttt its not funny
Greenstuff pads will dust less, but performance wise greenstuff (EBC) pads have nothing to stand on, they wear unevenly and have tons of fade. Since that wear unevenly they will cause your car to handle like the rotors are warped. Hawks HPS are a better pad trackwise and for daily driving. Its not hard to find people that think hawks are a great pad, much harder to find people that like EBC pads. Guess if you don't care about your brakes buy the EBC stuff. Just my $.02. Look here of additional reveiws on the hawk HPS pads http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brake...e&autoModClar=
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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The same company that makes green stuff, also have yellow and red stuff pads. Redlinemax.com just picked up the line. Call or e-mail Corey if you want more details.
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by NOCturnalI30
I am a dealer for Hawk and I wont even put it on my own car. I have green stuff on my car and love it. It funny looking cuz its green but I love it. They are soo quiet and no brake dust. With the Hawk since they are matalic they will dirty ur rims sooo fasttt its not funny
If you are truly a Hawk dealer you shouldn't be talkiing like that....Business is business... and if he wants the Hawks.. well sell them to him... by the way.. price for rear Hawks HPS shipped to 32837....
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Lontar1
If you are truly a Hawk dealer you shouldn't be talkiing like that....Business is business... and if he wants the Hawks.. well sell them to him... by the way.. price for rear Hawks HPS shipped to 32837....


HAHAH ill let u know tommrow

And I wouldnt want a customer to purchase soemthing that I wouldnt put in my own car.......Just my .02 Cents
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 07:35 PM
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The Hawk/EBC argument really depends on what your priorities are. If you're looking for excellent braking performance, Hawk or Axxis/PBR pads are both solid choices, but I can say from experience that these pads squeak a bit and dust A LOT. EBC pads may be the right choice for somebody who is willing to get less noise and dust at the expense of braking performance. I personally love the way my Axxis pads perform, so I'll just clean my wheels more often.
Old Jan 26, 2006 | 07:45 AM
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Well as a dealer of both pads, the hawk are a better pad as far as performance. Also if you notice most large companies have stopped carrying the ebc pads because they are not as great as we all thought at one time.
Old Jan 26, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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EBC = very low dust if you don't want any dust at all.
Hawk = better performance then EBC but more dust.

Sacarfice one or the other.
Old Jan 26, 2006 | 09:51 AM
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I had greenstuff pads on my focus for 20,000km.. Much better than the oe pads. but they still dust quite a bit.
Old Jan 26, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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So if you have greenstuff do your rims eventually turn green from the dust? I know they're supposed to dust less but they must dust a bit.
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