For anyone who has changed their front brake pads - how many miles (Hard driving?) and what kind did you replace them with???

 

you know when I took my front tires off last week I looked at the pads and they look brand new @ 17k miles. I guess downshifting helps a lot. I used to have to change my pads every year in my Honda but I bet I'll make it every 2 in this car.

 

I replaced mine in favor of the Hawk pads.They are highly regarded as an excellen pad for all around use

 

Yeah Dustin - I would think with this car there would be a big diff betrween the autos and the sticks because of one using downshifts to slow down....

Chris - I heard good things about Hawk but thought I read somehwere that they squeek??...

 

i have hp plus and they make noise and make lots of brake dust! i would go 1 step down if could do it again due to the dust. braking is great though

 

I would doubt that there are very many people that would have nearly enough mileage on their 05-06 already to need new brakes just yet, but I can make a guess based off how my 2000 Mustang GT did. I would assume they will hold up similarly.

It was an automatic transmission, and my driving style is hard on tires and brakes. My braking is last minute, and people who would ride with me would almost always comment that tires and brakes probably did not last long for me.

I had to replace the front pads at around 55,000 miles and when I sold it with over 93,000 miles, it still had the factory rear pads and factory rotors all the way around. All were in more than good enough shape to make it past 100,000 miles. However, I did good to get 20,000 miles out of a set of tires.

As for the pads I used for replacement, I just had the Firestone that does all of my normal maintenance work put on whatever lifetime pads they had. I couldn't tell any difference between them and the factory pads that they replaced.

 

I changed mine out only because I got a complete new brake system from one of my buddies.The kit came with Hawk pads and as of yet I have had NO issues with squeekin' or brake dust.The additional braking performance over the stock system is phenomenal,but if you are not doing alot of hard breaking/spirited driving I would keep the stock stuff for awhile.

 

I downshift with my auto quite often

 

I've heard under very hard driving(HPDE) the rear brakes, at least the V6s, were gone in one day.

I'll be getting some hawks or carbotechs soon.

 

After just two HPDE events the front pads were gone (4,000 miles of street as well). Replaced pads with Hawk HPS and PowerSlot rotors (Cryo), with StopTec steel lines and 570 Wilwood brake fluid. Now she stops! I also have a set of HP+ front pads just for track use.

 

Wow!

And thanks for the details - I have the Powerslot rotors and was thinking about Hawk's when I eventually replace.....

 

Respectfully suggest that you replace your pads now with HPS. The stock pads are not worthless, they serve as a bad example. Seriously, you will be very disappointed when the caliper digs into your PowerSlots - too late. Front pad install is a breeze compared to rear and they cost just $87.00.

Big T.