Hawk 02-06 RSX Type-S / 00-09 S2000 HPS Brake Pads: Front Reviews

I went to Hawk HPS's when my OEM pads wore out, and they were great. Definitely not a track pad, but a reasonably long-wearing street pad with upgraded bite. Only complaint is the dust they put out is more red/brown than grey, so expect to spend quite a bit of time cleaning up your wheels.

Well, you can't beat the price. I paid 72 bucks for the fronts of my Type S. The ups? They stop very well. The downs? They are dusty as a grandmas minge, and they don't have great initial bite. Stomp on the brakes, and everything in your car will be in footwell. I'd be giving this a 5-star if they weren't so dusty!

I bought and installed these about 16 months ago. They work great on the street - it takes a stop or two for them to heat up, but then they definitely bite harder. I have used them for two weekends at the track (Mid-Ohio and Putnam Park) for a total of about 300ish track miles. Please note that these pads did not work very well at the track. They could not handle the heat and were 'glazing' on the rotors. They work well for autocross though.

While I had these they performed their job very well and I was very satisfied with their stopping ability. In my experience they also produced large amounts of dust and moderate to high amounts of noise according to how hot they were, so they may not be appropriate for a car used solely as a daily driver.