Suggestions on brakes: UPDATED 4-4

[red95r]

I'm looking for suggestions for FRONT brakes. I'm on a budget and currently only using the car as a daily driver if it even sees that much. I was looking at Hawks HPS pads+stock rotors (fronts are warped).

I've been reading reviews on different websites and they seem to be ok. How well do they work with the stock rotors?

 

[MustangChris]

Re: Suggestions on brakes

i have hawk pads on mine... never driven it with them . lol!

they look like good quality. if you are on a real budget, ill sell you some brake pads i bought (never used) from autozone. (front and rear available)

if you buy my pads for $25.00, youll have enough money for Roto-Tec drilled rotors off jegs ;-)

 

[Win]

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If you can squeeze it into a budget i would throw a set of PBR dual piston calipers on there with a set of stock rotors and hawk pads. That's a very budget setup that will work great.

 

[MadStang]

Suggestions on brakes

99-04 PBR calipers
Porterfield R4-S Pads
Blank rotors

You'll have more than enough bite and stopping power on the street.

I'm running Roush PBR Calipers (same as cobra just a Roush badge)
Maximum Motorsports Braided lines
Brembo Cadmium plated Drilled Rotors
Porterfield R4 Pads

All cost me less than $600 and the brakes are enough to make eyeballs pop out from g-forces.

 

[DropTopPony]

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Like said above, you can get the 99-04 stock brakes for almost nothing and they are way better than what came on the 94-98's.

 

[Javi]

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If you can squeeze it into a budget i would throw a set of PBR dual piston calipers on there with a set of stock rotors and hawk pads. That's a very budget setup that will work great.

this ^

 

[SRT Handz]

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I would swoop up on some Cobra from brakes before they arnt made anymore.

 

[Sinned83]

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I would swoop up on some Cobra from brakes before they arnt made anymore.

They are gonna quit making these too?

 

[Win]

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I would swoop up on some Cobra from brakes before they arnt made anymore.

i don't see that happening anytime in the near future.

 

[red95r]

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Well I know for now that it will be the stock caliper and stock rotors. I wish I could do more but all in time. Rent, insurance, tuition must come first.

http://www.porterfield-brakes.com/product_info.php?productID=3157

these are a set of all 4 or just the one side (2)?

All I'm looking for is low noise, hardly any dust, and lifespan.

 

[MustangChris]

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think its only front offered for the mustang based off the text (?????)

those state they are pretty "high performance" which tend to mean dust (and lots of it) along with noise (and lots of it. at least 'til they heat up)

without knowing exactly what compounds they are, you wont know how much dust, noise, and life they have in them....

plus, im offering all 4 brakes for $25.00, not 206.00......

anyways, if you cant afford afford to really upgrade your brakes properly, simply doing pads will probably make minimum difference on your stopping power, while adding noise and maintainance to your problems.... (personal experience... someone else can feel free to bust out some 60-0 stopping charts with performance pads if they feel the need to throw something other than my my experience into the mix)

 

[Win]

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That's overkill for the front brakes unless your going to upgrade the rears also. You will have to step up your rears or you will have a huge nose dive compared to what you have now.

 

[Win]

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think its only front offered for the mustang based off the text (?????)

those state they are pretty "high performance" which tend to mean dust (and lots of it) along with noise (and lots of it. at least 'til they heat up)

without knowing exactly what compounds they are, you wont know how much dust, noise, and life they have in them....

plus, im offering all 4 brakes for $25.00, not 206.00......

anyways, if you cant afford afford to really upgrade your brakes properly, simply doing pads will probably make minimum difference on your stopping power, while adding noise and maintainance to your problems.... (personal experience... someone else can feel free to bust out some 60-0 stopping charts with performance pads if they feel the need to throw something other than my my experience into the mix)

Chris the R4-S are the low dust ones.

 

[MustangChris]

Re: Suggestions on brakes

think its only front offered for the mustang based off the text (?????)

those state they are pretty "high performance" which tend to mean dust (and lots of it) along with noise (and lots of it. at least 'til they heat up)

without knowing exactly what compounds they are, you wont know how much dust, noise, and life they have in them....

plus, im offering all 4 brakes for $25.00, not 206.00......

anyways, if you cant afford afford to really upgrade your brakes properly, simply doing pads will probably make minimum difference on your stopping power, while adding noise and maintainance to your problems.... (personal experience... someone else can feel free to bust out some 60-0 stopping charts with performance pads if they feel the need to throw something other than my my experience into the mix)

Chris the R4-S are the low dust ones.

good to know... didnt see any information on the link he provided, so i was hoping he would post compound material info so we could better help him.

is "RS-4" industry-lingo for a certain compound composition, or something?

 

[Win]

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http://porterfield-brakes.com/images/portstrt2008_11_06_02_45_30.pdf

 

[red95r]

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The R4-S is $80 not 205, I saw that to and freaked until looked closer. I'm not stopping a 800horse car here.. ; )

Realistically, New Moto rotors (front pair) are 85ish new, Hawks pads for fronts are $70 + supplies(grease+cleaner). $170 for front brakes.

 

[Win]

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The R4-S is $80 not 205, I saw that to and freaked until looked closer. I'm not stopping a 800horse car here.. ; )

Realistically, New Moto rotors (front pair) are 85ish new, Hawks pads for fronts are $70 + supplies(grease+cleaner). $170 for front brakes.

I'm not saying your stopping a 800 horse car. Just simple physics. Your applying better friction material in the front. Hence the nose dive. You will need to step up to a nicer pad in the rear to better equalize everything.

 

[MustangChris]

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http://porterfield-brakes.com/images/portstrt2008_11_06_02_45_30.pdf

hm. nice... thanks for the link-o

i wonder what they are made out of to get the high-performance aspect with the low-dust and low-noise.... ..... hm....

makes me wonder how long they last.

 

[MustangChris]

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The R4-S is $80 not 205, I saw that to and freaked until looked closer. I'm not stopping a 800horse car here.. ; )

Realistically, New Moto rotors (front pair) are 85ish new, Hawks pads for fronts are $70 + supplies(grease+cleaner). $170 for front brakes.

ohhhhhhh. lol... thats a big dif.

i see that now, too.

The R4-S is $80 not 205, I saw that to and freaked until looked closer. I'm not stopping a 800horse car here.. ; )

Realistically, New Moto rotors (front pair) are 85ish new, Hawks pads for fronts are $70 + supplies(grease+cleaner). $170 for front brakes.

I'm not saying your stopping a 800 horse car. Just simple physics. Your applying better friction material in the front. Hence the nose dive. You will need to step up to a nicer pad in the rear to better equalize everything.

true... but i dont really picture him putting worthless pads on the rear ($3.99 ers from PepBoys) and the 205.00 ones on the front... yea know? so its not like he'll be drilling for oil with his front bumper when he hits the brakes. lol.

but i do agree with you. he should do his best to maintain a quality stopping performance by trying to balance it out relatively well (obviously something around 60/40 for a mostly street car. .. . .)

 

[red95r]

Re: Suggestions on brakes

The R4-S is $80 not 205, I saw that to and freaked until looked closer. I'm not stopping a 800horse car here.. ; )

Realistically, New Moto rotors (front pair) are 85ish new, Hawks pads for fronts are $70 + supplies(grease+cleaner). $170 for front brakes.

I'm not saying your stopping a 800 horse car. Just simple physics. Your applying better friction material in the front. Hence the nose dive. You will need to step up to a nicer pad in the rear to better equalize everything.

Oh I agree with you. I was just looking at all options.