Hawk break pads wth

[goodguys75]

I bought some hawk break pads ( the general duty ones, not heavy duty ones ) and after a while they started to squeek... . they are driving me crazy. I did have the heavy duty ones at first for about 2 days and i took them off, because hawk told me it is normal for that... . Is this normal for them also... Im thinking of going back to oem stuff

 

[Regcabguy]

I had zero luck with carbon-fiber and Performance Friction pads on my '98. 5. I returned to stock on that truck and will replace mine on the '07 with OEM.

 

[PFranzese]

I use Hawk pads on our cars, not on the truck yet. I have found that the pads are much more aggressive than OEM and are prone to noise but if I use the anti squeal compound when installing them I don't have any noise issues. It could also be caused by brake dust, they may need a good shot with compressed air to clean out the dust.

 

[Got HO?]

Been using Akebono pads on mine now for about 15k miles. Very little dust, slight squeak at times, but not enough to bug me. Good pedal response too.

 

[AEdelheit]

Ran Front EBC greens on my old truck and new with no noises and I ended up putting the hawk general duty ones in the rear but no noise