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Originally Posted by beauwalnut
Hawk doesn't make pads for 95 q45's any more. I saw someone said they are using Akebono ProACTs. I wonder if q45's with Akebono's are much of an upgrade from stock w/ Hawk hps or hpPlus. With my stock 14's calipers and HP Plus' pads I could stop on a dime but I had to replace them after 3 or 4 months of daily driving, they were noisy as a rusty Amtrak and my rims always looked like shit. Right now I have HPS pads and they are just OK. Waaay better than OEM replacements but I would not take them on a track. Without hawk pads I really wonder if a q45 upgrade is worth the trouble.
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Its very much worth the trouble, which there is no trouble because its just as simple as replacing stock calipers. The rotors are bigger needing much less bite to achieve the same stopping force as the smaller stock rotors due to the way physics and leverage work. Next is heat, your thinner stock rotors are going to retain a lot more heat causing brake fade. There are better pads than the Akebonos like Axxis Ultimate pads but for a street car the ProActs are plenty, they last a long time and make no noise plus stop the car on a dime.
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Originally Posted by onehundredoctane
Mine were 2001 Q45, so that may be the reason I actually found them.
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That's the reason you were able to buy them. They stopped making them for the standard bolt on years which was up to 1996 Q45s.