I inspected my brake pads the other day and it's time to replace. The pads I have were on the car when I purchased 4 1/2 years and 25k miles ago. The front pads while very effective produced a lot of dust. Looking for recommendations for a great performing brake pad with minimal dust. What are you running?

 

Look at the Carbotech 1521 pad very low dust quiet and still has the braking performance you expect from your corvette. The 1521 is a ceramic based compound that also contains carbon and Kevlar. The 1521 is also 100% non corrosive will not harm your wheels or paint. Not the cheapest pad on the market but you pay for what you get. If interested I will be happy to help you out.


Carbotech™ Bobcat 1521™ The Carbotech Bobcat 1521™ is our high performance street compound that is our most successful compound. The Bobcat compound is known for its awesome release and modulation, along with unmatched rotor friendliness. Like our AX™ & XP™ line of compounds, Bobcat 1521™ is a Ceramic based friction material offering minimal rotor damage and non-corrosive dust. Bobcat 1521™ offers outstanding performance, even when cold, low dusting and low noise with an excellent initial bite. This compound’s virtually perfect linear torque production provides incredible braking force without ABS intervention. Bobcat 1521™ operating range starts out at ambient and goes up to 900°F. Bobcat 1521™ is suitable for ALL street cars, perfect for your tow vehicle, police cruiser. The Bobcat 1521™ compound has been found to last two-three times longer than OE pads you can purchase at a dealership or national retailer. That’s one of the beauties of Carbotech Ceramic brake compounds. Bobcat 1521™ is NOT recommended for any track use.

Front $148 Rear $128 Less 5% forum discount.

 

I'm happy with my Hawk HPS - although installation of the rears was a little tricky - there are these rivet heads protruding through the back and I had a difficult time getting them past the caliper pistons. I had no issues with the fronts. A definite improvement over stock (I also did Stop-Tech slotted/cryo-treated rotors + stainless lines at the same time)

https://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brak...0&autoModClar=

 

I had Hawk HPS pads on my '00 and liked them a lot. Good braking performance and had what I felt was little brake dust from the pads.

 

HPS here too - some light track duty too...

HP+ too dusty for the street....

 

I've got GM Ceramic's pads now for several yrs & am very happy w/them. Had chrome wheels & am now running blacks with little or no brake dust w/normal driving (I don't track the Vette). p.s. Running drilled/slotted rotors.

 

Used on BMW's and other Euro cars, take a look at Akebono ACT, or Akebono ASP (street/ track) are both excellent. I actually use ACT on the track and they are fantastic. Little to no dust, easy to clean off.

 

Carbotech 1521's ftw

 

 

Another vote for HPS -- very effective road/fast road pad, not dusty. Got mine from the Rack.

 

Hawk HPS here too...they dust more than the OEM pads but not bad and the performance is significantly better.

 

Thanks for all the replies, I have been checking daily. Seems to be a trend developing.

 

Regular street driving? GM ceramics do the job with little to no discernible dust.
Want more aggressive braking go with the mentioned Carbotechs.
I love the braking of Hawk HP+ but they create heavy black dust. I don't care about the dust. I want braking power.

 

 

I've been running Brakemotive pads and rotors for about 6 months daily and couldn't be happier. Cant beat the price. for the price of pads alone, you might could get ceramic pads and crossdrilled and slotted rotors.

Pads are ceramic and have virtually no dust.