GranTurismo - Brake pads and disks - Which to buy?

[jeroen.maserati]

Hi,

I am having very dusty wheels after a short drive and I was thinking are there any suggestions for alternative brake pads for the 4.2 other than OEM?

Pads with ceramic inside?

Open for suggestions.

Cheers, Jeroen

 

[JMS]

I’ve heard @Zep is the man who can in this department…

 

[CatmanV2]

Formula Dynamics carbon / kevlar I found very good.

C

 

[jeroen.maserati]

I just bought the Hawk Ceramics, which I heard are pretty much 'zero dust'. From https://www.hawkperformance.com/market/street-car => HB616Z-607 (fronts)
now going to find some new front discs

 

[Ebenezer]

Are you sure they'll fit your 4.2 GT?
Eb

 

[Gazcw]

I just bought the Hawk Ceramics, which I heard are pretty much 'zero dust'. From https://www.hawkperformance.com/market/street-car => HB616Z-607 (fronts)
now going to find some new front discs

Well Zep is your man for those in standards or big boy sizes.

 

[jeroen.maserati]

Are you sure they'll fit your 4.2 GT?
Eb

I hope they do Eb, spend some time on the phone with the seller, he owned a QP 2006 for 3 years. I told him my year and type of car etc. and he checked it in the system.....

 

[Zep]

Are you sure they'll fit your 4.2 GT?
Eb

You are correct sir, the HB616Z-607 is a 6 pot (4.7) pad.

For discs on a 4.2, Eurospares pattern parts for the front are very good value.

 

[jeroen.maserati]

This pad as above for the 4.2 has a cutout for the brake sensor, but the HAWK HB545Z.564 (correct part for the 4.2) below hasnt:

Anyone on here with Hawk experience without the sensor? @Zep @Ebenezer ? I could just go with them and when brake pads run out/low they start squealing quite a bit, correct?

 

[Ebenezer]

No experience except that I believe that the 4.2 rotors are smaller than the 4.7 (at least that is the case for the QP 4 pot vs 6 pot). So as Zep says if you've got 4 pots then the Hawk may not fit if its for the 6 pot. I've got yellowstuff on the fronts (which are dusty) and that doesn't have the brake sensor which I presume will have been neatly clipped out of the way.
Eb

 

[Gazcw]

Ebc red stuff are supposed to be low dust when I was looking for replacements, but I have no experience as I sold the car before changing.

 

[Zep]

Pads which squeal when they are low normally have a metal piece which contacts the disc to make the noise, so I’d say that these won’t squeal when low. So you’ll have to look at them or wait for the grinding noise.

For wear sensors, they can be tied back and won’t give a light as long as they aren’t already damaged.

The new pad drawing looks a lot better for the 330mm brakes.