Hawk Performance
Hawk Performance Brake Pads - Race Proven, Street Legal
For over 25 years Hawk Performance has been producing premium friction products that stop you faster and last longer. Whether you are looking to cut seconds from your track time, need additional stopping power for your large vehicle, want a product that is cleaner and quieter, or you just don't want to have to think about brakes and rotors, Hawk Performance has the products to keep you safer.
Hawk leverages their experience on the track and the technology used in aerospace and the military to make the best brake pads and rotors for all of your vehicle's needs. Hawk’s extensive Research & Development department has some of the best PhD engineers focusing on friction science, working with our 23 dynamometers, which translates to producing first class products in the USA.
Whether you are on the street or the track, protecting the lead, or your family, Hawk Performance brake pads will do their job in any circumstance. Hawk Performance brake pads are designed, engineered and produced in the United States, and offer a Limited Lifetime Warranty. Accesspeed is proud to offer Hawk Performance Brake Pads to our customers. With our low price match guarantee, you will always find the best combination of price and selection of Hawk Brakes at Accesspeed.
Brakes » Big Brake Kits - Front
Front Big Brake Kits
What is a front big brake kit?
A front big brake kit is a complete front brake system with oversized calipers, rotors, and pads to fit the front driver and passenger side of your vehicle. Ideally, the calipers will house larger, more efficient pistons to help increase braking performance. The larger front rotors and pads help with heat dissipation, and cooler running brakes tend to perform better.
What does a front brake kit do?
Stopping your vehicle quicker, in a shorter distance, and with reduced brake fade is much safer. Some people upgrade their brake pads, others choose drilled or slotted rotors, some add stainless brake lines, and even more simply upgrade to a premium brake fluid. However, front big brake kits combine all those upgrades and add high performance calipers for the ultimate way to achieve maximum stopping power. As a bonus, most big brake kits fill that gap behind your wheels and can increase your vehicle’s resale value.
Are front brake kit upgrades worth it?
Absolutely. Yes!!! From a safety perspective, vehicles with increased performance, larger wheels, and/or larger tires should add a front big brake kit as soon as possible. The increased stopping power of a front big brake kit can mean the difference between stopping and blowing past your stop.
What are the best front big brake kits?
While this question is loaded, Accesspeed offers several brands of front big brake kits, including Brembo, Wilwood, Baer, Stoptech, AP Racing, SSBC, Rotora, R1 Concepts, Alcon and PBR. Each front big brake kit manufacturer has its own unique place in the brake market, making it difficult to play favorites.
Do I need bigger front brakes if I run bigger wheels and tires?
Yes. Bigger wheels and tires are both bad for your brakes, but bigger AND heavier wheels and/or tires are bad for your front brakes. In most cases, a 10% increase in wheel/tire size and/or weight will reduce your front brake system performance by 10%. This problem is most obvious on trucks, SUVs and Jeeps running oversize wheels and tires. If you have already upgraded to bigger wheels or tires, you may have already learned this fact, and hopefully not the hard way.
Why do front big brake kits cost more than factory OEM?
Most OEM front brake systems are designed and built by the millions for production vehicles, using the least costly materials and methods possible. Aftermarket front big brake kits are designed and manufactured in smaller quantities using higher quality materials, advanced production methods, and achieving higher performance braking goals. In addition to R&D and production investments, aftermarket front big brake kits have a higher marketing cost per unit sold.