Quote Originally Posted by Drunkie View Post
I ran OEM pads from napa; I heard the guys in the CTS-V community say the Hawk HPS pads never cuold heat up enough to be effective unless you were doing some really serious track day work. For street with cold bite; semi-metallic is what I have and no squeallin' and its what I suggest. Plus these are only about $70-80 vs Hawks $100+ price. I prefer more cold bite then hot braking ability (this is total personal preference), pads are so easy to change out anyways, when I Autox'd I ran Trak+ pads on my maxima and HPS for daily and towards the end I just ran NAPA Ultra Semi's, took me about 5 mins to swap pads, these cts-v's are far easier to do it with.

As for brake fluid and master cylinder you are fine. I know of about 7 confirmed cars running this CTS-V setup just fine, in fact buickman just did the Rear GXP brake upgrade and his seems to be holding up well. I would definitely keep an eye on fluid as you wear the pads. Check it every time you check the oil. The SS lines here are what give us the nice pedal feel when doing these brakes. Every car I've ever owned I've always done SS Lines because they really make a huge difference. I have less pedal travel now then when I was stock.

Alixor, I want some better pictures man! I see your tiny picture in the sig...I want big pictures. Those wheels are perfect for your car!
Quote Originally Posted by Alix0r View Post
Ive got a set of Hawks on and they work great.. once you warm them up lol... but i will probably just get a set of ceramics at Advanced when it comes time to change them... as for the fluid ya you have to keep an eye on it due to the calipers requiring more fluid...and pedal travel is not bad at all
Thank you both for your input... I'm inclined to do this, lolz, what the hell right! As I don't do much city driving any more that I'm sure would keep the Hawks nice n warm, I'll skip them. I've read online good things about the Napa's so would probably give them a shot. How's the dust level with those semi/matalics?

Ok, so I'm curious about the fluid level. Is there a master cylinder swap that would give a larger resivour of fluid without making any issues w/ABS or whatnot so as to avoid worrying about the brake fluid levels? Is it something worthwhile to do?

thanks again for letting me pick your brains...