better rear brakes

[TM]

Brett-
Without commenting on the stuff about rear brakes, your comments
on brake pads are, IMHO, off-base.

One major consideration of a car manufacturer is cost- if ATE can
make a pad for the application at a low cost compared to some other
manufacturers while still fulfilling the manufacturer's specifications,
they'll get the contract.

Some (but not all) aftermarket pads far exceed OEM specs but usually
at a significantly greater cost. That said, I am an advocate of using
better brake pads. IME, aftermarket pads are not necessarily "grabby"
by any means- I'm very happy with Hawk HPS for street/light track use,
far better than OEM ATE pads in every regard save cost. I'm also quite
happy w/ using Mintex Red Box pads in pure street applications because
their performance IME has been comparable to OEM while producing far
less brake dust.

I need to get a new set of Hawk HPS because the OEM Textars are pitting
and destroying my wheels as I write this.

Taka