noisy on the street, but it needs to stand up to light track use. Will the Hawks fill the bill or do I need to pony up for the Ferodos?

With my own ears, I can confirm that about half of the DS2500's installed on A8's do squeal. This <a href="http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/91929.phtml">Install</a> and <a href="http://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/92302.phtml">Update</a> is silent, and Jack applied anti-squeal goop to the back of the pad, but I think the common denominator is slotted rotors. Plain rotors squeal, slotted rotors are silent. Those with plain rotors can silence them (for a short time only) by rebedding the pads with a few hard 70-5 mph back-to-back stops. IMHO, slotted rotors keep the pad free of glazing, which is causing the brake squeal.

And out of curiousity, where'd you get the $190 price?<ul><li><a href="http://www.babcox.com/editorial/bf/bf80426.htm">Silencing Brake Squeal</a></li></ul>

...they, like many street pads are passable on the rears though on a nose heavy car like ours. I've run them on the rears at the track without issue (I've never swapped rear pads for the track).

Be careful with the Ferodo's, though, if your concerned about brake squeal.

same price as just the DS2500s. That's what I'm going to do. Thx!