I used to run plazzies on the rear they were insane......medium grind chris As for your problem.....with loud brakes......set the pads up as close to the rim as poss and run boosters will make a whooosh noise witch is real nice..... As for pads on the front......u really only need a light grind and a medium compound pad material.....koxx reds or even koxx blues /heatsink blues Job done Dave