Your wet braking issue may be the same as the one occurring with the 99's.
There is a revised shield or back plate that was used when owners complained
of poor braking in wet weather. The issue was largely ignored by Mazda in
the US. I had wet weather braking problems with my 99. At the time, Mazmart
in Atlanta had a barn full of NB Miata's with front end damage. I spent
several hours on the phone with mazda customer service. First, they refused
to admit there was a problem or that alternate parts were available. Next
when presented with the revised part numbers, they tried to say that the
parts were for european versions only. I was given the name of a mazda
person within miata support who was knowledgeable concerning the issue.
Shortly thereafter, the dealer was installing the revised parts under
warrenty.

There was a thread concerning the wet braking issue on the miata.net forums.
I used Hawk pads as well, and found that they wore rapidly, made a constant
mess on the rims, and when it was time to replace them, I ended up replacing
the rotors as well as returning to stock pads.

"Scott Streeter" > wrote in message
...
> (Leon van Dommelen) writes:
>
> > nobody > wrote:
> >
> > >my 99 10 AE will is allmost rady for new pads I like to upgrade from
> > >stock but dont know what to go with can anyone help
> >
> > It may help if you tell us why you want to upgrade from stock.
> >
> > Leon
> > --
> > Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .)
> > http://www.dommelen.net/miata
> > EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen)
>
> I have a 2000 and found the Hawk pads to have much better wet braking
> then the stock pads. I'd always have to pump the brake once before
> they would grab with stock in a moderate rain but the Hawk's grab
> right away.
>
> --
> Scott Streeter
>
> http://www.wpi.edu/~ss/