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Jul 4, 2003 | 03:29 PM

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[Brakes] One last question!

Ok guys, got everyone done! Now, it seems like the car is not stopping as well as it should. It just doesn't "grip" as well as it used to.

Is this normal untill the pads and rotors set together? :)

Jul 4, 2003 | 03:41 PM

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Re: [Brakes] One last question! (Mervz)

Go eaaaasy on them for now. Nice smooth stops!

Jul 4, 2003 | 03:43 PM

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Re: [Brakes] One last question! (Mervz)

Did you properly bed the brakes after installing the new pads?

Jul 4, 2003 | 03:50 PM

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Re: [Brakes] One last question! (65Z01)

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Did you properly bed the brakes after installing the new pads?

:iagree: Someone may have a better suggestion, but accelerate to 30 mph, make a smooth stop, repeat at tem mph increments to 60 or 70. Leave a little distance betweeen each increment. your purppose is not to overheat the brakes, rather to bed the surface of the pad with the roter

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Jul 4, 2003 | 03:52 PM

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Re: [Brakes] One last question! (jackdaroofer)

Yep, you can totally F up your brand new rotors/pads if you don't treat em' right out of the box.

Jul 4, 2003 | 03:53 PM

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Re: [Brakes] One last question! (scorp508)

They have zinc on them, so i was under the impression that i should drive normally (yet lightly) for about 50 miles before bedding. :confused:

Jul 4, 2003 | 03:58 PM

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Re: [Brakes] One last question! (Mervz)

The area the pads cover probably won't have zinc on them anymore after the first hundred miles.

Jul 5, 2003 | 01:24 PM

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Re: [Brakes] One last question! (jackdaroofer)

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Did you properly bed the brakes after installing the new pads?

:iagree: Someone may have a better suggestion, but accelerate to 30 mph, make a smooth stop, repeat at tem mph increments to 60 or 70. Leave a little distance betweeen each increment. your purppose is not to overheat the brakes, rather to bed the surface of the pad with the roter

Do not come to a complete stop. As you will be transeferring pad material to the rotor durring brake in procedures.

Find a empty area, stop from 50-10, 60-10, 70-10, and depending on your driving style, 100-10 using moderate braking force.