Just got my Eradispeed Rotors installed today and they look sweet!

I asked the guys at the shop if they required any break-in and they said no. However, I thought I remember seeing posts about "seasoning?" Do I need to treat them special in any way?

 

The only break in that I did was just drive fairly easy for a week or two.

 

According to Baer's website, the guys at your shop are full of it. All new rotors need to be seasoned was what I was always told, anyway.. here's some linkage for ya...
http://www.baer.com/bedding_street/

Good Luck,
BadAttitude

PS - those Eradispeeds are KILLER looking. :yesnod:

 

Great info and great link! Thanks!

 

Dude, those look really good!

 

:D Thanks and Thanks! That's why I got 'em! I had the calipers professionally painted today as well and they should last forever. I can't stop!!!

On to the next mod...


[Modified by psychokiller, 9:27 PM 3/21/2002]

 

You should definatetly season those Rotors! How much did it cost to get your calipers painted and do you have a local contact?
JB

 

Hard to seperate out just the painting, since I had the rotors installed and had them take off and paint the calipers at the same time. The whole deal was about $450. Paint was $84 + tax, paint labor was $144 + tax. Additional $208 + tax labor for taking off and reinstalling the rotors and caliiipers.

I'm very happy with the whole deal and the caliper color is perfectly matched to the red in the wheel emblems.

Corvette Center of Utah is the shop and they do great work.
http://www.corvettecenterut.com

Ken is the proprieter and he's a great guy! Highly recommended!

 

The rotors should have come with instructions for seasoning the rotors and bedding the pads. Two important things to do if you want these things to work well and last. If you went out and stomped on them early, you might have done some harm. The bedding process can be done over, if needed, but the seasoning process is supposed to wipe off the zinc coating where the pads contact the rotor before you apply major heat.

I recently installed the eradispeeds and Hawk high performance pads.

I drove the car less than normally, which means I babied the brakes, for a couple of hundred miles. Only then did I take the car out and run through the bedding process. Worked great and the brakes are quiet. Apparently, there is a molecular process going on between the pads and the rotor material that is important to longevity and stopping ability. During the process you are supposed to get the rotors up to 11,00 degrees.... pretty hot! When I bedded mine I had some smoke so I knew things were heating up.

I think the links you were given will take care of the details of doing it.

I haven't raced the car yet but it seems that in normal driving that I have better stopping power. I'll know after April 7th. They sure do look good and I get lots of comments.

I did the whole job myself, which included painting the rotors, and it took me a full day. This included stainless brake lines at the same time. Not a difficult job to do if you have a lift and the tools. A speed bleeder is a great thing to have when it comes time to suck out the old and put in the new brake fluid. I bought a bleeder that runs off compressed air and used it to bleed 3 cars that were in the craftshop within about a 30-minute period.

 

Just had mine installed a week ago along with hawk pads and they are quiet. I have not done any hard braking. I am slowly letting them break in before I do some hard stops.

 

How difficult was the installation of the rotors? I've heard that the rear one are a real pain! :seeya