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Old 05-09-08, 11:40 PM   #16
Thermodyn
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Originally Posted by IdahoDoug View Post
Me thinks you're missing the point, Falco. You DON'T want to take it easy - you want to properly bed them in with several hard stops to ramp them up to a very hot temperature right after installing. Doing/not doing this determines the future of the brakes effectiveness.

DougM
Oh, this is just perfect.

So I just put brand new OEM rotors and 100 series pads on the wife's LX. Been driving it the last week to make sure everything is working properly. I have been driving it gingerly for the most part, but did a couple of hard stops the first night I put it back on the road. Maybe three stops from about 50mph down to 15mph, but did not drag the brakes as described in the link provided by corsair23. The brakes seem to be stopping much more positively than with the old set up. Is it too late for me to do a break in on the new pads/rotors? I've put about 150 miles on them thus far. Sorry for the hijack, but I felt it was pertinent.

Thanks.


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