Just had new EBC Grooved disks installed front & rear + Red Stuff pads. I have only done about 6 miles on them, and could not help but drive a tad fast and forgot i had new disks and pads! I didnt need to brake too hard but fairly hard. . .

I now feel really bad I should not have done this because they are brand new disks & pads and need time to wear in properly. As long as I take it easy on the braking for a few hundred miles or so everything will be fine

Cheers, James

 

Quite the opposite.

first thing you need to do with new rotors and pads is go out and bed the pad compound on to the brake rotor surface.

This is done by doing a series of very hard stops from high speed- without coming to a full stop. Each pad manuf. has its own method, but in essence, it's go out and brake hard several times- this transfers pad compound on to the rotor surface evenly.

 

ah phew, feel better now!! thought i'd hurt my poor baby. Well thats good, Think i'll plan a nice trip for tomorrow!

Thanks

 

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great advice. here is some more help.

http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

beers

 

just wondering - my new pads are crap on the track (carbotech bobcats) . Is it possible that the discs have material in them from the previous pads (mazdaspeed) and that is causing the problem . I did not get the discs skimmed ....

 

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Bobcats aren't going to hold up to much track abuse (especially up front- I can see getting away with using them in back with an upgraded compound in front).
Perhaps they're not bedded properly. Resurfacing the rotor isn't always necessary. How exactly are they crap?

 

Actually they seem pretty crap on the steet as well - you have to put much more pressure on the pedal than I remember for other pads . I have the Bobcats on the front and I think Hawk on the rear but have only had problems since putting the Bobcats on .
On the track braking from 230km/hr down to about 70 they fade terribly after about 4 laps .

 

I agree, I run bobcats in the rear and XP-8's in the front for the track, they work just fine, for the street I use stock pads upfront since I had an extra set. For next season I want to find another rear pad that I can use both on the street and the track. I really don't want to change the rears for track days, changeing the fronts is all I want to do.

 

Phil at DPE says there is no pad that will do both street and track . However my old Mazdaspeed pads were great for both ......

 

Hawk HP Plus are also versatile. From the comments on this forum, you either love 'em or hate 'em. I like them because I'm lazy about swapping pads for track days.