Beartrax

I read one post somewhere on audiworld.com that seemed fairly aggressive, but that was for track pads, I believe.
The rotors are plain (neither slotted or cross drilled). Fronts are ATE brand, rears are Zimmerman. I don't have the Pagid # in front of me, but they are described as "A nice mild upgrade from stock pads, pre-baked to speed the bedding-in process."

Is it best to do a series of mild decelerations to build up material on the rotor? (deceleration, not coming to a complete stop) Note that I am in CT and it will be between 15 and 40 degrees air temp when I am doing this.

Thanks in advance!

L8TE APX

without activating the ABS. Then let the barkes cool by driving for 10 minutes and do the same ten 60-10 mph again. You might check the tech section of AW as well as the Pagid tech pages for any other info.

ryoung

The heat you'll be putting into the rotors will overwhelm the cold air temp. I generally follow L8TE's procedure, but with street pads only one set of about 5-6 "stops" from 70 to 10 mph followed by a good cool off.

Before you do either procedure, though, I suggest light braking from low speed a couple of times and then stop to visually check the wear pattern on the rotor. This just makes sure that the pads and rotors are installed correctly and that the entire rotor surface shows fresh wear.

matt13

Straight from the manufacturer.

CP

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