I am currently replacing my front brake pads per TSB fix. Did you guys bed these in to increase the longevity of the pads? Should I try or are the OEM pads different

also what method did you use if so and did you feel a noticeable difference?

thanks.

 

IIRC, there is no bedding-in procedure for the OEM pads. A few stops in your daily driving is all it needs to burnish the pad to the rotor since it's such a soft compound.

I do not suggest doing the high performance pad bedding procedure as it's too aggressive for the OEM set-up. Depending on which method you use, you'll likely end-up glazing the rotors, in which case you'd have to have them resurfaced.

 

I would think all new break pads would need to be bedded in.

 

i think this is a bit of an older truth but most pads now don't really require it. most oem compounds and ceramic compounds will not benefit from it. i cannot speak for race-track grade compounds.

essentially bedding only removes the top layer or if done improperly creates a glazed surface. you don't want the glaze and the surface will be quickly wiped by the rotor after the first couple of stops anyway.

i used to bed in pads with my first three cars (older chevy sedans, ford taurus SHO) but with my acura and infiniti i stopped doing it and have not seen any issues with pad life.

just my two cents.

cheers.

 

What year was your SHO?
I had a 94 and holy crap was that thing rough on brakes.

 

ah nice, i had a 94 also, black ATX, and it was rough on brakes for sure but i truly believe they were undersized. i upgraded to the 96 SHO front knuckles since they had a significantly larger rotor. best mod i ever did to that car.

 

I was told by a mechanic that the pads do not require to be broken in. However, new rotors will.

 

well there really isn't any break in i can think of for new rotors other than if they are new (or any time really) you don't want to come to a screeching halt then put the car in park. excessive heating on one specific area of the rotor can cause warping.

with new rotors be sure to clean any oil off that comes from the factory packaging.

 

To some extent, that's true. Some rotors are sensitive to thermal shock.

 

lol back when we had our brakes changed at Tire Kingdom they guy looked at me with the weirdest face when I asked him about "Bedding the brakes"

 

I had a set of Posi-Quiets put on at my shop and all we did was cut the rotors and slap the new pads on

 

I just changed my front oem pads yesterday. The factor service manual does actually have a bedding procedure. That being said, its not a very rigorous procedure that you would see on high performance after market pads. I really did not do anything other than take a spin around the block to verify that they were working properly.

 

With a brand new set of pads and rotors I did no less than 10 stops from 40mph with at least a minute in between with medium pedal pressure without coming to a complete stop if I could help it. You want a good contact layer to develop on the new rotors. You will get optimal stopping after 1,000mi or more. Within that time you want to avoid hard braking or panic stops if possible. This is for my Axxis/ PBR ULT pads.