Mulling on Brake Bedding......

[jsoto]

I've always done a bedding after a install but after swapping out the pads on my BBK last night and then following up by some whiskey, I was thinking is bedding really superficial or not for STREET applications. Think about it. Rotors rust when sitting. Hell, they rust after I wash the car. Just short of bedding every couple hundred miles, doesn't the transfer layer wear off in street applications.

[StephenVA]

There is a transfer of pad material to the rotors even in street applications (depending of course on quality of the pads). Rust happens nothing will stop that including LOTS of pad material on the rotors.
As you are well aware I am sure, there are a ton of website info on the benefits to properly bedding in pads for street applications. So the real question you are asking is: "With my application, will I notice if the pads are not broken in other than what happens with normal driving?" That, only you can answer....

[Ricky Bobby]

a good bedding session is always beneficial - did my mother in laws this past weekend and the centric rotors and pads look and perform great - doesnt take too long to do and seems to work great

[80stech]

I wouldn't worry about braking in brakes and have another whiskey instead. Cheers

[jsoto]

Yamazaki 18. It's the only one I have on the shelf. Must keep like 4-5 bottles on hand.

Between the brief post install drive and test, and the wifes DD travel today, still needs some more miles to get the pads to conform. Front's look good. Rear's still have tinges of surface rust on both sides --- which means not decent contact yet.

Might do the brake lines and replace just to be proactive..
FWIW, the lines have liteally burst on me at least 3 times and these are OE Brembo lines each time.

[iansanderson]

I have never "bed" my brakes, nor anyone's I've installed, and there have been many. Every factory recommendation I have ever seen, even on the M cars, says to avoid hard stops for the first XXX miles after new pads and rotors have been installed. My brakes have always quiet, effective, and long lasting from going easy on them at first. And yes, all metal rotors will rust in the right conditions, regardless of how much slamming of the brakes you do. You will need carbon-fiber composite rotors to avoid that issue.

[StephenVA]

Every pad manufacture recommends a "break in period". The real trick is to heat the pads to transfer material from the pads to the rotor, thereby creating a surface layer. The notice to NOT fry the brakes is to allow the pads to break in and not release the resins that hold the pad to the backing plates.

To enhance the conversion, here are a few sources to expand the knowledge of what is actually happening to new pads/rotors.

More info if needed:https://www.zeckhausen.com/catalog/i...Path=6446_6443

Stock Brake System Bed-in

How To Bed In Brakes, How To Break In New Brake Pads

http://www.centricparts.com/files/te...tor-bed-in.pdf

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by 80stech

I wouldn't worry about braking in brakes and have another whiskey instead. Cheers

Most car repair places just swap out the brake pads and call it a day. They do not take the car out and bed in the new brake pads. Most manufacturers do not bed in the brake, they just assemble the car and ship it out the door. Of course if you are buying a Lambo or a Ferrari, they test drive each of their cars so they may bed in the brakes during the test drive.