Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras - View Single Post - Do I need to bed-in the brakes on my daily driver?

sperry · 2011-09-21, 11:00 AM

That's probably a decent enough procedure to bed them in.

Most shops won't tell you to bed them in because they don't want the liability of a) someone wrecking while trying panic stops or b) someone over-doing it an demolishing the new street pads. Really, on a non-performance car, you're fine just driving carefully for the first 50-100 miles or so knowing that the brakes will be a little weak and just wait for them to bed in on their own. But following the above procedure will hurry that process along.

2011-09-21, 11:00 AM	#2
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	That's probably a decent enough procedure to bed them in. Most shops won't tell you to bed them in because they don't want the liability of a) someone wrecking while trying panic stops or b) someone over-doing it an demolishing the new street pads. Really, on a non-performance car, you're fine just driving carefully for the first 50-100 miles or so knowing that the brakes will be a little weak and just wait for them to bed in on their own. But following the above procedure will hurry that process along. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?