MINI2 - MINI Forum - View Single Post - Upgraded Brakes instead of Big Brake System

northandy · Jul 16th, 2004, 02:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kapps

There are many different bedding in procedures. As he installed EBC green stuff ( a slightly high performance pad), hard braking probably was his best bet. The idea is to warm up the brakes then do some near lock-up stops from about 70 to 10 (not completely stopping). Very high performance setups actually require this be done a few times to completely bed them in. Here's a link on bedding in brakes: http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

Ok.... i did wonder !.... I could imagine that being the case with Redstuff pads and 6 pot's with floating disks, just wasnt sure with a fast road setup that would be the case

Jul 16th, 2004, 02:31 PM	#7
northandy AWOL My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2003 Local Time: 10:24 PM Posts: 14,328 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by kapps There are many different bedding in procedures. As he installed EBC green stuff ( a slightly high performance pad), hard braking probably was his best bet. The idea is to warm up the brakes then do some near lock-up stops from about 70 to 10 (not completely stopping). Very high performance setups actually require this be done a few times to completely bed them in. Here's a link on bedding in brakes: http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm Ok.... i did wonder !.... I could imagine that being the case with Redstuff pads and 6 pot's with floating disks, just wasnt sure with a fast road setup that would be the case