10-18-2018, 09:32 PM | #1 |
Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: Feb 2014
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where the hell do yall bed pads
so I'm about to do a brake job and paint my calipers. Got 4 new rotors, pads, the whole 9 yards...
I live just north of Denver. The bedding instructions say to step up from like 30/50/70 mph and do hard stops one right after the other in order to bed the pads. Problem is that I don't really have a road near me that I feel comfortable doing that on... Is there an alternative way to bed the pads? I don't recall ever having to do this on my older cars, and the brakes always seemed fine...what's the impact if I can only find a road to do it on from maybe 30-40 mph?; figure i can find a spot late night around me and get there, might be able to get up to 50ish but I'm not trying to pull a ticket for hitting 70 on a side street and then slamming on the brakes hahaha |
10-18-2018, 09:40 PM | #2 |
Drives: '14 1LE Join Date: Nov 2013
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Night run on the interstate or back road, with nobody else around?
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10-18-2018, 10:11 PM | #3 |
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yeah i was thinking interstate, but where I'm at the hwy is always packed. I think if I go about 20 or 25 min north of where I live I should be able to find a country road that might do the trick...I'll look at a map and see what I can find
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10-22-2018, 08:41 AM | #4 |
Drives: 2015 SS 1LE Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Long Island, NY
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What about a big mall parking lot late at night
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10-22-2018, 08:43 AM | #5 |
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I remember hard stops from 30 and 50 but don't remember 70,
is that what you are supposed to do? |
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