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Offline clipperjay

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Re: Bedding in Brakes
« Reply #10 on: 07 March 2014, 19:23 »
What came first tinternet or the wheel?  :laugh:
Listen mate ever since I was in nappies and driving, my old man used to say......!
"Drive 100 miles normally keeping your distance from cars upfront"
"After that the brakes are bed in"  :wink:
Simples!

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Re: Bedding in Brakes
« Reply #11 on: 24 March 2014, 15:29 »
haha ye ye but they used to think smoking was good for you so that old saying thing doesn't mean anything to me :P

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Re: Bedding in Brakes
« Reply #12 on: 24 March 2014, 21:43 »
The rules I follow (not saying it's correct) is take it relatively easy the first couple of hundred miles and leave the car in gear if parking on an incline during this period.
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Re: Bedding in Brakes
« Reply #13 on: 25 March 2014, 09:42 »
So literally no one has done the 60mph thing..?

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Re: Bedding in Brakes
« Reply #14 on: 25 March 2014, 11:23 »
Ignore the ebc one as they come coated with a bedding in compound/coating on the pads and need bedding in different. I have asked my suppliers brembo and ferodo and have not got a definite answer on best way so I advise to drive normal and be aware stopping distances may be greater until bedded on which is around 200 miles
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