new brakes protocal

[khevolution]

hi just put my car in for a service to find out that the brakes have faded quite badly, so the garage have put on some brand new brakes, now i did ask the guys at the garage whether there is a way to bed in the new brakes to help with the life, but they said no i could just use them like normal, but i have heard elsewhere that i gotta take it easy with the brakes and try and avoid hard usage of the brakes for about 150miles

now which one is correct, as i don't fancy paying out for new ones any time soon

[jimmyb]

There is a bedding in procedure but not sure what it is. When i do mine i drive gently for the firt 200 miles or so but was recently told there is something else you are meant to do.

[Karlos69]

For normal road driving, just careful gentle braking for the first 200-300 or so miles will suffice.

If you're bedding in pads for the track then you'd need a more aggressive strategy, but I assume you'll be after the first one.

[cardoctormatt]

The garage will say drive as normal but i would say gentle braking to start with as if you do heavy braking then you can glaze your new pads wich will cause brake squeel and sometimes harder braking