raidacaipo

I have a civic hatch and I just replaced my front rotors. The pads are also brand new and are heat treated so they do not need to be broken into according to the instructions.

I know how to break into rotors but is it necessary? Do all new cars from the honda factory require a break in period for their rotors?

Just wondering cuz I think its ridiculous for the instruction to tell me to drive 60mph and then apply the breaks until it gets to 10mph BUT dont come to a complete stop. Do they expect me to find an airport to break these rotors and pads into then or something?

raidacaipo

And yes I read the BRAKE section on honda-tech already so don't give me a link or direct me to that page. I figure this is for my civic and I would generally get more responses from people than in the Brake Section. zzzzzzzz

raidacaipo

bump

Immortal One

I would do the break in procedure. I've always found brakes to be be much more consistent and longer lasting when I've done it vs. when I have not.

AutoXer

It depends. Normal breaking, normal driving, it won't make much difference. My track pads and rotors, I always bed in. For most people it won't matter much.

highliner82

get up to about 100 mph and then slam on ur brakes!!lol iv never dont this on any car ever! and never had a prob and as cheap as our brakes are i wouldnt bother but i guess it wouldnt hurt..

98civdx

I just drove on mine normally. I havent heard of anyone haveing issues with not brakeing in rotors.

raidacaipo

See I would do the breaking procedure but where can I find a road that will let me do 60mph and then slow down to 10mph and do that 4 more times without any traffic interference? Seems like an empty airport is the only place that's why I question this method because I hardly think anyone actually does it but I could be wrong.

Drop_A_Dookie

i never do it, and my brakes are always good

Former User

Thread copied to the Brakes forum.

94EG8

We never broke in rotors when I worked for Honda. I could do it at home pretty easily though, I live out in the country and I can easily get up to 60MPH and not see any traffic, so I guess it depends on where you live.

Red_Army

^^find a country road. i could do that alll day long without anyone being bothered or stopping me.

i break mine in about 80% of the time. i didn't break my last ones in fully but they still work fine almost 2 years later.

raidacaipo

Yeah I could find an open road but that must mean I have to drive to the open road first. Jack up the car and THEN install the new rotors and do the bed in procedures.. I live in the city and if I even decide to break for a sec on a 40mph road while cars are behind me, I will get honked at. -_-

So does that mean I don't have to break into oem rotors?

94EG8

I never have, installed a bunch of them, never had issues as long I used good rotors *shrugs* The only issues with warped rotors I ever had was using the cheap whitebox generic ones, they're absolute garbage.