I know how to bed brake pads and season rotors, however here's unique situation that I have.

This saturday I put new Axxis Ultimate brake pads on with the normal rotors on my Integra. I bedded the pads in properly.

However, the next day I put new rotors on the vehicle.

Obviously the brake pads are bedded, but with the old rotors.

To season rotors you definetly need to drive them for about 6 days and don't brake too hard, then you proceed to the next step. On the flip side, these new pads are not bedded with the new rotors.

I don't want to bed these pads in, because it will cause excessive heat to the rotor and it won't settle in right.

What should I do?

I'm thinking to use the brakes nicely for a few days, and then do a full brake bed in process.

 

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I don't want to bed these pads in, because it will cause excessive heat to the rotor and it won't settle in right.
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wha?

Here is what you should do:

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_i...shtml

 

So rotors don't need to be seasoned?

According to this it does? It says not to bring the rotors up to extreme temperatures:

http://www.baer.com/Support/Te...pID=4

 

All you're really doing is putting a pad transfer layer onto the surface of the rotor. The rotors really don't do any "settling in"

 

Good to know. I will be doing my brakes soon. Thanks.

 

youre fine when putting new rotors on used pads.

i find an issue when you use the same rotors with different pads. rotors dont like that. part of the process is the pad material gets impregnated into the rotor. it doesnt like two different pad materials on the same rotor.

 

It's easy to tell when new rotors have a good layer of pad material on the surface. They will look slightly gray on the rotor surface (instead of bright silver)...

You defiantly want to re-do the brake in procedure (as detailed on stoptech's website) when you install new rotors.

 

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You defiantly want to re-do the brake in procedure (as detailed on stoptech's website) when you install new rotors. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Same for old rotors, even street pads like axxis ults will go into abrasive mode at a low enough ambient temp (40's or so it seems) which can often remove the pad deposition layer from the rotor requiring another bed-in.

 

The rotors are brown/greyish color now, except for the inner rotor - it has a blue tinge. Should I be worried. I have done the procedure twice now.

 

Your good to go...

Try to let them cool now for a couple hours with the parking brake off...

 

Vehicle is parked inside and won't be driven until tomorrow morning. Rear pads/rotors were not replaced, so having the parking brake on doens't make a difference. But the parking brake is not on.