What is the correct method of bedding in new pads?

[faroogoo]

Just read the thread "ABS" & im due for new pads soon & realised i dont know what the correct way to bed in new pads is?

[VrWagz1]

I'm not 100% that this is fully correct, but i simply just do a trip round the block, and do a few gentle stops from about 60km/h to about 10km/h and thats bout it. I usually just try and take it easy on them for the first day, and after that she's apples.

[VX2001]

Cruise about 15 kph and brake to a gentle stop. Repeat adding 20 kph each time until you get to average road speed.

Basically, don't just go to 100k and slam on the brakes.

Above is being a bit anal, but all brakes I replaced ( many hundreds over the years ) just apply constant light pressure for awhile ( obviously, down a quiet street or carpark )

[SICKTG]

just go for a cruise and drive along with the brakes on itll bed the suckers in the pads i recently got for the vs were a no bed in type pad worked awesome first time the brakes were applied

[Morton]

I don't think you have to be THAT pedantic, but I do 10 warmup runs.

Each time (of the ten times), I do the following:

1) speed up to 60
2) brake gently (like grandma would) down to about 5kph (don't stop)
3) roll around a u-turn (I like to use a long street with two t-junctions for this)
4) speed up to 60 going the other way
5) brake gently down to 5kph again
6) rinse and repeat

Then drive normally

[Tasmaniak]

lots of ways to skin a cat as you can see but the thing that you see repeating itself over and over again is speed up..and slow down but DO NOT stop.

[jas98]

also look behind u and make sure no one is behind you ya don't wanna be like "hey my brakes are better then ever" and relise the guy/chick behind you has pretty **** brakes

[HARVZ-6]

just gentle braking..

dont go out an do 100ks n slam them on all youll do is cook the pads and the metal particles in them with go hard and chop the cr*p outa your rotors and squeal like crazy

[Philthy]

I don't think you have to be THAT pedantic, but I do 10 warmup runs.

Each time (of the ten times), I do the following:

1) speed up to 60
2) brake gently (like grandma would) down to about 5kph (don't stop)
3) roll around a u-turn (I like to use a long street with two t-junctions for this)
4) speed up to 60 going the other way
5) brake gently down to 5kph again
6) rinse and repeat

Then drive normally

That's what I do as well. I think most pads come with instructions for bedding in, but the most important thing as far as I can tell is not to do any hard braking for the first few k's