Folks, hope it's not a dumb question, but as you know Max has had brand new AP`s fitted to the saff and only done 20 odd miles on them for it's MOT, he's trailering the car down tomorrow, my question is!!

What's the bedding in process for these??

Pete..

 

slam the anchors on at every roundabout you get to, waiting til 10ft before to do it



Sarah

 

Yep, keep standing on them, just off bringing in abs, and don't come to a complete stop.
Get it done and out the way.

 

Do i need to do a stop from a high speed or just normal speeds :

 

I bedded in my standard brakes like this

http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

 

40-50mph sort of thing, say 10 goes each increasing in severity should do it.

 

Cheers pal.......

 

Or follow the link
Pretty similar, main thing is to jump on them a few times, and not come to a stop with foot on brakes really.

 

i'd do it like this personally ;

AP Racing recommend the following procedure :

• If ducts are fitted they should be ž blanked off.
• Use previously bedded pads.
• For a minimum of 15 Km use brakes gently at first from initially low speeds - progressively raise speed to normal racing speed but still using gentle applications.
• For the final 2 or 3 applications brakes can be used quite heavily.
• If AP Racing thermal paints are used then only the Green paint (430°C) should have fully turned to white and maybe also just the Orange paint (560°C) on the outside edges of the discs during the bedding procedure.

* AP Racing offer a pre-bedding service at nominal extra charge. This ensures that discs are bedded consistently assuring better performance & life. Please contact AP Racing for details.

 

That's great thanks, i've printed that off so i remember...

 

This for pads...;

Race Friction Materials:
AP Racing offer a large variety of the best friction materials currently available from various sources to suit every racing condition. It is therefore very difficult to recommend a common ‘Bedding in’ procedures suitable for all friction materials. Please refer to the manufacturers own ‘Bedding’ information for guidance.

◘ Road Friction Materials

 

That's good info Martin, but fook me, that;s some shit to follow....

 

No worries

 

Basically sounds like you need a set of old pads to start with, then once you've followed the disc running in procedure then change pads and bed new pads in....you might need to do a couple of hundred miles this weekend!!

 

Sod all that fucking about, get them done.

 

Lol,

I'll do the miles mate but fook the old pads milarcky, i'll bed them in with the 8-10 stop procedure i think..

 

Fair play....but don't be surprised if you get a little warping, they can be a bitch to get right!!

they look sweet as fook though!

 

Yes i know mate, it's a fooking nightmare i've heard AND i don't really want to warp these babies.... real tears...

They do look nice, same as on my Evo, Sheady bedded those in for me though during mapping...

 

tbh mate, considering AP are right around the corner from you, you could get them to do it for you

 

That's true Martin............

 

Must be absolute wank if you can warp them, never seen warped brakes on a road car before.

 

they need to be heated and cooled properly when new, i also think having the wrong pads in from the start doesn't help either.

 

Done a mates 206 the other weekend, changes pads and discs and just took it for a 60mile drive and gave them death at every oppourtuniy

 

trouble is, Ł200 worth of pug brakes is different to Ł1500+ of AP's lol.

 

Pads Ł10
Discs Ł13.50 each

But still the same principle, not stopping to a dead halt etc

 

Yeah, you don't have to worry about 'warping' them, as they're much better quality, obviously.

 

 

ok, you know best.

 

i was told this

All pads should be bedded in with a series of gradually increasing speed stops on a quiet road from

30 - 10
40 - 10
50 - 10
60 - 10
70 - 10

Its important you do not to come to a complete stop, by the time you get to the 50 or 60 one you will have gasses venting from the pads - this is normal.

Once complete drive around to let the disc and pad cool naturally then that should be it.

 

What pads have you got mate? Martin gave me track instructions with my set and they suggest a few gentle braking sessions on the track straights and build them up speed wise if I recall correctly. I'll check if you want?

 

the bedding in process on my discs/pads had a long list of speeds etc. and the last line saud: 5 repetitive stope from 120mph to 10mph

where the f**k am i supposed to do that?

 

Lol Jim,

That's my point, i could of sworn i heard that you had to do one high speed run to 10mph..

I'm sure it'll sort out.....he says.

 

rs nuts gave me that info.. for Ferrodo Ds2500 pads with ap brakes

 

nice and slow ..if they were mine i would take em easy for a while

 

that shows how little you know about brakes

 

iv always worn brakes in like this and they worked brilliant.

 

well then that MUST make you right

 

1-Slam on the anchors

2-take out camera

3-take millions of pics

4-load them into computer

5-subject passionford to your millions of pics

 

AFPMSL!!!!

Proper funny!

Pete, have you actually thought about RINGING REYLAND!!!!??

 

that is, almost to the button, what martin said to me too

he said do the braking in one day, as in drive about doing the stops, then carry on as normal for 10-15 minutes, then go up another elvel, etc, etc
then park the car up overnight and when you get it they should be as good as

i have noticed that a few applications brings them right up to temprature and then it's just a gentle prod to bring our eyeballs into close proximity to the windscreen