MazdaSpeeder
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- Protege5 (5-spd)
I just purchased Stoptech Street Performance Pads and DRT Slotted Rotors to replace my front brakes on the P5. Unfortunately, the Bed-In procedures described by the two companies are mutually exclusive. See below:
Stoptech Recommends:
For a typical performance brake system using street-performance pads, a series of ten partial braking events, from 60mph down to 10mph, will typically raise the temperature of the brake components sufficiently to be considered one bed-in set. Each of the ten partial braking events should achieve moderate-to-high deceleration (about 80 to 90% of the deceleration required to lock up the brakes and/or to engage the ABS), and they should be made one after the other, without allowing the brakes to cool in between.
DRT recommends:
When replacing your rotors or brake pads the products should always undergo a process known as being "bedded in:"
Stoptech Recommends:
For a typical performance brake system using street-performance pads, a series of ten partial braking events, from 60mph down to 10mph, will typically raise the temperature of the brake components sufficiently to be considered one bed-in set. Each of the ten partial braking events should achieve moderate-to-high deceleration (about 80 to 90% of the deceleration required to lock up the brakes and/or to engage the ABS), and they should be made one after the other, without allowing the brakes to cool in between.
DRT recommends:
When replacing your rotors or brake pads the products should always undergo a process known as being "bedded in:"
- Drive the vehicle between 35MPH-40MPH lightly apply brake pedal to a complete stop.
- Repeat process for 8-10 times.
- Avoid heavy braking for the first 200 miles, unless in situation to avoid an accident
