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Old 27 December 2008, 06:30 PM
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I have just fitted a set of PF pads to my car and was wondering how long the normally take to bed in. The discs are the original ones. Any advice appreciated.

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About an hour.
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The advice on bedding in on the Ferodo pads that I got was to do up to 25 stops (not actually stopping, just slowing down to 20 or so) at about 50% 'racing braking' (i.e. trying to stop as quickly as possible) from increasingly fast speeds. After that and some cooling they should be ready to use normally

Took me about an hour on a nice flat straight empty dead end bit of road I know!
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Thanks for the advice guys
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