I recently came accross this write up on how to properly bed-in brakes.

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

I guess the Metal masters that I use are probably in the abrasive category, makes you stop and think about next time you get new pads and rotors.

 

Thats kind of a silly way to do it unless you have alot of room to being doing crazy stuff like that. Just get up to around 60 or so and load up the brakes while using the engine to maintain speed - that will more gradually heat the rotors rather then the heat spike you'd generate ramming on the brakes.

Anyways - hold the brakes down while doing 60 and you should start to smell them (crack your window) - then let off and cruise a for a mile down the highway and do it again. It should only take about 5-10mi of this depending on your brake setup.

 

I use that method. works fantastically!

 

which one, method from post 1 or 2?

 

The post 2 method will get the pads hot but you also need pressure on the pads to help the pad material transfer to the rotor. An aggressive deceleration will do that much more effectively than dragging the brakes.

 

I see you have never tried Hawk Blacks/Blues. They make metal masters look like butter!

 

+1. MetalMasters are nice street pads but I'd never call them "abrasive." If anything, I think you'd get as much mileage out of a set of metalmasters and rotors as with oem pads.

 

I find going from 60 to 10 eight times should be done on an empty stomach! Pretty sickening how these cars stop on a dime!

 

I am only doing 3 track days per year with my NA it may be a while before I can give those a try.

 

On our track cars we used to bed them with by driving several laps at about 8/10s, do a cool down lap or two without touching the brakes.