Just bought some of these pads, Completely new to track days, So not that clued up on bedding in so if anyone can share best way? Do I bed them in on the first track day? The car will be used to drive to and from track (obvs can't do them tests on normal road)
I myself have just purchased some of these front pads, having them fitted tomorrow then going to follow the following advice to the letter;
When fitting make sure the pads aren't wedged in too tight, you may have to file some paint off the ends tabs , they want 1 mm of vertical play when cold so they have room to expand when get hot. Can run without the carrier shims or file more then bed them in as per instructions, which pretty much translates to the following;
You want to do a series of repetitive "stops" to get heat in them.
A lot of heat, think twice as hot of your oven so 600 deg C (this is important on the DS1.11 more so due to the make up/compound of them) something like
6 x 40-20 mph
6 x 60- 20 mph
6 x 80-20 mph
6 x 100-20 mph
Straight after each other to get them really hot, so slow down, speed up, repeat.
Do NOT stop or lock the brakes up.
Apply about 50% pedal pressure to start with and then build that up gradually and smoothly until really start leaning on them last few "stops"
They will smell and be really biting by the end of this, then you want to let them cool by hardly using them and driving to get some airflow through the wheels for a while.
They may smoke at the end, don't worry just drive to get some airflow through them.
If you have brake ducting in place or the fogs/arch removed. Blocking/blanking them up while you do this can help get the temps up
If doing it on track, just build heat into them by braking a bit longer than usual, then do a few cool down laps. Let them cool to below 100 deg C before going back out on them. This stabilises the pad compound, once it's done you can use them how ever you like they're done.
