EBC Greens beddding in

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EBC Greens beddding in

Postby Blugg » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:36 pm

Just got a new set. They feel awesome unlike the RB74s which felt spongy when cold.

Do these EBC greens need to be bedded in properly? I read somewhere that it may not be necessary?

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Postby bigdog » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:32 pm

They have a thin layer of 'bedding in compound' on the pad so just drive normally for around 500km with no hard stops while they wear in and then they're right. I have them on the Subaru and quite like them, although they are dirtier than stockies.
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:42 am

The greens are good, nice when hot but good when cold aswell. While we were fixing my car I was borrowing my cousins bmw which has Redstuff all round and omg they do sfa when cold

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Postby Lucky_Luke » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:15 am

I bought myself some pads too with some slotted rotors, the brake guy i bought them from told me that i needed to bed them in, he told me to just find a nice quiet back street and do about 5 increasingly harder stops from 80km/h, not sure whether this will really bed them in or just wear the coating of the surface.

Thats just what i was told anyway... does anyone else have any other light to shed on the 'bedding in' process????

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Postby jules » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:26 pm

I had to bed in the RB74's. I am one of the few who like them. They don't do anything when cold though.


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Postby Benny » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:51 pm

I used to love RB74's, but I can't get them now!!!!!
If someone knows where to get them for an NB, I'd really appreicate it.
I find the easiest way to bed in brakes is to get onto a freeway when there is no traffic, get up to around 100k's then hit the brakes hard (but not an emergency stop) and get down to around 20-30k's, then gently accelerate back to 100k's and repeat 3 or 4 times.
This will bed them in nicely, and quickly.

Many race cars bed their brakes in on the track during the warm-up lap, so you don't need a lot of time, just a few good hard applications with some cool down inbetween.
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Postby Blugg » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:40 am

You can get RB74s from RaceBrakes in Melbourne. www.racebrakes.com.au


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