Hey guys, I just installed my brembo rotors and hawk pads yesterday, and they feel great.. only 2 things though...

1. The pads seem to have left a black streak where they sit on the rotors.. is that normal, and will it come off at a carwash or something?

2. When I bring the car to complete stop, sometimes i can hear squeaking just before it stops completely... about 20% of the time i stop... is there anything i can do to fix that problem?

 

You have to "beed" or "bed" them in, however you spell it. Go out when there is minimal traffic (preferably on a highway or open street with no cars) and do a few braking trips from about 40-5 and then accelerate and then brake hard again. repeat this process and do it at higher speeds as well, but NEVER COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, because the rotors will be heated and once you stop the pads will in a way "imprint" themselves and this can cause rotors to warp.

So do a few speed/brake runs and just cruise for a little while the brakes vent out and cool, then you should be good and have no squeaking/black marks

 

^^^ what he said.

Actually, if you look at the box the Hawk pads came in, it will have specific bedding instructions on the side....

 

Exactly, but I modified my runs a little bit

 

yeah, i did the bedding in process and followed that to a tee.. i came to a complete stop though during the runs.. they didnt say not to on the box.. but yeah i did the process outlined and the sqeaking didnt start until later on that night after i'd been driving around for a little bit.. should i try it again?

 

How much squeaking are we talking about? Because with my RTP rotors/HPS pads I had a little squeaking for about a week and then it just went away, and comes back once in a while. So I would say that it is normal because of the material the pads are made of.

 

ok... yeah.. its not a whole lot.. it only happens like right before i come to a complete stop, and it only happens like less than half of the time i stop