installed my new pads and rotors 1k miles ago. i took it too easy on the brakes cuz i thought thats what i was suppose to do, now when i brake hard, i have all kind of loud noises, grinding feeling in the pedal and grinding noise. i've came to the conclusion that my brakes werent properly broken it.

would resurfacing the rotors do it?? or i need whole new setup?

 

Resurface the rotors and hit the pads with some sandpaper to get any glazing off.

Then follow this guide for break-in:
http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm

 

thanks mate, unfortunatelly i came across that site after my brakes were already broken in.

 

glad i read this! whew... just installed my brembo blanks!

 

cool brian, make sure the 1st thing u do is follow those direction. one wrong move is all it takes !

 

i will as soon as the rain stops... you think it'll make a difference if the roads are wet? if it doesn't make a difference then i'll go do it right now seeing as how there are no people on the road due to the weather.

 

yea dont do it in rain. i dont think its good since the rotors gonna get wet. u dont want to break it in with the rotors wet!

btw, u havent used the new setup yet have u?

 

nope... i just finished installing it as it started to rain this afternoon... i didn't think it was gonna rain this hard!!

 

yea man it suddenly got crazy, specially in the encino area. im seriously considering takin off the injen, too many piles of water around. and pierce parking lot SUCKS. they dont have any draining system, by the time i got into my car, my shoes were filled with water. the Victory parking lot was covered with about 3 inches of water floating around.

 

man my rotors and pads are making grinding and squealing noises too. mine have been in for about 1k too. dammit. guess i gotta fix it again...

 

well i did mine today... a lot less pedal feel than i thought. i might have to go with a more aggressive pad.

 

nice link i will bed my bbk properly when these freakin wheel spacers come in

 

One addition to the bedding in process listed on that website..

DO NOT DO THAT ON BRAND NEW ROTORS!!!!!

You'll ruin the rotors almost immediately if you do!!
If you're replacing the rotors and pads, you need to FIRST drive them a few hundred miles easily in order to let the rotors 'season'. once they've had a few dozen heat cycles, then and ONLY then should you get them hot enough to cause the pads to fade. If you don't, you can warp or crack your brand new rotors!!

Usually it's best to replace pads and rotors at different times.. always use old rotors to bed new pads, and vice versa. that way you don't have to worry about using brand new rotors to heat cycle and bed-in your new pads. the old rotors have the thermal conditioning already and can take the abuse.

only thing is to be sure that if you're using the old stuff to bed in the new stuff, make sure that the pads and rotor surface is smooth and gouge-free. otherwise you just grind the old gouges and ridges into your new stuff. best way to prevent that is to pull the pads off and stuff them up with some 100 grit sandpaper or on the concrete to smooth the surface before installing them back on the car.