W.hiteS.6

i just finished changing out my rotors n pads but i still need to burnish them in but its raining out n looks like itll be raining all day today n possibly till tomorrow. i need to use my car tomorrow so will it do any harm to burnish them in the rain?? will the the rotors heat up sufficiently and friction surface transfer properly in the wet? i want to do this properly and not waste the money i put into these brakes to ruin them. heres just some pics to look at

W.hiteS.6

anyone know?

7camaro7

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I don't know but I'd just drive it easy until it gets dry enough to get on them pretty good. I'm about to replace my rotors and pads as soon as the pads arrive.

Instructions for my set says to drive easy for the first 125 miles and then I should break in my pads with a few aggressive 60-0 stops

SS SLP2

iTrader: (8)

do not think rain would make any differance, I beleave to seat the system I would make 8-10 slllooooowwww stops from about 18-20 mph rolling between each stop to allow cooling , then 8-10 slllooowww stops from about 40-45 mph rolling between each to allow cooling, I beleave after the abovt your brake are good to go
just my .02' Johnny

BMR Sales2

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Dont do it in the rain. What kind of pads are you using?

7camaro7

iTrader: (15)

why not?

BMR Sales2

iTrader: (40)

Because your taking the car up to around 60mph (depending on who you talk to) and making some pretty drastic stops to bed the pad material into the rotor. Not to mention you are trying to keep a constant temperature in the rotors to evenly deposit the brake pad material.

Here is a good read for the OP

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedintheory.shtml

7camaro7

iTrader: (15)

I thought he was talking about his rotors mainly...

W.hiteS.6

hawk pads. n the box says theyre already burnished i just have to seat them to the rotors. keeping that constant temp in the rotors to evenly deposit the pad material is what i was really concernd about. but they seem to be fine, w/ no choice i did it in the rain bc i had to use my car the next morning..

W.hiteS.6

btw thats a good read. i hope i dont create any hot spots. greeat

7camaro7

iTrader: (15)

I got hawks hps pads and I didn't see anything about them being preburnished... In fact, I saw directions on how to burnish them.

I ended up burnishing mine and then I tried to take it easy on them for that full tank of gas(to break in rotors). My stuff's working good though.

And yea, I wouldn't burnish my pads in the rain. You'll just slide. I just figure if you don't abuse them as soon as you put them on then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Just go easy on them for a few hundred miles,(kinda how you should do when breaking in a new car)