Originally posted by Slack Master Doug:
I did 4-5 30mph-10mph stops (repeated very quick), then a few 60-15mph stops (again repeated very quick). This is what john (chknhawk) recommended to get them bedded.


Actually that is the generic bedding recommendation from companies like Stoptech, Hawk and Brembo. The bedding varies from pad to pad as the compound varies. Tom was correct about the heat cycling but there is another reason pads should be bed in and that is to deposit material from the pad to the rotors in an even layer. It is the friction of the pad to pad contact that slows the car, not the pads on rotors.
I usually do 30-15 mph three or four times and then I let the brakes cool a bit and move up to 60-20 mph three or four times and let the pads and rotors cool again. Try to stay off the brakes during the cooling period because if the pads are too hot you can cause uneven deposits on the rotors.

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

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