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Originally Posted by ulrichd
Well I did the accelerated method because the combo of new pads and new rotors seemed to have very little bite at all- to the point where I was worried about having an accident. After the first bedding in set they feel much better but I may have overdone it, I think there was some smoke coming from the front. Having the brakes bled on Wed and we'll see how I feel about them in about 200 miles or so.
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Had the same experience when making the switch to cool carbons. Took a few hundred miles until I felt like they were somewhat bedded. The initial bite is clearly less than OEM, but they do improve with time. Early on in there life, I felt like I got excess or uneven pad material on the rotors when driving/braking hard. This stopped happening after about 500 miles (I guess they were finally cured). I was really happy with them after a couple thousand miles, then updated the front calipers to ST-60s and I'm now running Stoptech pads on the street. That being said, I'm am seriously considering replacing the Stoptechs with Cool Carbons for street duty. Definitely less dust and good feel once bedded.