Break in period / technique for brakes?

[ThreePedalPlow]

Just wondering if there is a suggestion for breaking in brakes before abusing them a little bit. I'm easy on my brakes in general but I'm curious what these Brembos are about and kind of just want to stand on the brake pedal at 70 MPH and see what happens

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[Carter1776]

Just wondering if there is a suggestion for breaking in brakes before abusing them a little bit. I'm easy on my brakes in general but I'm curious what these Brembos are about and kind of just want to stand on the brake pedal at 70 MPH and see what happens

No brake in needed for the brakes. If you have the PP you have 6 piston fronts and 4 piston rears. You’ll lock All 4 up if you stand on it going 70, I’ve avoided a lot of bad situations due to the brembos doing an amazing job. Only con, they are brake dust machines. Wheels will get filthy from spotless from one good drive lol

 

[Lidsoff]

If you care about burnishing your brakes you can do that before hand it’s 314 in the manual. You should be fine aslong as you don’t hold on them for long after at a stop.

 

[Dena]

No brake in needed for the brakes. If you have the PP you have 6 piston fronts and 4 piston rears. You’ll lock All 4 up if you stand on it going 70, I’ve avoided a lot of bad situations due to the brembos doing an amazing job. Only con, they are brake dust machines. Wheels will get filthy from spotless from one good drive lol

Unlikely you will lock them up because you will trigger the ABS system. On my 96 I probably only triggered it 3 times in 27 years. That said, with good brakes it will feel like your standing the car on its nose with dry, clean pavement. The tires I run are good but I am sure what these mustangs come with is far more sticky.

 

[BrianJ77]

I've always heard to brake gently for the first 300 miles. Avoid hard stops and slamming on brakes to allow the pads to seat to the rotors properly. Allegedly prolongs brake pad and rotor life.

 

[DevilDog]

Is anyone thinking about changing to low dust ceramic brake pads? I've got a little over 150 miles on my car and the wheels are covered with brake dust.

 

[BrianJ77]

Is anyone thinking about changing to low dust ceramic brake pads? I've got a little over 150 miles on my car and the wheels are covered with brake dust.

That's a possibility I would consider if the brake dust doesn't ease up after break in. I've done that before with other makes I've owned, but usually my Ford vehicles quit being quite so dusty after a thousand miles or so.

 

[DevilDog]

That's a possibility I would consider if the brake dust doesn't ease up after break in. I've done that before with other makes I've owned, but usually my Ford vehicles quit being quite so dusty after a thousand miles or so.

Thank you. I put low dust ceramic pads on my Z06's, and they were great.

 

[dfwford]

Just wondering if there is a suggestion for breaking in brakes before abusing them a little bit. I'm easy on my brakes in general but I'm curious what these Brembos are about and kind of just want to stand on the brake pedal at 70 MPH and see what happens

Speaking as a man myself, I personally don't know of any man that isn't heavy on the pedals. And it's not on purpose, but mostly by virtue of nature with us having relatively bigger feet and a relatively more muscular physique (thus putting more weight on the pedals)

So you might *SAY* you're easy on the brakes, but I'm not sure I buy it!

In all seriousness, I wouldn't worry about breaking in the brakes. They're good for 30,000 miles easily and Brembos are built specifically to take a hell of a beating since they're used on sports/performance cars

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