Another Brake Pad question
1. All new brake pads require a bedding process, start this process by pumping your brakes a few times to assure proper installation. Once on track perform several moderate (medium) near stops (to a very slow rolling speed) to thoroughly warm up the pads and rotors. This should take 1-2 laps. This allows a thin layer of the pad material to be transferred into the micro-grooves of the rotor.
But here is my (possible) issue: I used the street rotors with track pads (Porterfield R-4) for HPDE (lazy, I know, but I had little time to get ready). First two times I didn't feel a difference when I put the street pads back on. But the 3rd time, it felt like the street pads weren't grabbing at all when I put them on after a track day with the R-4s. They're not the OEM pads, just some cheapies I had found online since I don't drive aggressively on the streets anyway. So it could be just that, and when compared with the pads on my daily driver which has much better pads the difference shows.
But is it possible that there was transfer of material from the more aggressive pads and it's making the street pads less effective? If so, in order for me to continue using these rotors for street, would I have to get them turned or could I sand them with a very fine sand paper? I think what I might do is simply get new rotors for the street pads and continue using these for track until they need to be replaced.
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