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08 X5, heavy car - finally had to put in new rotors, and pads all around at 50k miles - Textar (OEM pads and rotors) which notoriously had a lot of dusting but these newer ones supposedly are better. More on that in a bit. So conflicted with whether I should be bedding the brakes this time as I had zero issues not doing the bedding after just pads being done 3 years ago and the car stopped great every time even when the front pads only had 230 miles left according to the sensor.
My very trusted indy mechanic says to take it easy for the first 50 miles and didn't recommend bedding even after being asked directly while the internet only mentions the bedding procedure in passing. Some articles go on to say it actually improves braking as well as reduces brake dust (secondary importance if that's even true).
Right now it's only got 5 miles on them light braking but it surely does not [yet] bite like what I'm used to. Thoughts?
My very trusted indy mechanic says to take it easy for the first 50 miles and didn't recommend bedding even after being asked directly while the internet only mentions the bedding procedure in passing. Some articles go on to say it actually improves braking as well as reduces brake dust (secondary importance if that's even true).
Right now it's only got 5 miles on them light braking but it surely does not [yet] bite like what I'm used to. Thoughts?
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