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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks
... Or just brake harder  |
We get this a lot in the dealership. The basic answer is: a small amount of squeal is normal in a high performance braking system.
The quick and dirty fix is to drag the brakes (like your actually coming to a stop) for a hundred feet or so, then drive for a couple miles to let the brakes cool down before applying full brake pressure again.
Alternatively, you can sandpaper the glaze from the pads (especially the edges), scuff the rotor surface, apply B&G stop squeal to the pad surface and burn it in (my favorite part), and apply some 3M VHB double sided sticky tape to the back of the pads. Then, go bed the brakes in as normal.
Neither of these is a true "fix" as there is no true problem to fix.
If you think these rotors are big, the iron (steel, whatever. The ones that aren't CSiC) rotors on the Continental GT are 16.1" with a 2 piston floating caliper hauling a 6600lb car to a stop. They get replaced nearly every 20k-25k miles.