Originally Posted by Bking (Post 2420175)

UPDATE: I after I gave them a horrible survey from Nissan Canada, the service manager contacted me and basically apologized for not telling me that new brakes might take a while to break in, and nearly got me into an accident. And it is normal for new brakes to feel "spongy" in the beginning.

Anyhow, I brought my car in this morning and in 30 mins they told me nothing is wrong. The service manager test drove the car and told me the ABS came on so the brakes are mounted correctly. He told me it can take up to 400-500 km (around 275 miles for you southern folks) in order for the brakes to fully break in. I told him about air in the brake lines but he said they never touched the brake lines when changing the brake pad so that was not possible. Also he mentioned that since my car is "5 speed" I will tend to slow my car by downshifting rather than using my brakes. I told him I use SRM and/or shift to neutral all the time and it hardly slows my car down so that's irrelevant. Finally he told me to give it a week or two to see if there are improvements, if not just bring it back in.

Thoughts anyone?

Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 (Post 2417404)

Kill him, you don't have Brembo's tell them to redo it and bleed your lines

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2420263)

my thoughts? = lol

who the hell has time to wait 275miles for brakes to break in? you almost crashed in less than 200ft. :icon17: it will only happen probably another 275-300 times. but that's normal. :ugh:

Originally Posted by Bking (Post 2420175)

UPDATE: After I gave them a horrible survey from Nissan Canada, the service manager contacted me and basically apologized for not telling me that new brakes might take a while to break in, and nearly got me into an accident. And it is normal for new brakes to feel "spongy" in the beginning.

Anyhow, I brought my car in this morning and in 30 mins they told me nothing is wrong. The service manager test drove the car and told me the ABS came on so the brakes are mounted correctly. He told me it can take up to 400-500 km (around 275 miles for you southern folks) in order for the brakes to fully break in. I told him about air in the brake lines but he said they never touched the brake lines when changing the brake pad so that was not possible. Also he mentioned that since my car is "5 speed" I will tend to slow my car by downshifting rather than using my brakes. I told him I use SRM and/or shift to neutral all the time and it hardly slows my car down so that's irrelevant. Finally he told me to give it a week or two to see if there are improvements, if not just bring it back in.

Thoughts anyone?

Originally Posted by Bking (Post 2420333)

I would say I almost crashed in less than 20 ft. I was still inside the tiny-a$$ service parking lot trying to get out, and one of the mechanics driving in front of me hard braked for oncoming traffic and I almost (within 1 ft) rear-ended him.

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2420263)

my thoughts? = lol

who the hell has time to wait 275miles for brakes to break in? you almost crashed in less than 200ft. :icon17: it will only happen probably another 275-300 times. but that's normal. :ugh:

Originally Posted by Bking (Post 2420180)

No I haven't killed him yet. I will see in a week or two.

Originally Posted by Bking (Post 2420333)

I would say I almost crashed in less than 20 ft. I was still inside the tiny-a$$ service parking lot trying to get out, and one of the mechanics driving in front of me hard braked for oncoming traffic and I almost (within 1 ft) rear-ended him.

Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 (Post 2420351)

Again, KILL HIM... Tell them to fuck off and redo it
Don't half ass their fuck up... Isn't the bedding in supposed to be done by the tech when he takes it for a test?

Originally Posted by Bking (Post 2420433)

I kinda gave up. I mean the brake works and all but just doesn't feel the same anymore. Meh, I guess I'm stuck with this until I sell the car in the future.

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 2420504)

im kinda wanting to try the project mu pads when my stock pads are done.

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 2420510)

I use the Hawk Performance Ceramic pads. They are good balance for me of high performance without the high levels of dust that you get with semi-metallic pads.

Originally Posted by XwChriswX (Post 2420506)

When I took off my stock pads at 32k, they still looked brand new. I guess they are made for seriously long life, so you'll be waiting for a while.

Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 2420516)

I took mine off at 35K, and they had probably 2/3 of their life left. Oh well, I think they ended up where they deserved: in the trash :icon17:

Originally Posted by XwChriswX (Post 2420506)

When I took off my stock pads at 32k, they still looked brand new. I guess they are made for seriously long life, so you'll be waiting for a while.


Unless you're an uberbraker... :icon17: