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We finally got back in town yesterday and I went out last night to re-bed the brakes using the procedure that Hawk suggests. 6-10 moderate slowdowns from 35 and 2-3 hard stops from ~45. The brakes feel noticeably better and my wife called me this morning after driving into work and let me know they now feel normal and she is loving the GS. I can still see the discoloration from the spot on the rotor (it is actually on both front rotors), but the feel of the spot w/ my fingernail is almost non-existent. I think at this point we'll skip the dealer and call it good. I have a theory that someone got the brakes heated up during pdi or a previous test drive and engaged the auto parking brake since it was on when my wife took delivery. This may have attributed to some of the pad material transfer, if not caused by the boat over or high humidity while the car sat on the lot.
I'm sure the dealer may have replaced everything if I made a big enough stink, but this method was easier and less time consuming in my opinion.
We finally got back in town yesterday and I went out last night to re-bed the brakes using the procedure that Hawk suggests. 6-10 moderate slowdowns from 35 and 2-3 hard stops from ~45. The brakes feel noticeably better and my wife called me this morning after driving into work and let me know they now feel normal and she is loving the GS. I can still see the discoloration from the spot on the rotor (it is actually on both front rotors), but the feel of the spot w/ my fingernail is almost non-existent. I think at this point we'll skip the dealer and call it good. I have a theory that someone got the brakes heated up during pdi or a previous test drive and engaged the auto parking brake since it was on when my wife took delivery. This may have attributed to some of the pad material transfer, if not caused by the boat over or high humidity while the car sat on the lot.
I'm sure the dealer may have replaced everything if I made a big enough stink, but this method was easier and less time consuming in my opinion.
Glad to hear that you (and your wife) are happy with the brakes now.
We finally got back in town yesterday and I went out last night to re-bed the brakes using the procedure that Hawk suggests. 6-10 moderate slowdowns from 35 and 2-3 hard stops from ~45. The brakes feel noticeably better and my wife called me this morning after driving into work and let me know they now feel normal and she is loving the GS. I can still see the discoloration from the spot on the rotor (it is actually on both front rotors), but the feel of the spot w/ my fingernail is almost non-existent. I think at this point we'll skip the dealer and call it good. I have a theory that someone got the brakes heated up during pdi or a previous test drive and engaged the auto parking brake since it was on when my wife took delivery. This may have attributed to some of the pad material transfer, if not caused by the boat over or high humidity while the car sat on the lot.
I'm sure the dealer may have replaced everything if I made a big enough stink, but this method was easier and less time consuming in my opinion.
PFA:
That's a beautiful car. I have the same one in the same color 😁. This car looks even slicker in your picture.
We finally got back in town yesterday and I went out last night to re-bed the brakes using the procedure that Hawk suggests. 6-10 moderate slowdowns from 35 and 2-3 hard stops from ~45. The brakes feel noticeably better and my wife called me this morning after driving into work and let me know they now feel normal and she is loving the GS. I can still see the discoloration from the spot on the rotor (it is actually on both front rotors), but the feel of the spot w/ my fingernail is almost non-existent. I think at this point we'll skip the dealer and call it good. I have a theory that someone got the brakes heated up during pdi or a previous test drive and engaged the auto parking brake since it was on when my wife took delivery. This may have attributed to some of the pad material transfer, if not caused by the boat over or high humidity while the car sat on the lot.
I'm sure the dealer may have replaced everything if I made a big enough stink, but this method was easier and less time consuming in my opinion.
PFA:
Glad to hear you got the issue resolved on your own - sometimes a little DIY route can save you time and energy instead of dealing with the overhead of going to the dealership.
BTW: Beautiful exterior color with the atomic silver - if you have a flaxen or chateau interior, you have (in my opinion) one of the best color combos on the GS.
Glad to hear you got the issue resolved on your own - sometimes a little DIY route can save you time and energy instead of dealing with the overhead of going to the dealership.
BTW: Beautiful exterior color with the atomic silver - if you have a flaxen or chateau interior, you have (in my opinion) one of the best color combos on the GS.
Thanks! That exact color combo was my wife's main requirement. Silver/Flaxen. She debated on the Atomic vs. Liquid Platinum and ultimately went with atomic as it seemed to have more depth and not look as common of a silver as the Platinum. Luckily we found a smaller dealer a couple hours away with 2 identical Atomic/Flaxen builds who were extremely willing to deal.
Thanks! That exact color combo was my wife's main requirement. Silver/Flaxen. She debated on the Atomic vs. Liquid Platinum and ultimately went with atomic as it seemed to have more depth and not look as common of a silver as the Platinum. Luckily we found a smaller dealer a couple hours away with 2 identical Atomic/Flaxen builds who were extremely willing to deal.
@oksir83 also its tougher to find an F-Sport with a Flaxen interior...i think a much higher % of F-Sport package GS's have either a Black or Red interior. Nice find!
09-10-19, 02:16 PM
