That's pretty similar to what I do, but I do it on an open freeway where I can go about 65 mph and I do it in a couple of stages, not just one run. The most important part (besides getting the brakes hot) is to have plenty of time and distance to allow the brakes to cool before coming to a full stop. The very last thing you want to do is come to a complete stop with hot brakes.

 

Got the new pads from the dealer, but current rotors just cut down a bit from 29.5mm to 28.5mm Dealer says 27mm is the minimum allowed before required replacement. Dealer says I don't need to do the 60mph to 5mph 10 consecutive stops, but do you guys still recommend it?

 

Without hesitation.

 

Any worries about doing more damage than good? My fear is it won't be hot enough to actually seat, and I'll have done nothing more than worn down the pads/rotors, even here, they say you've gotta be pretty accurate:

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedinstock.shtml

 

No worries about doing more damage than good.

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedinfaq.shtml

 

er i still got a bad groove in the middle of my rotor after i bed them in... any one have an idea of whats going on and why it has that groove??? any comments are welcome.

 

any one???

 

All brake rotors will look like this, as has been said earlier. They are only perfectly smooth when new. Unless the grooves are really deep which indicates something got between the pad and the rotor, they are really going to be ok. Hitting the brakes hard, has nothing to do with this. Some rotors are grooved more than others. I have 4 different vehicles here and they all have different aspects of grooving in them.
It used to be, when you did a brake job, they put the rotors in a lathe and smoothed out all the grooves so that the new pads would start on a smooth surface and bed in together correctly. I guess if the dealer wants to GIVE you free new rotors, take them, but I dont see how this would happen, unless your rotors, caliper piston, or pads are defective.
DanF

 

hummm that doesnt look normal too me... theres one groove that is bright silver... any one else think this is normal not normal... please chime in.