pad bedding

The conventional wisdom is to bed pads by a series of stops from increasingly higher speeds, followed by cooldowns.  This may be difficult if you live in an urban area.

Here is a great idea from se-r.net:

I do my bedding on the open road when there is little traffic. Drive at about 50-60 mph and apply the brakes, dragging them while giving the car gas to maintain the speed.  Drag brakes for about 10 seconds and release.  Drive for about 1 minute to allow the brakes to cool, then drag the brakes again for about 20 seconds.  The brakes may begin to smoke, stink and you might feel a bit of green fade at this point but that is normal.  Drive for another minute to cool things off again and drag the brakes for 30 seconds.  You should definitely be smelling the brakes now and feeling some green fade.  Be careful at this point as now you will not be able to stop too well if you had to.  Drive about two minutes and repeat the process.  You might have to repeat this up to three times.  You can tell when the pads are bedded when you don’t feel the onset of green fade any more.  Be careful not to overdo the bedding process or you could glaze your brand new pads or even warp or crack your rotors.