# overheating brakes

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 15, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224 "2013-06-15T14:31:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![BDSKJChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@BDSKJChris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BDSKJChris)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/overheating-brakes/267224/61 "2013-06-21T13:05:09Z")

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> [@NSX, Elise, C6, Viper](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nsx-elise-c6-viper/52983/80):
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> Still smelling a faint smell of brakes when sniffing the wheels after a drive. I dont smell it at the rear but do smell both front brakes. Both front wheels feel equally the same temperature.
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> Maybe normal? I never paid much attention to it before having issues. Maybe Im just paranoid now.
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> I swear I smelled the brakes this afternoon in Amsterdam but couldnt tell if it was my truck or an 18 wheeler down the road.

did you break in or “bed” your brakes after installing them?

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