One thing that doesn't get talked about enough when you first pick up your Dark Horse: bedding your brakes. It sounds like enthusiast fussiness, but it genuinely affects how your brakes feel and perform -- especially if you ever plan to push the car on a back road or track day.

The Dark Horse comes with a serious Brembo setup -- 15.4 inch vented front rotors with 6-piston calipers. That hardware deserves a proper bed-in. The process transfers an even layer of pad material onto the rotor face, which improves bite and reduces the chance of hot spots, glazing, or pulsation down the road. Skip it and you will likely notice uneven braking or a pulsating pedal within a few thousand miles.

The street bed-in procedure:

• Find a safe, clear stretch of road (no traffic lights, no stop signs)
• Accelerate to about 60 mph, then apply firm, steady brake pressure down to 10 mph -- not to a full stop
• Repeat this 8-10 times back-to-back without letting the brakes fully cool between stops
• After the final stop, drive at light speed for 5-10 minutes to let the brakes cool gradually -- avoid holding the car stationary on the brakes while they are hot, since that can cause uneven pad material transfer
• Park and let them cool completely for at least an hour before driving normally

If you have swapped to aftermarket pads like G-LOC or Hawk, check the manufacturer instructions -- some track compounds come pre-bedded, while others need a more aggressive heat cycle. For the OEM Brembo pads, the street procedure above is the right call.

Did you bed your brakes when you first got the car? And for those who have upgraded pads -- what compound are you running, and did you notice a difference after a proper bed-in? Would love to hear what the track crowd here has done.