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Check your wheel bearings are good. When they fail the wheel tilts overslightly and the disc pushes the caliper piston back in, leading to more pedal travel.
Lambert wrote: Certain manufacturers notably ebc use a black paint type coating on new discs that you leave on and on the pads wear it off as you bed them in.
Good to know, interesting to hear how different parts of the world do things differently
Big Jimny forum has been very helpful tec tips, problem solving and Martin's how to videos
My vented jimny diesel discs and Vitara calipers is a great upgrade for when you got a bit bigger tires. on a std tire jimny the brakes should be fine. I had lots og problems with warped discs and sometimes weak brakes from rusted discs and worn pads in the rear, Before i changed to the vented discs. not sure of changing to them is MOT OK in all countries but they have not given me any such problems.. yet..
this did not change my pedal travel i though.
the tip here on the hoses from scimike is a good one. if they are weak the brakes would be softer.
Thanks everyone for the replies. The brakes certainly work with the pedal pushed down a fair way. Nothing amazing, but equally it doesn't feel lacking, and the new pads and discs are likely still bedding in anyway. It does pull to the left slightly under very heavy braking at speed, if that doesn't improve as they bed in then I'll re-bleed the system and re-check the slider pins on the offside caliper again.
Overall, as you've said, I suspect my expectation on how firm the pedal should feel has been unfairly set by my experience driving other vehicles. My other car is a Kuga and after a brake service the lightest of touches on the pedal almost sends you through the windscreen!
Over sensitive brakes is an annoying quirk of new car sales. The brakes on modern cars have become increasingly over-assisted for the simple reason that it gives the new buyer the perception of more powerful brakes. It works from that point of view, playing on peoples ignorace, and it's a real pain when jumping between vehicles of different vintages.
Lotus took the opposite approach with the Elise, offering no assistance at all. Some criticised the brakes for being weak which couldn't be further from the truth. They just needed more force on the pedal, which was deliberate as it made them much more controllable when driving on the limit.
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