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TC535i
08-16-2004, 11:35 AM
Hey Bill, remember these screenshots you sent me when I was trying to figure out what pads/rotors to order for my '99 Kia?

http://www.bimmernut.com/%7Ebillr/images/Timc1.jpg
http://www.bimmernut.com/%7Ebillr/images/Timc2.jpg

Well... looks like whoever did the last brake job (previous owner? mechanic? 12-year old?) didn't do quite as much research, and mixed the new pad with the old rotor. I wondered what that metallic squealing was...!

http://www.bimmer.info/bmw/TC535i5/Rotor3.jpg