I got around to changing the front pads this morning, only to finish the job cranky and bewildered. The reason I was changing the pads was that EBC Greenstuff pads were in there and they were noisy and dusty...
Or at least I thought that's what the workshop put in there. Turns out that Textar pads were actually used. Never heard of them before and they have nothing to do with EBC.
I got over that then realized that the backing shims from the pads had been removed
. I was furious to say the least. So I had to put it all back together again with the old pads and will need to call BMW tomorrow to acquire the shims.
Ok, it's off my chest now. I'll get the shims sorted and hopefully do it all again next weekend.