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Originally Posted by New21er
At Xmas time I bought myself some BMW performance (drilled/slotted) rotors front and rear. I want the "cool" look. I also bought OEM pads and sensors. So now I am ready to do this. My 2011 135i is at 30k, and when I pulled the wheels off I'm seeing a lot of pad left. So my dilemma is, should I put the new rotors on with the "old" pads or should replace the pads while I'm in there? OR, since I'm still under warranty will BMW replace the old pads (if I wear them out before the warranty expires)???
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I just went through this so I share your frustrations. Many people on here have their pads lasting past 50 and 60k miles. None of the dealers I spoke to would pay to replace the pads/sensors under the maintenance plan unless it was necessary. For safety reasons, especially with 30k on, you probably should put the new pads on to make sure they mate up perfectly with the new performance rotors. If you check the BMW USA site for the performance rotors it also "requires" new pads if you put the rotors on.
I'd also tell you that you might want to consider saving the money then if you have to foot the bill for new pads and just put on the front rotors and pads perhaps (if you can return the rears). I kinda wish I'd done that and saved a lot of money. The front performance rotors look awesome and the rears in comparison look dinky and I don't think they really add THAT much to the look to warrant the added cost, especially if you have to put new pads/sensors on for a couple hundred more bucks. My concern was I wanted the fronts and rears to "match" but since the rears aren't drilled, they don't really match anyways and the rears only account for I think 30% of the braking on our cars. Food for thought. I then looked at pics of a member's TTRS he was selling and it has drilled front rotors and standard plain rear rotors and it was hardly noticeable and looked fine to me.