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Originally Posted by HeyKC
Replaced my rear brakes at 33k. Indicator light deemed they needed replaced. Based off the visual inspection after I took the pads out I concur with 40k.
OP, also note that rotors may not need to be changed at the same time as the pads.
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I got my indicator for my rear at 44k, upon visual of the pad thickness, there's a ton of meat left. I decided to go another 1k, monitoring it weekly.
It's difficult to measure rotor thickness on the rears unless you have a small precision caliper tool. Mine could not get in between the shield and rotor. The tool was ok for the massive front rotors.
I agree, typically with all BMW CBS estimates, when pads are changed, the rotors are close to it's minimum thickness. It's been the case for me on all my current and prior BMWs