Brake pads, slider pins, et al

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So the E46 got a bit of quarantine maintenance on Saturday that included installation of Stop Tech Sport pads, new caliper slider pins and caliper guides all around, and a bedding-in session.  The pads feel great and stop hard, but the harder to believe element is how grungy they brembo pads that I removed were. The brembo pads have been on the car for just over a year and were not driven in the winter, so the weathering has only been done by car washes and the occasional rain drive.  They are rusty with the backing plates falling off, and I can’t say that I would recommend them at all.