most brake pad kits will supply anti squeal shims ( the ones on the rear of the pads ) but not the anti-rattle shims ( the ones that fit between caliper and the 'ears' of the pads
Thank you culzean for the reply. I suppose it makes sense new 3rd party brake pads 'should' come with replacement anti-squeal shims. I did note ECP sell anti-rattle shims made by Pagid.
I recall the Pagid front pads I bought for R56 mini cooper last year came with one bolt (not two) with threadlock on them for each hub, and a satchet of grease. I don't recall the original BMW brake pads using 'detachable' anti-squeal shims which is why I was perhaps getting confused about replacement Honda pads and shims.
Added Feb 2021After recently replacing a seized front caliper, decided time to replace the original factory fitted brake pads and the discs in future.
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I bought a cheap £15 vacuum bleeder kit off eBay 3 years ago thinking it would make it easier to change the brake fluid. Total waste of money. The job took what seemed like an eternity to complete. An issue is when you loosen the brake bleed screw, air can be drawn past the threads. Similar poor experience when using it to bleed brakes on a 57 Mini Cooper. The MIni has a clutch slave cylinder, and I somehow managed to suck the cylinder dry of fluid which led to total loss of clutch operation. Fortunately, we found a youtube video describing how to reprime the clutch cylinder using a 3m length of hose and a foot pump.
This time round, I bought a Vizibleed one man bleeder kit from Halfords for 6 quid. Similar to something I bought over 30 years ago the last time I bled brakes on a car. Simple to use, and works brilliantly when I had to bleed the air out of newly fitted front brake calliper. There is a white plastic strip with prepunched holes, which you are supposed to fit over the black hose, but I found the hole was too small. The black hose is tight fit over the brake bleed nipple.