Thanks for your opinions, but that's not what I'm asking for. I've had enough experience with aftermarket pads on my other BMWs that I know that you don't need to live with the dust. In fact I ran my M3 on Road Atlanta with the wonderful dusty stock pads and they faded severely by the end of each session. When I went to replace the pads for some Hawk HPS dustless pads, the stock pads cracked and crumbled when I removed them from the calipers. I still use the Hawk HPS on the rear of my track car even though I now use a dedicated track pad (Performance Friction Compound 06) in the front.

I also run aftermarket pads (Akebonos) on my e38 740i Sport and love them.

If either of these pads were available for my X5, I would have installed them by now.

I won't even get into the discussion of what BMW or BMWNA "thinks" is best for our cars. Just look at the battery issues some people are having. I'm sure you guys think that an aftermarket battery would be a big no-no.