I feel your pain as I have been going through the same delimma. I replaced everything as you had (made sure the tires were on the ground when Thrust bushes were torqued), got the rotors turned, put new OEM pads back on (I'll live with the dusting), had an alignment and no more shimmy, braking or turning vibrations. I do need to get the tires balanced as well but, overall no more white knuckles when braking.

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