Believe me I understand WHY the VIN number can be useful.
That's not the point.
The dealer wouldn't even TRY without the VIN.
One of your "real" parts guys would have kept bringing out brake pad sets until we found the right one.
There are only three possibilities, and they're as different-looking as Moe, Larry, and Curly. It would have taken 5 minutes, vs. the hour I spent running back and forth and waiting on the phone.
Oh yes, and:
1. 5 sets of brakes in 11 years amounts to 30,000-35,000 miles per set, which is phenomenal performance out of rear disk brakes on a GM truck on salted winter roads.
2. I *DID* keep the old part number. Advance changed what they put in the bag!
2.5. I'm not going to buy extras because I won't be able to find them 2 years down the line, and they're wrong anyway.
3. The parts I got from Advance *NEVER* fit right but were close enough that they'd work by bending a small tab. I had no choice but to make them work because the truck was up on jack stands, and no way to get different parts until this year.
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