yea it will be hard to get them to admit to overtorquing, i thought of that AFTERi took 7 of them off. but for the 8th, luckily, it was overtorqued so much that i had to use an impact tool to loosen it. and i dont have an impact tool. so a professional that i know witnessed this(i went to him for the tool), and for further evidence im going to take my car into another shop and have the torques checked on the driveaxle hub-nuts, which appear to be overtorqued as well. my hope is that with the testimony of 2 competing shops, i will have enough proof.
well like i said, i havent changed my driving style at all since i changed brake setups, but yes i do drive at above 70mph fairly regularly, making trips on the interstate. i cant think of any times when i had to brake hard at these speeds, but im sure i brake lightly.
as for hot spots, an employee at the shop im upset with pointed them out to me, but as nobody else including me can see any, i think he was just...i dont know, misinformed? and he was pointed to the drilled holes. he asked me if i could "see the blue spots" and no, i dont see any.