For those pioneers that swapped their non-brembos for brembos, could you put your 2 cents in for what's needed to install these puppies right the first time?

I've read the wiki's and how-to's on non-brembo pad/rotor swaps many times over, but i know the brembos requires some additional steps

1) cutting the rear dust shields
2) dealing with 2 bleeder valves per caliper
3) avoid spraying brake cleaner on brembo calipers
4) something about cotter pins??
5) hawk hps pads not fitting perfectly. cutting required there too?!!


please, any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated. Installing tomorrow.