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A little late to the party, but whomever is doing your inspection has absolutely no clue what they're doing. Your BFD is exactly how it is supposed to be. I've had the opportunity to work with Brembo and Race Technologies engineers in the past, and it is a well-established engineering concept that 80% of the braking in any vehicle with 2 axles happens at the front. Why? Physics.

Ever wonder why everything in your car lunges to the front when you brake hard (or why you feel pinned to your seat when under hard acceleration? That's called Dynamic Weight Transfer. In order to most efficiently stop the vehicle, a relatively greater brake force must be applied to the axle where the weight is or will shift to. It's the very reason that front brakes are always larger than rear brakes.

This is a bit of overkill, but you can read up on the basics of braking by reading this presentation from the SAE (the Society of Automotive Engineers).
 
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