Bought some Adaptive One brake pads for the rear of my 2001 Monte Carlo.
Found out too late that they were made in China.

Each pad is plainly stamped "inner" or "outer" and also has a blue or red
paint dot to also indicate inner or outer.  The illustration in the package
clearly showed the outer pad having the wear indicator affixed to it, and
the original pads had the wear indicator mounted on the outer pad.

However, the replacement pad marked and color coded "inner" was the one with
the wear indicator.

Mr. NAPA checked a set of Adaptive One pads he had on the shelf for another
application and noted that the wear indicator was on the outer pad.  He then
ordered in another set of the pads I had bought.  Lo and behold they were
exactly the same as the first set.

Called up NAPA's Adaptive One hot line.  The gentlemen assured me that all
was well, and the wear indicator should be mounted on the inner pad because
it wears faster.  He said that the only reason for not putting it on the
inner pad would be some kind of mechanical interference presented by the car
maker's design.  However, he did agree that the illustration in the package
was misleading and promised to bring it to the manufacturer's attention.

This experience leaves me with an uneasy feeling.  I still wonder if our
Chinese friends mislabeled these pads.  If GM put the wear indicator on the
outer pads why wouldn't an aftermarket supplier follow suit?