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Old 04-09-2011, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by layback40 View Post
This is all true!!

On my old 300D, the shields on the front started to crack around the mounting bolts.
I took them off at about 500k miles.
It didnt appear to have a negative impact in the next 300k miles, I did remove both though to keep it even.
If a piece of wire or a small stone was on the road & was flicked up, it could jam in the now exposed caliper/ pad region. This never happened to me.
It would be fair to say Army is right!!
We cant go making suggestions/recommendations that potentially could compromise the braking system on a car.
Thanks for that - but - I think it is worth saying that it is a "could" or an "if" situation. The brake shield doesn't stop 100% of the debris...

It isn't quite the same as saying if you drink 12 litres of rat poison 1000 miles away from any medical help you will die...
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