yup,used the shields as well.also were new,still very shiny and bright.so, in combo with the shields what should be the expected life span of one of these things.All three have separated the bolt and plate it is attached to from the rubber shock itself.seems to me that they should last a bit longer than a month,right.The ones that I was replacing looked original(probably not,but they looked quite old) and were not completely separated but I changed them anyway.

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