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    Brake dust shields

    do i have to have these or can i remove them?



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    lol... they wont even wirgh 3 lbs... but its best to keep them...

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    better keep them ! any idea why remove ?

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    they dont really make a difference but they usually rust clean off the car sooner or later
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    so they wont be worth removing for weight reduction?

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    if you wrap a rope around them and hang it from your little finger.. you wont even be able to say OWWWW... unless your a weak little pansy... but i doubt you will get a lb out of it

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    They are stampped steel and they weigh about as much as an empty soup can. You'll loose more wieght cleaning all the spare change out from under your seats then taking them off. Some people will take them off in the name of better brake cooling. I took them off my corolla when I swaped some celica breaks on the front, damn things kept rubbing the wheels. I didn't notice a diference when I did that, other then the rubbing noise was gone.

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    one of my dust shields has rusted gone on my accord. I will replace if but yo need to remove the whole wheel hub to get to it...... so I said F*** it until I get the LX-i brakes

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    I need these parts!
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