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« on: November 08, 2005, 18:02:01 »
should i remove or not! im finding that they are catching herds of  mud in and dont want to damage my discs with scoring on sharp stones ect...but on the other hand without them would do same whats the general oppinion on these items regards colin
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2005, 18:05:02 »
front discs will be fine without them but you ned them on rear discs as ive found if they aint fitted & run in the mud rear pads last about 2k miles
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2005, 18:16:29 »
still got our front ones fitted, keep meaning to remove them as they trap lots of stones
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2005, 19:16:41 »
I have removed mine and I have had no problems.  :wink:
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2005, 20:23:05 »
Ditch 'em!
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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2005, 22:12:15 »
Mine are removing themselves with a little help from Mr Rusty :lol:
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2005, 09:23:06 »
Agreed, chop 'em.

One of mine was looking pretty sickly last time I did a wheel bearing (which seems to be pretty regular !) so I just chiselled the remnants off. Give the discs a good hosing down / jetwash after a particularly dirty run but no problems really. Rears are still on though, and look in decent condition surprisingly.

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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2005, 13:36:58 »
Just removed my front ones, took all of 5 mins.

No more traped stones for me. :D
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2005, 14:24:55 »
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Just removed my front ones, took all of 5 mins.

That'll be on the TDi then.  Takes a bit longer on the TD5 I believe  :wink:
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2005, 14:27:46 »
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Just removed my front ones, took all of 5 mins.

That'll be on the TDi then.  Takes a bit longer on the TD5 I believe  :wink:


Yes the Tdi.
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