Disc guards

[Disco 90 george]

Doing a axle change on the back in a couple of weeks time and was looking at the disc guards. Do i need to keep them on or can i put them in the bin.

I wanted to find out what everyone else has done.

[Tommo]

i gave mine to the scrap man. kept the front ones though.

[Disco-Ron]

Binned all mine... it not only keeps the crap out, but they hold the crap inaswell!!

[Range Rover Blues]

I binned my front ones as they were rusty, kep the back for now.

I'm told you will get more pad wear due to the dust, you'll also suffer more oil contamination (more relevant on the front) and possibly worse corrosion, but if you keep your truck washed then I reckon it's better for an off-roader to bin them.

[Disco 90 george]

They are looking well bent anyway. In the bin they go !

[V8MoneyPit]

I found they were forever picking up stones and they are pain to get out. I now leave them off.

[muddysteve]

mine went straight into the recycling bin

[clbarclay]

I binned the front shields on mine a while ago when I rebuilt the axle and had no trouble MOT wise without them. Just rebuilt the rear axle and finaly binned the rears shields. On one of the other RRC at home still fitted with sheilds one rear brake discs is in a horendus state of wear, most likely due to trapped mud.

Both of those RRC were "off roaders" and saw a lot of mud. In comparison though the other RRC at home is unlikely to see any deep mud, so its sheilds will stay on and probably get replaced if they rust through.

[TDi90]

binned both.

[Rasbo]

never had them, and never wished i had them, just something else to get broken