Front Brake Dust Shields.. Yay or Nay?

[amdscooter]

The stock drivers side caliper on my 67 Fairlane went away and I decided to "upgrade" to a nice set of Wilwoods with drilled and slotted rotors as they are a nice match to my black wheels. Decided to reassemble w/o the dust shield until I could get them cleaned up and repainted. Looking at the setup now, I like the sans shield look.. any harm in leaving them off? This is just a street ride that rarely goes more than a few hundred miles on weekends.



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[Heo]

I say leave them of

[Stangman]

Leave them off, you won’t be able to see all that money you spent on brakes. Just
my opinion.

[BattlestarGalactic]

X3.

[cjshaker]

I'm surprised factory dust shields would even fit or work on aftermarket calipers, unless you're talking about the rear shields that go behind the rotors. I would probably tend to use them, just to keep that nasty dust from coating everything on the front spindles and suspension.

[amdscooter]

^^^ I am talking about the rear shield that goes behind the rotor.

[winr1]

I installed'74 F100 disks on my '65 F100

I believe they direct air onto the rotor an such



Ricky.

[wowens]

Keep them if you can. Helps protect back side from debris that can damage rotor surface. Wheel helps protect front.

[Stangman]

Rear shield I agree I use them also. I also thought you were talking about outside shields to keep dust off of rims.

[machoneman]

2X on the rears only. 

Rear shield I agree I use them also. I also thought you were talking about outside shields to keep dust off of rims.

[amdscooter]

^^^ Thx all.. guess I'll be tossing them back on once I get them cleaned up. 

[FB]

With my Wilwoods, the factory Hats wouldn't fit. the only problem is brake dust gets all over everything,

[chris401]

I installed'74 F100 disks on my '65 F100

I believe they direct air onto the rotor an such



Ricky.

X2. Just about all dust shileds that I can think of have a scoop to direct air to the rotor.