Black Metal 'spacers/sheilds' Between Disc/wheel

[mattson]

anyone got anymore information on this anti-seize?

[ZAP]

Mattson,

Antisieze is sold in a tube and can be bought from any autostore.

It is the opposite of locktight :lol:

I did not notice that the premiums did not have these....saves me pulling the wheels off this weekend

[ms700]

Ive got 19's, but ive also got very aftermarket brakes fitted to my car as well, and I left shouldered those black shields when the brakes were done. And ive had my wheels on and off probably 5 times since the brake upgrade, and no problems with removal.

If I was running the factory 17's, with the factory brakes, id still be using the spacers I'd say...... just my 2c worth.

[GlennAUII]

I dunno about painting the spacers, no offense to you Genebaby, but the colour just looks too overpowering.

As for the fusing, that speakers for itself

I'm going to take mine off and just trim them so they aren't visible behind the mag wheel.

or if more supporting evidence of this lack of 'fusing' comes through I may just leave them off altogether.

but painting the calipers is well worth the $9.0 in paint and 4 hours of painting

Hey matt, they won't fuse on. our au doesn't have them and I painted the calipers after 3 years, and the wheels weren't much harder to get off then the BA with them on. I'd say your safe to remove em, but they hide the rusty brake drum. You should PM Saleen1, he removed his and painted his brake drums black, ask him how to do it. BTW- I'm lovin our red brakes, thanks for that doco on how to do it

I'd like to grab another set of em somewhere, the au looks shockin with rusty drums

[mattson]

I can paint the brake hubs pretty easily... but I'm not going to worry about that I think

[THEMESHMAN260]

the black metal spacer is there for to hide the rust that forms on the face of the discs and to stop the brake dust from coming out onto your wheels.

Fords are too cheap to put in a dipping tank to paint the discs black, also have a look at your engine block, we use to paint them black too.

What color is it now? RUSTY!

[Benny]

When I put my 18's on I removed the dust covers, wire brushed all the rust off and painted the brake hubs with high temp paint and it looked great. Now I have DBA 4000's that don't require painting and a set of standard painted rotors sitting under the house.

[mattson]

thanks guys

I'll consider painting them at some point.

maybe a nice silver or black.

Cheers,

Matt

[saleen]

Before

[saleen]

After(different wheel)