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Trailered Movements

Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 1200

2011 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial Auto Sumatra Black

Front Brake Disc Shields

What's the general view to leaving the shields off.

I am about to do the 6 pot conversion and really find it hard to justify £100+ for two bits of tin.

Thanks

Dave 2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
2010 RRS TDV8 (Gone)
1980 OBLIC 4.0ltr Range Rover (went a long time ago)

19th Feb 2021 2:21 pm

LT

Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23870

2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 Landmark LE Auto Santorini Black

My view is that if Land Rover didn’t think they were needed they wouldn’t have fitted them. I am sure someone will be a long soon with a more ‘technical’ answer.

2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)

19th Feb 2021 2:48 pm

Kilovolt

Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
Posts: 1081

2013 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 Commercial XS Auto Baltic Blue

Nuff said

https://www.eltaeurope.com/techassist-brak...r%20crack. "Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"

Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything

Track Days: BMW E36 M3 Evolution MY 1996 (3.2 Litre 377 BHP sat in 1,250 Kgs of car, with a pro safety cage and some serious braking power)

19th Feb 2021 2:56 pm

Disco_Mikey

Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20867

2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Cairns Blue

Strictly speaking, they are not essential. I ran my 4 pots without shields without any real issues

But, I put them back on when I fitted the 6 pots

My D3 Build Thread

TDV8 Retrofit Build Thread

19th Feb 2021 3:09 pm

pagoda

Member Since: 13 Aug 2009
Location: Not London Anymore (or the US for that matter)
Posts: 1929

2016 LR4 3.0 SDV6 Landmark LE Auto Yulong White

Re: Front Brake Disc Shields

Trailered Movements wrote:
What's the general view to leaving the shields off.

I am about to do the 6 pot conversion and really find it hard to justify £100+ for two bits of tin.

Thanks

Dave

Manufacturers have incorporated shields to vehicles fitted with disc brakes for 50+ years, so it seems to me that in eras of cost-savings, etc, they'd have been deleted donkey's years ago if they weren't necessary. PAGODA

Last edited by pagoda on 19th Feb 2021 4:42 pm. Edited 1 time in total

19th Feb 2021 3:26 pm

Trailered Movements

Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 1200

Thanks to all, and Kilovolt for a very interesting link.

I'm off to buy some.

Dave 2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
2010 RRS TDV8 (Gone)
1980 OBLIC 4.0ltr Range Rover (went a long time ago)

19th Feb 2021 4:21 pm

LT

Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23870

19th Feb 2021 4:24 pm

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