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Pat Garvey
What's the purpose?

Why not fron plates?

Just curious.
davep
Plates front and rear to help keep debris and water out of the calipers.
Joe Ricard
Plates with sticky tires and a grid with rocks will get rocks caught inbetween plate and rotors.

Eric_Shea
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Why not fron plates?


What do you mean? All the cars came with front plates. Do you mean why do people run without them? The factory actually recommends the possibility of running without them under some conditions (racing).
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