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Brake Dust Shields / Splash Guards - where to buy them?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Prius DIY nut, Sep 3, 2024 at 5:53 PM.

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  1. Prius DIY nut

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    Looking for buying the dust/splash shields/guards for brakes as they have rusted out from road chemicals.

    Anyone knows where to buy them online?
     
    #1 Prius DIY nut, Sep 3, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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    Well when you replace the brakes did you put slotted dimpled rotors and all that nonsense they're about the same cost now is the regular most of the kids like the above If so just leave your backing plates off now air flows through your wheels good and keeps your brakes cool which on the Prius is moot but if your break backing plates are ate up like that wow I guess you could buy them from Toyota You can buy them from Southern cars I mean I would imagine if you bought two hub assemblies from a junkyard down in Georgia which is some of the largest Prius junk yards on the planet they sell on eBay You would get two real nice backing plates for the front anyway I guess you could do the same for the rear they may be available from Toyota or amiyama but I imagine they might cost it a little bit 40 bucks a piece or something sounds reasonable. I never put them back on when I change my hubs I got a stack of them over here in the corner but they're mostly generation too
     
    #2 Tombukt2, Sep 3, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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    Well, I looked up if it is a good idea to delete them and it seems to be not, especially where I live. I am in Southern Ontario where they poor chemicals and sand/dirt mix on the road that eat cars like nothing else. A brand new rotors look like a hundred years old rusted junk after only one winter. Right front side dust covers started to rattle and fell apart, right back side got completely loose, rubbed against rotor and rattled on every smallest road bump. Left side covers are all rusted too, but did not fall out yet.

    So I did order them on amayama for about cad$15/ea plus shipping, but one week later the order is still under management checking. I also ordered them locally from Scarborough Toyota Parts online for about cad$11/ea plus shipping and waiting some confirmation by email and did not receive any info yet. I am not sure if I will be able to get them there. Will look at ebay next if the above does not work, thanks for the tip.
     
    #3 Prius DIY nut, Sep 3, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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