Backing plates

1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 30 Jan 2011, 11:41 am

#823850

My son has bought rear disc brake set up from Classic and it doesn't come with backing plates. I know they're not a necessity and some people don't use them but as he will be going off road I think it would be better if there were some fitted. The discs are 11" or 28cms across so what would others on here use or recommend?

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1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 · 30 Jan 2011, 5:45 pm

#823902

My thoughts are that it is very difficult to put backing plates in with aftermarket disc brakes, but I could be wrong. You could put a plate on between the rotor face and the inside if the wheel face to stop dirt mud going right through, but not from getting on the rotor from under the car. If the brakes came off a factory fitted rear disc brake car, then maybe you might have a chance.

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1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 31 Jan 2011, 9:51 pm

#824164

I was thinking along the lines of whether there are backing plates that could be adapted to fit.

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4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 8 Feb 2011, 8:31 am

#825355

you could even try getting some backing plates from the wreckers from different models of car that are a closer match then tweaking them to fit.

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