Am doing front pads and was going to remove front dust/heat shields I assume more heat will be transfered to CV boots and tierod ends so is it worth while ? also front caliper mounting bolts torque spec 65 ft lbs ?

Edit. Reread it.

Edit again. Im stupid.

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Hey Deano,
Changed mine yesterday ready for Barbs!!
Dont forget to pump the brake pedal a couple of times after you finished as the first one goes to the floor and you dont want that reversing out of the driveway....

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Dean... it is wise to put some heat wrap around the tie rod ends, but that's really all you need to worry about.
Front caliper bolts...toight...

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Yep have ripped them off, looks to me that on track it will help let some of the heat out.

lol @ loss of warranty

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Manual says 80Nm for 2 pots and 4pots mounting bolts. That's 59ft/lbs

And if anyone is interested its 155Nm for Brembos. That's quite a lot higher than I expected

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Cheers Mate,

I have done them to 65 ft lbs as one workshop manual said 59-65 ft lbs

I am running 326mm DBA4000's without the dust shields .. more air flow Hasn't had a problem at all.

When i put Brembo's on the WRX shields wouldn't fit obviously.

Brembo's have 1.5 pitch mounting bolts, Subaru calipers have 1.25 pitch, hence the difference in tightening torque. No-one ever considers the thread pitch when tightening bolts. Coarse thread requires more torque to get the same clamping force.