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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Maybe the deflector protects something in the suspension from road debris?
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That's what I'm leaning towards. In the parts diagrams, Honda calls them covers. Directly behind them is the lower shock bolt. On my Wagon, there are plastic covers over the lower control arm inner bolts too. Didn't help in rusty New York, I still had to cut the shock bolts out in pieces.
The way they're angled, they would send some air towards the rear drums. But I don't know if the rear brakes need any airflow. And they might direct water kicked up by the front tires towards the rear drums. I'm not really sure what the deflectors are for and I'm not really sure why I removed them.
8 & 11 in this diagram:
http://stores.revolutionparts.com/ho...peed-automatic