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Old 11-03-2019, 10:59 PM   #53 (permalink)
19bonestock88
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Seems like that is a rare occurrence for most people with these covers. I'm still undecided of I want to do this on any of my vehicles. I'm thinking that performance rotors (the ones with holes) might mitigate the extra heat.
Performance rotors help some, but they don’t offset aggressive use/extreme situations. I melted my wheel covers running the tail of the dragon bc my brakes got so hot. Literally smoke pouring out of the wheelwells...
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