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Originally Posted by ResIpsa
What are the consequences? Do you have personal knowledge of someone crashing their Z because of catastrophic brake piston dust boot failure?
Sorry about the tone of this post but I hate when bad information gets out on this forum.
Straight answer is it is fine to run without the dust boots.
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Not bad info. At worst, a little over-cautious.
It's not catastrophic boot failure that is the problem, it's the dirt that the lack of a boot lets in.
I have run into two cars where a piston seized due to dirt allowed in by a torn or missing boot. But, no, neither was a 370Z. And, judging by the look of things, both had been missing the boot for a while before the piston seized.
The chances of this happening are not great and the outcome is usually just over-heating brakes (piston usually sticks in the extended position). But it could cause that wheel to lock up I don't like to take any chances with things like brakes and steering. YMMV