I'm gathering steering and suspension wear-parts to rebuild my front end. Even though she only has 56k miles, all the bushings, idler arm, tie rods etc are very sloppy from 34 years of mostly sitting. So while I'm at it, I started looking at upgrading to GSL-SE brakes.

The rotors, calipers, brackets, hoses are all readily available. But the Only place I can find the Backing plates is on complete salvage yard front ends selling for $1000. I am not spending a grand for dust shields. I searched the forum and Google and only found ten year old threads saying they're all gone, and that Mazda doesn't stock them anymore.

Has anything changed in 10 years? Did anyone make reproductions or find some in a warehouse? I am looking for both front and rear backing plates (a complete 4 PC set) for '84-'85 GSL-SE. Thanks for any leads.

 

I found these while doing some research. I have not ordered them yet. https://www.ebay.com/itm/190882964645

 

No I'm talking about the Brake backing plates, the 10" "dust shields" on the back side of the rotors. I saw a thread on here somewhere about making them out of carbon fiber, but I'd much rather use OE if I can find them.