[beeje]

The solid lines on mine are from wheel to wheel/caliper to caliper. There is a block/tee around 8" or so from the passenger side wheel which goes to the frame with rubber.

I fully understand that the calipers are free floating and move a bit, however there is plenty of slack in the lines for them to move.

I do not see an issue with taking out the rubber lines if they are routed away from the calipers towards the center of the axle as opposed to going straight up. Most if not all of the blowout debris will be flung outward because of the centrifugal force.

The only real issue I have is when it comes time to replace the pads, I'm not sure it can be done leaving the hard lines in place to the calipers. I guess I'm going to find out someday.