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It's not required for the LS400 brakes. Alternatively, you can shave off a bit of the tie rods' threads. RCAs just happens to work if you dont' want to do any shaving. I don't ever recall anyone needed RCAs to fit other brakes setup though, just the LS400. In any case, i'm running 0.5" RCAs and the caliper barely clears.