Braided Brakelines..?

[xlnt6]

As part of the upgrade my car is getting im replacing the front discs and going to ebc pads. The company im buying the discs and pads from has adr compliant stainless braided brake lines for $280 for the 5 lines.

Is this a good price.?

Im keen to do some track work once the ute has the manual fitted to it so would the ss brakelines be a worth while upgrade?

$280 seems like alot but it is for 5 lines and im paying $230 for one front disc so I dont think its too bad. what do you guys think...?

$280 for the lot is a good price. Normally s.s braided line are around $100-$120 each. Make sure they are ADR compliant and are marked accordingly. I'm curious why there are 5 lines ? There is a pair for the front and a pair for the rear. They only other line I can think of is the clutch line, maybe that's what your referring to.

Also if your doing it yourself, note you will need to drill out the rivet on the bracket holding the rear lines, and then fit your replacements and re-rivet them back in place. Beside that the rest is a piece of cake.

Don't forget to bleed the lines, starting with the longest line first and work progressively back to the shortest (from the master cylinder). This ensures no air in the lines. ie passenger rear, drivers rear, passenger front, driver front.

Cheers

Robin.

[Ralph Wiggum]

The fitht line is for the line between the chassis and the diff on the back end of the utes. The lines are adr compliant and mark accordingly.

[xrboss8]

So you going to tell us what company we can get these from

[Ralph Wiggum]

go to that auction site that we arent allowed to mention and look up hightek brakes or email them at hightekbrakes@ iprimus.com.au....

[Paradoxx]

why aren't we allowed to mention them???

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[Kimberley Scott]

Mate years ago, I had an EL XR8 Auto. Due to set brake upgrades were hard to do, so I put DBA drilled and slotted rotors allround, and EBC greenstuff pads. Brakes so much better, however after about 5000 km and some spirited driving and braking, the pads leaked resin onto the rotors. Turned my whole brake setup into a hoorible vibrating mess. Nothing would fix it apart from changing pads and machining rotors. Never ever had the same feel aftere that.

You did not mention what rotors you were going to run, but ask about the pads and the resin content before you use them.

Cheers

Scotty

[loopism]

it would defeat the pourpose for heat dissipation... but I dont know that it would make a huge difference. Being stainless wouldnt they be difficult to paint?

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ADR compiant lines have to have some sort of rubber sheatch over them anyway. Most times it's a clear silicone rubber so you can get the bling factor from the braid

[Paradoxx]

Yeah mine have that coating, it's almost like it's woven into the braid.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Mate years ago, I had an EL XR8 Auto. Due to set brake upgrades were hard to do, so I put DBA drilled and slotted rotors allround, and EBC greenstuff pads. Brakes so much better, however after about 5000 km and some spirited driving and braking, the pads leaked resin onto the rotors. Turned my whole brake setup into a hoorible vibrating mess. Nothing would fix it apart from changing pads and machining rotors. Never ever had the same feel aftere that.

You did not mention what rotors you were going to run, but ask about the pads and the resin content before you use them.

Cheers

Scotty

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Ive been told to steer clear of cross drilled dba rotors. More than one brake parts retailer has told me that they are prone to cracking. Im just going for dba 2000 series slotted rotors. The guy from hightek brakes also told me that the EBC brake pads need a certain run in procedure that if you dont follow can cause the resin leak that you described. Ive used EBC's on my motorbikes and mountain bikes for years and i think there a very good pad

But thanks alot for the tips mate...

[Paradoxx]

Did you PM bcr01?

Also, just for interests sake, I priced up some parts that were quite cheap on Ebay at Coventrys, and with trade prices I'm saving a couple of hunj on a clutch and flywheel. Have you asked them?