brake line options
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brake line options
My brake lines are looking pretty crusty, and I'm considering just going ahead and replacing all of them rather than waiting until one starts leaking. I don't really want to bend and flare my own lines, so I'm looking at options for buying all pre-bent hard lines. It looks like there are several places online that sell pre-bent brake line kits. I could also buy OEM. Anyone have some recommendations for me on where to get brake lines? Thanks.
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Re: brake line options
Honestly just bend and flare your own. Use the copper-nickel line and a half decent bender. The line is really nice to work with. All the prebent stuff is going be way more expensive and a huge pain to install.
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Sounds good. Is it better to bend and flare the whole piece before installation (I'm thinking of the longer lines), or should I flare one end and install it and then bend the rest of it as I work my way toward the other end?
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It's actually the longer lines you'll want to bend in situ. They have to sneak between the body and the subframe and other tricky spots. The shorter ones you can make off the car.
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