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Old 06-28-2016, 06:31 PM
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Stainless Steel Braided rear brake lines
Has anyone upgraded their rear brake lines with stainless steel braided versions? If so what brand did you go with and what vendor did you use to get the rear brake line? What did you do about the section that is solid as opposed to flexible?
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The factory hoses had a tube center section. I believe this was to reduce the amount of hose that could expand under pressure and cause poor pedal feel. The stainless braided hoses don't expand like standard hoses so it does not appear to be an issue.
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Swapped mine out but cant recall the brand. I was able to route them through the plastic carrier and I think I also secured with a black zip tie for added security. No real difference in feel but since I painted calipers I thought since I was in there might as well swap them out.
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Swapped mine out but cant recall the brand. I was able to route them through the plastic carrier and I think I also secured with a black zip tie for added security. No real difference in feel but since I painted calipers I thought since I was in there might as well swap them out.
So your rear braided stainless steel hose was all stainless steel even where our original hose has the hard line in Between the two hose sections?
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The factory hoses had a tube center section. I believe this was to reduce the amount of hose that could expand under pressure and cause poor pedal feel. The stainless braided hoses don't expand like standard hoses so it does not appear to be an issue.
Okay this sounds good. I am going to order up a set this week.
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So your rear braided stainless steel hose was all stainless steel even where our original hose has the hard line in Between the two hose sections?
Thats correct. If you like I can try and find or grab a quick pic of the install.
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Thats correct. If you like I can try and find or grab a quick pic of the install.
Yes please provide a picture of the install. I would certainly appreciate it.
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Yes please provide a picture of the install. I would certainly appreciate it.
I will try and grab some tonight when I get home, hopefully I can get behind the wheel effectively.
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So you are only changing some of the hoses to stainless braided?
I'd suggest changing them in complete sets. The rubber hoses have more flex and only changing half the hoses would seem to open up a problem.
We have 3 cars with the stainless upgrade from Blunttech and the pedal feel does improve quite a bit. These are e30 and e34.
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