Braided Rear Brake Lines?

[davintosh]

Last weekend I replaced most all of the wear components on the right-rear of my X5, but one thing I had overlooked earlier was the rusted brake pipe that runs along the rear wishbone. That particular pipe has a short hard line in the middle and a rubber section on each end, connecting the hard line under the car to the rear caliper. I haven't checked dealer prices on that part, but the ATE aftermarket lines are over $50 a side. Yikes!

So, I started checking around, and that seems to be the going price for the part, but then I bumped into another thread that mentioned using StopTech stainless steel braided lines in place of the stock components. A bonus is that by clicking through the StopTech website and buying the lines through Zeckhaus Racing, the price is only $65 for a full set of lines. I don't see any downsides to converting to braided lines, other than it's not stock, and they wouldn't attach to the wishbone in the same way the stock lines do... But thought I'd throw this up & see how many people have installed them... How about you?

Another interesting thing I found in my digging was this; PartsGeek.com has what appears to be the StopTech brake lines for $49.25. They list the manufacturer as Centric, but Centric appears to be the parent corporation of StopTech, and the photo they use on the site has the StopTech logo on the hoses. I'm thinking that's a good sign. I might just order them and take a chance on them being just that; StopTech braided lines.