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Recommendations on stainless brake lines

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Nice but hardly necessary. More bling than bang fer th' buck on a street car. JMO.
 
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I ain't tryin' to dissuade ya, Tom. Jus' sayin' money spent on braided lines ~may~ have been better allocated. :wink:
 
Braided lines will last twice as long but I still recommend replacing them every 10 years.
If you do go with stainless braided, make sure they are Goodridge (brand), do NOT settle for some cheap chinese copy. Your life is not worth it.
 
My rubber ones are only 50 years old and still holding up...But the steel lines are rusted full of pinholes in need of replacement.
 
Just so people know, braided brake flex line are high pressure teflon with a outer braided covering, Aeroquip, Russell and Goodridge all good names. The deal is they hold pressure better than the rubber stuff, so while maybe considered bling by some folks, actually they hold the pressure better and give better braking/harder pedal feel to the calipers/wheel cylinders than rubber and do not dry rot like rubber. hey the factory would done it, had they not been so cheap :smile:
 
I did NOT mean to imply they were strictly bling, Hap. Merely that unless the car is to be used hot-n-heavy all the time, the extra bit o' lolly they cost may be better spent on other stuff.
 
Lolly, lolly, how old did you say you were Doc?
 
60 goin' on 12 apparently, Jack.

I just consider Aeroquip and equivalent to be overkill on street cars. And I wouldn't bother with anything "braided" that wasn't Aeroquip or certified A/N spec.
 
fordtrucks4ever said:
My rubber ones are only 50 years old and still holding up...But the steel lines are rusted full of pinholes in need of replacement.
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Terry, I had one go bad on the "B" and started to leak. Even though the outer braid is good and the rubber is not leaking, it will eventually crack. If yours are the original lines and their 50 years old, your very lucky that they haven't gone bad already, I'd be very cautious about trusting them. I also had the braided fuel suction line between the fuel pump and the tank go bad.
 
I am not really worried about the rubber hoses going bad, since the steel lines are rusted full of pin holes.
 
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Alrighty then...

I ordered replacement rubber ones - thanks guys!
 
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