SS brake line recommendations?

tweiss3 · 10-30-2012, 08:43 PM

You are correct on the rears. The stockers had a round stock tab that goes in a spot on the caliper, the goodrich did not.

As for the fronts, they were dead drop in for me (swapped from single piston fronts to the T2 4 piston fronts) and they went into the tabs on the frame rail snugly, but fit well, and they attached to the hard lines easily.

mattallac · 10-31-2012, 01:15 AM

i have my brake lines made at a local shop , may be you can find a local place where you live and have some made . Usually shops that do hose repair for fork lifts and tractors do steel bradded D.O.T. brake lines . The guy I use in the bay area even captures my original fittings (oem is always my preference for good fitment ). My re speed brake lines were not D.O.T. and not the highest quality imo , but he probably farms them out . At my local shop I get 2 lines made for around 80.00 . Thats a better price than most of the mail order lines I see and the quality is second to none . Hope that helps

Pete_89T2 · 10-31-2012, 05:35 AM

Thanks - lots of good info here. Those fitment issues Ted described are exactly what I want to avoid. The stock rear lines do have a tab/pin cast into the banjo fitting that helps orient it during assembly and prevents the banjo from rotating when torqued down.

10-30-2012, 08:43 PM	#1
tweiss3 Mazda Lover Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 319 Rep Power: 16	You are correct on the rears. The stockers had a round stock tab that goes in a spot on the caliper, the goodrich did not. As for the fronts, they were dead drop in for me (swapped from single piston fronts to the T2 4 piston fronts) and they went into the tabs on the frame rail snugly, but fit well, and they attached to the hard lines easily. __________________ 2004 Mazda6 V6 5-spd - still waiting on money for a motor 1991 Mazda RX7 NA 5-spd - my new DD with 145,000 miles

10-31-2012, 01:15 AM	#2
mattallac Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: crockett ca. Posts: 176 Rep Power: 0	i have my brake lines made at a local shop , may be you can find a local place where you live and have some made . Usually shops that do hose repair for fork lifts and tractors do steel bradded D.O.T. brake lines . The guy I use in the bay area even captures my original fittings (oem is always my preference for good fitment ). My re speed brake lines were not D.O.T. and not the highest quality imo , but he probably farms them out . At my local shop I get 2 lines made for around 80.00 . Thats a better price than most of the mail order lines I see and the quality is second to none . Hope that helps

10-31-2012, 05:35 AM	#3
Pete_89T2 Lifetime Rotorhead Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Elkton, MD Posts: 874 Rep Power: 16	Thanks - lots of good info here. Those fitment issues Ted described are exactly what I want to avoid. The stock rear lines do have a tab/pin cast into the banjo fitting that helps orient it during assembly and prevents the banjo from rotating when torqued down.