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Stainless brake hose upgrade
speedyxjs - 27/6/09 at 04:35 PM

I want to upgrade the brake pipe on the tintop next weekend, partly so i can use the existing ones on the locost and also because i am going on a tour in august which is going to involve a lot of mountain roads.
Where si the best place to get stainless braided brake hoses from for a 97 jag xj6?

russbost - 27/6/09 at 05:24 PM

If you can tell me what end fittings you have & give me lengths I can make them for you no problem, unfortunately i don't have a listing for spec of them.

Regards Russ

speedyxjs - 27/6/09 at 05:41 PM

Cheers russ. Is there any way of finding out without taking them off though?

britishtrident - 27/6/09 at 06:25 PM

The standard OEM rubber covered hoses are much more suitable for a normal road car ---- really zero benefits from braided hoses and a number of disadvantages -- for example you can't clamp the brakes hose and they aren't fit and forget.

gregs - 28/6/09 at 07:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
The standard OEM rubber covered hoses are much more suitable for a normal road car ---- really zero benefits from braided hoses and a number of disadvantages -- for example you can't clamp the brakes hose and they aren't fit and forget.


True, you can't clamp them, but not true there are zero benefits - hi end (inc Jag) fit braided as standard oem despite the cost.

russbost - 2/7/09 at 12:30 PM

If you take a careful look at the unions on the end of the existing hoses & the copper/steel pipes going into them, also at the caliper ends you can usually see if they are the standard M10 size, in which case tey will be M10 x 1.0 or if they are something larger (unusual except on Yanks), you should also be able to see what is female/male or a banjo fitting, I would be able to work out what will be convex/concave etc.

alistairolsen - 2/7/09 at 01:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
The standard OEM rubber covered hoses are much more suitable for a normal road car ---- really zero benefits from braided hoses and a number of disadvantages -- for example you can't clamp the brakes hose and they aren't fit and forget.


I run them on both my tintops and would argue they feel a lot better, dont need replaced as often and arent that much more than a set of rubber ones.

I hate the practice of clamping lined reinforced composit hoses with a passion tbh.

Mark Allanson - 2/7/09 at 09:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
The standard OEM rubber covered hoses are much more suitable for a normal road car ---- really zero benefits from braided hoses and a number of disadvantages -- for example you can't clamp the brakes hose and they aren't fit and forget.


There speaks a man who has never driven a car with braided hoses.

The difference is immense, all the spongyness is gone, total feel and control - like having ABS in your toes