speedyxjs
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 04:35 PM |
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Stainless brake hose upgrade
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?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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russbost
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 05:24 PM |
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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
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 05:41 PM |
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Cheers russ. Is there any way of finding out without taking them off though?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 06:25 PM |
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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.
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gregs
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| posted on 28/6/09 at 07:45 AM |
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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.
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russbost
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| posted on 2/7/09 at 12:30 PM |
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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.
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 2/7/09 at 01:05 PM |
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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.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 2/7/09 at 09:13 PM |
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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
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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