Seel braided brake lines
October-21st-2001, 11:24 AM
#6
Protege Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Simpsonville, KY
Posts: 10
Here is my .02 on braided brake lines.
They are great if you are doing road race or alot of auto X but just for regular every day driving or the occasional stop light drag i would just leave them stock and use the money you just saved on more gas or beer if your old enough to drink.
Changing your brake fluid to a higher temp version is a good idea and keeping it fresh (flushing yearly) so moisture doesnt set in is also good. A really good brake fluid is ATE blue. I use this in my M3 and the boiling point is really high. The Motul 600 is good also.
Happy motoring.
They are great if you are doing road race or alot of auto X but just for regular every day driving or the occasional stop light drag i would just leave them stock and use the money you just saved on more gas or beer if your old enough to drink.
Changing your brake fluid to a higher temp version is a good idea and keeping it fresh (flushing yearly) so moisture doesnt set in is also good. A really good brake fluid is ATE blue. I use this in my M3 and the boiling point is really high. The Motul 600 is good also.
Happy motoring.
October-23rd-2001, 05:44 AM
#7
Protege Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Simpsonville, KY
Posts: 10
The ATE has a wet boiling point of 536. Not sure what the motul 600 is (600??? that would be kool) because i only use the ATE blue. I like it because its easier to see when flushing/bleeding the system.
October-27th-2001, 12:36 PM
#8
Protege God
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Evanston, IL
Posts: 1,525
Personally, I love the improved brake feel you get with steel braided lines and well bled hydrolic system. It makes your foot feel more directly connected to the brakes. Motul and ATE both make excellent non synthetic fluid. For those of you that have replaced the fluid in your cars equipped with ABS, did you do anything special to evacuate all the fluid in the ABS mechanism?
October-29th-2001, 02:32 PM
#9
Goodbye everyone
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 383
Groupbuy
Jesse and I are currently working on a Groupbuy for the Stainless lines, along with the stainless clutch line.
No word on pricing yet, but it will be available for all Generation Proteges and P5, DX, LX, ES, SE....
Prices should be fairly reasonable but I'm not sure how much of a discount it will be, should be at least 5-10%.
No word on pricing yet, but it will be available for all Generation Proteges and P5, DX, LX, ES, SE....
Prices should be fairly reasonable but I'm not sure how much of a discount it will be, should be at least 5-10%.
November-16th-2001, 09:04 AM
#10
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Sri Lanka
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Originally posted by Eric F
For those of you that have replaced the fluid in your cars equipped with ABS, did you do anything special to evacuate all the fluid in the ABS mechanism?
For those of you that have replaced the fluid in your cars equipped with ABS, did you do anything special to evacuate all the fluid in the ABS mechanism?
December-6th-2001, 12:28 PM
#13
Show Layne some respect
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Long Island,NY
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It's been a few weeks with no posting to this thread - are the stainless brake lines still in the works?
Count me in!! Love that pedal feel.
Where can I get 'em for my P5 if the group buy thing falls thru?
Count me in!! Love that pedal feel.
Where can I get 'em for my P5 if the group buy thing falls thru?
December-11th-2001, 08:44 AM
#14
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central New York
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i think i need to chime in here on this one, becauses i am seeing a lot of talk about ABS equipped cars. you do NOT want to install steel braided line on an ABS equipped car. it will cause too much vibrations in the system and will shorten the life of your ABS system. on a non-ABS car, steel lines are a good upgrade because of the increase feel and control. on an ABS car you don't need them because the ABS system keeps your tires from locking up already.
