I'm about to swap Si Calipers and Drilled/Slotted rotors into my 88 HF, as well as some suspension in the near future. I've been seeing these braided steel brake lines and especially on ebay for kinda cheap ($80). Are these a good mod? do they help braking that much? I haven't heard of many people who have them...So if you do LET ME KNOW HOW YOU LIKE THEM. Thanks!

 

i dont have it personally, but people i know who have them said, it really helped with brake response and pedal feel, with better braking

 

Take your choice of either the Goodrige or Russel kits. Anything else-I won't say. These kits do work to stiffen/firm the feel. Why-the stainless outer braid holds the inner tubing tighter than the stock rubber lines. Another advantage is that you get to completely replace your aging brake fluid <G>. We use them on both the road and track cars.


Modified by jc836 at 7:14 PM 8/24/2003

 

to be honest, i have the goodridge lines on my car and i hate to say it but i didnt feel a noticeable difference. Maybe if i truely road raced i probably would have, but as for normal-aggressive street use, no difference was felt.

 

Same here..no diffrence at all, but I replaced mine because the old ones were cracked to hell. After 5 years these look as good as new. If you relacing them for better feel don't, if your lines show any signs of age replace them with the SS ones, they won't ever crack or age.
Alot of people switch to ford d.o.t. 5 fliud or I have used the 4-5 synthtic valvolene fluid also

 

I put Goodridge on as well. The brakes are significantly firmer. Of course, I also replaced the calipers, pads, rotors, upgraded the MC, and put in synthetic fluid. That may have helped to firm things up as well. :-)

 

From what I have read and heard goodridge are not the best and dont perform as well as eveyone things. Get 'Earls' SS brake lines.

 

These are on ebay for $62...Magnum Teflon Stainless Steel Braided brake lines. Any comments?

 

i put a set of goodridges on but i didnt feel any difference.

 

http://www.optauto.com has a good price on stainless steel lines.

 

In my opinion; No, they are not worth it unless there is a reason for replacing the ones you have.

I've used them when doing brake conversions but have never done a "before and after" test of only the lines. I doubt that you would find very many persons that have.

Wes

 

yes they are worthed

SS braided lines are the best lines available..... no matter what purpose.... coolant, brake lines, gas lines.... etc....
they are all stain and rust resistant....
they will provide a better look, they can hold twice as much PSI ... they will actually perform the same way... basic function.... but they will hold on and are made of better quality....
on the matter as delicate as dealing with the brakes of the car. i will only put the best of the best.... remember its not only ur car, but ur life and the life of all the people on the road.....
be safe, get the good stuff and go SS.!

 

I have Goodridges, the quality of them is second to none. I highly recommend them.

I put them on when I did my rear disc swap so I can't really say if I felt a firmer pedal because my brakes were not the same as before.

 

I've got them on my Jeep (because of the lift) and they made a huge difference there. Just waiting till i do the rear disk conversion to do it to the rex.
Mark

 

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the master cylinder needs to be braced once the sbbl go on. with more pressure, there is compensation elsewhere. brace the MC.

 

how do you brace the master cylinder?

i have earls lines, and i didnt really notice any diffrence either.
but then again i was probably expecting too much

 

yeah i'm interested too...what do you mean by bracing the MC?

 

I've never ever heard the term bracing the MC.

 

its a metal brace that keeps the mc from flexing under pressure

do a search in the eg or itr forum im sure you'll find lots of info

 

I believe he is talking about the Spoon MC brace, holds the MC firm when under heavy breaking. I believe Cusco makes one too...

 

I believe you can also make your own My brace isn't done more and needs more support (it has up-and-down flex but no front-to-back or side-to-side flex) but I did notice a difference after installing it.

 

So IF you have your MC braced then you will notice a difference with Braided Steel Brake lines...I think i got it. Except my brake job is starting to get expensive

 

Just realized something...i have an 88 CRX HF. Can i only put SS lines in the front? I just called pep boys and they told me i have rubber hoses in the front and steel lines in the back that have to be made by them custom. I'm pretty sure the guy was an idiot because i thought brake fluid pressed the back wheel cylendars...

Maybe he was thinking of the parking brake???

 

he's wrong. you have drums in the back, but you still have rubber hoses.

they help.

 

has anyone tried russell's ss brake lines?

anyway if anyone is wanting to get some ss lines try summit. $90 for earls and russell and 130 for the Goodridge set.