quattro Digest, Vol 15, Issue 12

[Alex Kowalski]

On this I agree with Brett.  For 99% of the uses, stainless steel is 
better used in the exhaust system than the brake lines.  When I do the
brakes on this car, all four lines are going to be replaced with original OEM
Audi, and then I'm not going to replace them ever again. 

Cheers,
Alex Kowalski
'87 5KCSTQ



> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:21:58 -0500
> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
> Subject: Re: BRAKE PAD POLL:::::Vote Here
> To: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
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> At 12:50 PM -0500 1/3/05, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> 
> >If you have sheathed SS lines from a reputable manufacturer, this is
> >not an issue. Contrary to what you state, I have not seen those "cheap
> >made in China" SS lines to which you refer.
> 
> The majority of SS lines are sold by two-guys-in-a-garage "tuner" 
> companies, places like Autozone, or at auto shows.  They get their 
> lines from SE Asia/China.  YOU buy from different places. That 
> doesn't mean everyone else does.
> 
> >As for what you say about pedal feel, IMHO, you're flat-out wrong.
> 
> Whatever, Taka.
> 
> http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/stainless_steel_lines_q&a.htm
> 
> "Will I feel a difference on my car if I install SS lines?
> The amount of perceived difference will vary by each car's individual 
> design, age, and usage. Those cars with a significant amount of 
> flexible OEM line or those that have seen years or use and aging will 
> typically display a more dramatic improvement in pedal feel than new 
> cars with shorter lines."
> 
> ....and that's from a company very much interested in selling you a set.
> 
> >  I noticed a major improvement going from new OEM lines to SS lines.
> 
> How long had it been since you swapped to Porsche calipers that you 
> decided to go to SS lines?
> 
> >If you get SS lines, you need to replace them every 2 years at the
> >minimum, every year is ideal, same time as the fluid flush.
> 
> Replacing lines every year, lines which cost the same or twice as 
> much as the stock lines, is "better" than lines which last upwards of 
> ten years?
> 
> Brett
> -- 
> "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin
> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~brett/
> 
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