NAC: Stainless brake lines on a street car?

[Brett Dikeman]

On Jun 24, 2006, at 5:49 PM, Mark R wrote:

> I'm a Stoptech dealer.... but beyond that, I've been installing SS  
> brake
> lines for a LONG time.  I've NEVER personally seen a line failure,  
> except
> when new, due to bad crimping (Neuspeed, not Stoptech, for the  
> record).


http://www.quattro123.com/WG3MVC-423F.JPG
http://www.quattro123.com/WG3MVC-426F.JPG
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http://www.quattro123.com/WG3MVC-417F.JPG
http://www.quattro123.com/WG3MVC-418F.JPG

(from http://www.quattro123.com/MPTSNeqWatkinsGlenAug2003.htm)

Funny how Scott brought these images to the list's attention after  
Taka said Earls lines are the best :-)


Oh, and a year or two ago, a student lost a wheel when one of his  
drilled rotors cracked and exploded.  Ripped the caliper off the  
strut (cutting the brake line, so no brakes), shattered the wheel,  
and shredded the tire.  The student said it sounded like someone set  
off a grenade in his wheel well.  Looked like it, too.  Funny how  
I've never seen stock brake lines or stock rotors fail, huh?   
Fascinating.

There is NO way to inspect an SS line, unlike regular stock lines.   
Improvement in pedal feel compared to NEW stock lines is minimal and  
pointless.  SS lines are for the track/racing, stock is for the street.

Oh, all that aside- never heard anything but good stuff about  
Stoptechs save the pads can sometimes be tough to remove if they've  
been in for a while and rusted up.  I've rode with Mark and the set  
he has on his Z06 are amazing.  From what I'm told, both pad and  
rotor availability is quite good, with a lot of pad/rotor companies  
stocking stoptech applications.

Brett