[s-cars] ECS Stage II brakes report

[Kirby Smith]

... such as Paragon Performance

kirby

Fred Munro wrote:
>
> Hi Edwin;
>
> It sounds like ECS' brake line supplier has some quality control problems.
> I'd be tempted to change out all of their lines with lines from a reputable
> brake line supplier.
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Edwin Foo
> Sent: May 25, 2003 4:27 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] ECS Stage II brakes report
>
> Hi there,
>
> I finally installed the ECS Stage II kit from the group buy way back
> last year (am I the last one to do it? :). All went well except for two
> things:
>
> (1) right rear hard line decided to twist and snap off due to a seized
> nut on the end, forcing me to quickly run (not drive) to the store and
> buy a flaring kit, a piece of line, and fittings so I could cut off the
> mangled end and make an extension to the hard line.
>
> (2) the ECS-supplied SS front brake line was not crimped all that well,
> it seems, because the fitting literally popped off the end of the SS
> line after the 5th stop I made while breaking in the pads. I then had to
> use my madz driving skillz to trail brake and 4-wheel drift through a
> sweeping right hander using my handbrake to scrub off speed before
> getting the car to the side of the road. Fortunately, for some odd
> reason I got 2 extra rear brake lines in my kit (??) and screwed them
> together to make one long brake line to finish the install by the side
> of the road.
>
> Other than that, the car stops great! But I'm going to take it easy on
> the brakes until I get a replacement front brake line. I don't feel
> comfortable running around with a cobbled-together line that has another
> set of potentially failure-prone fittings on it.
>
> Being that it is a long weekend, I don't expect to be able to get in
> touch with ECS Tuning until Tuesday morning. But I thought I'd send this
> in so that others who participated in the group buy might want to
> double-check the brakes line supplied in the kit. I'm sure it's a
> once-in-a-million occurence, but it's one that I don't want to repeat,
> nor for anyone else.
>
> Regards,
> Edwin
>
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